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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE II. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

CHAPTER 198. INSOLVENT ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS

PROOF OF CLAIMS

Chapter 198: Section 9. Limitations on time

Section 9. Six months after the appointment of the commissioners or after the order of the court under section five shall be allowed for creditors to present and prove their claims; and if a new commissioner is appointed under section six, the time shall be extended until the expiration of six months from his appointment. The court may allow further time upon petition of the commissioners or any party in interest, and during such extended time presentation of claims which might have been previously presented shall not be barred by any law limiting the time within which actions by a creditor of the deceased may be brought against an executor or administrator.