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Fla. Stat. § 735.301 (2025)

Disposition without administration.

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735.301 Disposition without administration.—

(1) No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s. 732.402, personal property exempt from the claims of creditors under the State Constitution, and nonexempt personal property the value of which does not exceed the sum of the amount of preferred funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last 60 days of the last illness.

(2) Upon informal application by affidavit, letter, or otherwise by any interested party, and if the court is satisfied that subsection (1) is applicable, the court, by letter or other writing under the seal of the court, may authorize the payment, transfer, or disposition of the personal property, tangible or intangible, belonging to the decedent to those persons entitled.

(3) Any person, firm, or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from liability thereon.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 111, ch. 75-220; s. 50, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 275, ch. 79-400; s. 52, ch. 98-421; s. 184, ch. 2001-226.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1981–2003 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003).

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Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). · cites it 2× “§ 735.301, Fla. Stat. Disposition without administration.”

Briscoe v. Florida Nat. Bank of Miami, 394 So. 2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). · cites it 2× “(1979)], or by disposition without administration [§ 735.301, Fla. Stat. (1979)].”

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules, 458 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1984). · cites it 2× “See F.S. 735.301. Rule 5.420. DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION (a) Application.”

Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 735.301 Disposition without administration.”

Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 2× “See F.S. 735.301. RULE 5.420. DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION (a) Application.”

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