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-[[File:Being an Executor - Contents5.jpg|thumb|275px|right| link=| <span style="font-size:50%;">Image via www.www.istockphoto.com</span>]]As the executor, you may need to apply to the court to '''probate''' the will in order to distribute the estate. If everything is in order, the court issues a '''grant of probate'''. The executor can then show a notarized copy of the grant of probate to banks and other asset holders, confirming that the executor has the authority to act for the estate.
+As the executor, you may need to apply to the court to '''probate''' the will in order to distribute the estate. If everything is in order, the court issues a '''grant of probate'''. The executor can then show a notarized copy of the grant of probate to banks and other asset holders, confirming that the executor has the authority to act for the estate.
+==The probate procedure==
+[[File:Being an Executor - Contents5.jpg|thumb|275px|right| link=| <span style="font-size:50%;">Image via www.www.istockphoto.com</span>]]
 The probate procedure involves several steps and considerable attention to detail. Many documents must be filed with the probate registry of the Supreme Court of BC.