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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 733
PROBATE CODE: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
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733.701 Notifying creditors.Unless creditors’ claims are otherwise barred by s. 733.710, every personal representative shall cause notice to creditors to be published and served under s. 733.2121.
History.s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 83, ch. 75-220; s. 33, ch. 77-87; s. 4, ch. 89-340; s. 145, ch. 2001-226; s. 31, ch. 2003-154.
Note.Created from former s. 733.15.

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May v. Illinois Nat. Ins. Co., 771 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 34 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 1707159

...Prockup with the notice of administration consistent with section 733.712(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1991), which provides that a personal representative shall serve "reasonably ascertainable" creditors with "a copy of the notice [of administration] within 3 months after first publication of the notice." See also § 733.701, Fla....
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Marcus v. DeWitt, 704 F.2d 1227 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...290, 296 (1979) (executor was justified in keeping the estate open pending resolution of matters relating to federal estate taxes.) Moreover, the government’s premature distribution argument would seem to be out of harmony with the Florida statutory provisions governing payment of claims, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 733.701, et seq., and the provisions governing distributions from estates, Fla.Stat.Ann....
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In Re Est. of Collin, 368 So. 2d 1350 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 44 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 79

...except as otherwise directed by the will." Of course, there is no necessity for this clause in a will because what the testator is directing is exactly what the law requires; all just debts proved after proper claim and taxes are first paid, by law. Section 733.701, Florida Statutes (1977) et seq....
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Simpson v. Est. of Simpson, 922 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 358477

...Shortly thereafter, the court discharged Anita as the personal representative and this appeal ensued. A probate court's determination of whether someone is a reasonably ascertainable claimant is subject to an abuse of discretion standard of review. See Miller v. Estate of Baer, 837 So.2d 448, 450 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). Section 733.701, Florida Statutes (2001) [1] requires the personal representative to serve notice of administration on known or reasonably ascertainable creditors of the estate....
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In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 912 So. 2d 1178 (Fla. 2005).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 30 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 666, 2005 Fla. LEXIS 1917, 2005 WL 2385258

...Production of wills. § 733.104, Fla. Stat. Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. § 733.212, Fla. Stat. Notice of administration; filing of objections. § 733.2121, Fla. Stat. Notice to creditors; filing of claims. § 733.701, Fla....
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Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

...732.901 Production of wills. F.S. 733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. F.S. 733.212 Notice of administration; filing of objections and claims. F.S. 733.508 Accounting upon removal. F.S. 733.604 Inventory. F.S. 733.701 Notifying creditors....
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Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

...732.901 Production of wills. F.S. 733.104 Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. F.S. 733.212 Notice of administration; filing of objections and claims. F.S. 733.508 Accounting upon removal. F.S. 733.604 Inventory. F.S. 733.701 Notifying creditors....
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Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

...Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. § 733.212, Fla. Stat. Notice of administration; filing of objections and claims. § 733.2121, Fla. Stat. Notice to creditors; filing of claims. § 733.508, — Flat-Stat. Accounting upon removal. § 733.604,-Fla. Stat. Inventory. § 733.701, Fla....
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In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 542, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1242, 2008 WL 2686339

...Production of wills. § 733.104, Fla. Stat. Suspension of statutes of limitation in favor of the personal representative. § 733.212, Fla. Stat. Notice of administration; filing of objections. § 733.2121, Fla. Stat. Notice to creditors; filing of claims. § 733.701, Fla....
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In re Est. of Read, 472 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1690, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 15096

...Appellant filed an untimely motion for reconsideration and/or modification of the order granting appellee’s petition for payment, which the court denied. Appellant contends, as he did in his untimely petition for rehearing, that appel-lee’s failure to file its notice of claim within a three month period provided by section 733.701 and 733.702, Florida Statutes (1983) forever barred its claim for payment of the promissory note....
...ies provided in this code and when the settlement is made within the statutory time for filing claims; or he may file a proof of claim of all claims he has paid or intends to pay. Appellant’s notice of administration, using the precise language of section 733.701, notified creditors of the decedent and others “to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of such notice or be forever barred.” When appellee filed its claim, the probate court and appellee had notice of the date of publication of the first notice to creditors....