Chapter Four: Foreign Personal Representative
Foreign personal representation occurs when the personal representatives of a decedent who either died in Arizona or at the time of death assets of their estate was situated therein, do not reside in Arizona. Such out-of-state executors may conduct business in Arizona in the same way the local administrators would. Foreign personal representatives are vested with the same powers as would be to the local administrators and are subject to duties in equal measure. Therefore, they may exercise all authority of a local personal representative and may maintain actions and proceedings in Arizona with respect to the estate in question ...