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An executor is the person named in a will to carry out the directions contained in the will. The executor is responsible for settling the person’s affairs after death. The person’s estate passes temporarily to the executor. | An executor is the person named in a will to carry out the directions contained in the will. The executor is responsible for settling the person’s affairs after death. The person’s estate passes temporarily to the executor. | ||
The executor locates all of the person’s assets, pays the funeral costs, debts and taxes, and then distributes the remaining money and property according to the instructions in the | The executor locates all of the person’s assets, pays the funeral costs, debts and taxes, and then distributes the remaining money and property according to the instructions in the will. The executor is accountable to the beneficiaries. For example, the executor must let the beneficiaries know when he or she is applying for probate, and must keep records and give all beneficiaries a final statement of accounts. | ||
==Being an executor== | ==Being an executor== | ||
