{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-524.3-104","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 524.3-104","heading":"CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENT; NECESSITY OF ADMINISTRATION.","body":"No proceeding to enforce a claim against the estate of a decedent or the decedent's successors may be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative. After the appointment and until distribution, all proceedings and actions to enforce a claim against the estate are governed by this article. After distribution a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover from the distributees as provided in section 524.3-1004 or from a former personal representative individually liable as provided in section 524.3-1005. This section has no application to a proceeding by a secured creditor of the decedent to enforce the creditor's right to the security except as to any deficiency judgment which might be sought therein.","path":["PROBATE; PROPERTY; ESTATES; GUARDIANSHIPS; ANATOMICAL GIFTS","CHAPTER 524. UNIFORM PROBATE CODE","Article 3 PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/524.3-104","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"e714b5b01bcb7e3af69860e9a56027fbfe42749325457c1b6b588eaa0caef0bb","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-524.3-103","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-524.3-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}