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CHAPTER 202
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PART II
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
(Chapters 183 through 210)
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TITLE II
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
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CHAPTER 202
SALES, MORTGAGES AND LEASES OF REAL ESTATE BY EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS
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Section 1
Realty; sale to satisfy debts
Section 2
Realty subject to sale
Section 3
Realty subject to curtesy or dower; sale; proceeds
Section 4
Undevised realty; priority of disposition
Section 4A
Rents and profits; payment of debts; limitations
Section 5
Realty of ward; sale
Section 6
Grant of license
Section 7
Petition; contents
Section 8
Realty; detrimental effect of partial sale; disposition of whole estate
Section 9
Marshaling assets; testamentary provisions
Section 10
Notice of petition; service
Section 11
Notice of petition; interested persons
Section 12
License to guardian of spendthrift or person incapacitated by reason of mental illness; notice
Section 13
Bond; posting by interested party to satisfy debts; effect
Section 14
Public or private sale of realty
Section 15
Notice of sale by auction
Section 16
Affidavits; evidence of notice
Section 17
Adjournment of sale
Section 18
Fraudulent conveyances; recovery
Section 19
Distribution; sale of realty; procedure
Section 20
Sale of realty for payment of debts; limitation of time
Section 20A
Estate expenses; execution on conveyed property; limitation of time
Section 21
Purpose and nature of sale
Section 22
Petition and license; form
Section 23
Maintenance; disposition of proceeds of sale
Section 24
Investment; disposition of proceeds of sale
Section 25
Property of minors; persons authorized to sell
Section 26
Property of minors; disposition of proceeds of sale
Section 27
Transfer of proceeds to foreign executor
Section 28
Executor or administrator; authority to mortgage
Section 29
Guardian or conservator; authority to mortgage
Section 30
Petition and decree; form
Section 31
Realty of ward
Section 32
Foreign executor; license to sell realty
Section 33
Foreign guardian or conservator; license to sell realty of ward
Section 34
Bond; sufficiency; filing
Section 35
Proceedings; notice
Section 36
Tenants by entirety; joinder in sale, mortgage or lease of realty
Section 37
Decree upon petition for leave to sell property; scope
Section 38
Presumptions; highest possible price
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