Which is the competent authority?
Who should I contact?

The probate court should be contacted.

The real and personal estate of a deceased person shall on his/her death, notwithstanding any testamentary disposition, devolve on and become vested in his/her ‘personal representative’.

The personal representative is called ‘executor’, if he/she has been appointed by the testator in his/her will.

The personal representative is called ‘administrator’, if he/she has been appointed by the probate court.

The personal representative cannot act without a grant of representation.

• The grant of representation is called ‘grant of probate’, if the executor has been appointed by the testator in his/her will.

• The grant of representation is called ‘grant of administration’, if the administrator has been appointed by the probate court.

The grant of representation may be made to any probate registry.

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