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755 ILCS 5/6-8 (2026)

Issuance of letters testamentary

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(755 ILCS 5/6-8) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-8)
    Sec. 6-8. Issuance of letters testamentary.) When a will is admitted to probate, letters testamentary shall be issued to the executor named in the will if he qualifies and accepts the office, unless the issuance of letters is excused.
(Source: P.A. 81-213; 81-788; 81-1509.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2013 · leading case: Relf v. Shatayeva, 2013 IL 114925 (Ill. 2013).
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Relf v. Shatayeva, 2013 IL 114925 (Ill. 2013). “The Probate Act also recognizes “administrator to collect” as a type of representative in addition to executors and administrators.”
Relf v. Shatayeva, 2013 IL 114925 (Ill. 2013). “755 ILCS 5/6-8 (West 2010). In the case of administrators, they are letters of administration.”
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