§44-4-9. Publication of list of fiduciaries prior to settlements.

Every fiduciary commissioner shall, on the first Monday of every month, prepare a list of the fiduciaries whose accounts are at the date of such list before the fiduciary commissioner for settlement, except those that may have been mentioned in some previous list and except those for whom a short form settlement has been filed in accordance with the provisions of §44-2-1, §44-2-29, and §44-3A-4a of this code. The fiduciary commissioner shall state the names of the fiduciaries, the nature of their accounts, whether as they act as personal representative, guardian, curator, or committee and the names of their decedents, or of the persons for whom they are guardians, curators, or committees. The fiduciary commissioner shall also publish the list each month as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of §59-3-1 et seq. of this code, and the publication area for the publication shall be the county. The publication of the list shall be made on the first Monday of the month, or on some following day of the same week. No account of any fiduciary shall be completed by any fiduciary commissioner until it has been mentioned in a list, nor until the completion of the publication. Any fiduciary commissioner who fails to publish this list shall be fined $20. The cost of the publication of the list shall be borne by the fiduciary commissioner, but the fiduciary commissioner may charge to, and collect from, each of the fiduciaries in the list the proportionate part of the cost thereof as and when the fiduciary commissioner collects the fees for settling the accounts of the fiduciary.