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The 2006 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 734
PROBATE CODE: FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES; ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION
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Section 734.201, Florida Statutes 2006

734.201  Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.--A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding concerning the estate by:

(1)  Filing authenticated copies of the domiciliary proceedings under s. 734.104;

(2)  Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property, under s. 734.101; or

(3)  Doing any act as a personal representative in this state that would have given the state jurisdiction over that person as an individual.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 99, ch. 75-220; s. 1031, ch. 97-102; s. 174, ch. 2001-226.