Promptly after the personal representative files a notice of appointment pursuant to Rule 6-209, the register shall send by first-class mail, return service requested, to each interested person a copy of that notice and a notice in the following form:
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
In accordance with Maryland law, you are hereby given legal notice of the proceedings in a decedent's estate as more fully set forth in the enclosed copy of the newspaper publication or Notice of Appointment.
This notice is sent to all persons who might inherit if there is no will or who are persons designated to inherit under a will.
This notice does not necessarily mean that you will inherit under this estate.
Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in this office or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.
Any subsequent notices regarding this estate will be sent to you at the address to which this notice was sent. If you wish notice sent to a different address, you must notify me in writing.
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Register of Wills
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Address
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Md. R. Estate Settlem. 6-210
HISTORICAL NOTES
2017 Orders
The August 1, 2017, order, deleted language referring to a certain obligation of the estate and replaced service by certified mail with service by "first-class mail, return service requested.
Code, Estates and Trusts Article, §§ 2-210 and 5-603(b).