sec.35Administration of small estates

### sec.35 Administration of small estates Where the value of the assets of the estate of a deceased person coming into the hands or under the control of the public trustee in respect of which estate the public trustee would be entitled to file an election does not, apart from the value of any interest in land, exceed $75,000, the public trustee may apply such assets in or towards the payment of any claim of which the public trustee has knowledge or to the persons entitled thereto, without filing an election to administer and it shall not be necessary for the public trustee to cause advertisements to be published calling on creditors to prove their debts. s 35 amd 1988 No. 73 s 9 ; 1994 No. 24 s 3 (1) sch ; 2004 No. 43 s 99