{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-10-22","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:10-22","heading":"Priority among letters","body":"A person to whom general letters of appointment are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until his appointment is terminated or modified.  If, through error, general letters of appointment are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the personal representative subsequently  appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the  first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment.\nL.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-22, eff. May 1, 1982.","path":["TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"c56ba5612e998d790e4d26962f2ecbebb2420849ced5a49bc326e73bd9a0d885","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-10-21.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-10-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}