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524.3-1004 LIABILITY OF DISTRIBUTEES TO CLAIMANTS.
After assets of an estate have been distributed and subject to section 524.3-1006, an
undischarged claim not barred may be prosecuted in a proceeding against one or more distributees.
If a personal representative closes an estate without giving notice as required under section
524.3-801, paragraph (d), notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, claims arising under
sections 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, and 261.04 shall be undischarged and unbarred claims. The
governmental entities entitled to file claims under those sections shall be entitled to prosecute
their claims against distributees as provided for in this section, and the limitations in section
524.3-1006 shall not apply. No distributee shall be liable to claimants for amounts in excess of the
value of the distributee's distribution as of the time of distribution. As between distributees, each
shall bear the cost of satisfaction of unbarred claims as if the claim had been satisfied in the course
of administration. Any distributee who shall have failed to notify other distributees of the demand
made by the claimant in sufficient time to permit them to join in any proceeding in which the claim
was asserted against the first distributee loses the right of contribution against other distributees.
History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-1004; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 217 art 2 s 17

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