Colorado § 15-12-702 - Priority among different letters.
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§ 15-12-702. Priority among different letters.
A person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until his appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1587, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-3-702.
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Section 15-12-702 ("Priority among different letters.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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