Section 1719 — Powers and duties of the estate administrator

Firm annotation

Section 1719 is the gateway provision for estate administration in Thailand. Three operational points: (1) where no executor is named in the will, the heirs or interested parties must petition the court for appointment under §1713 — without such an appointment, banks, the Land Department, and other institutions will not release the deceased's property; (2) the administrator owes fiduciary duties to all beneficiaries and can be removed by court order under §1727 for negligence or self-dealing; (3) the administrator's authority terminates on distribution and final court accounting under §1727/§1731.