Ancillary letters of administration are issued to which person?

• A. Any person to whom ancillary letters of administration have been issued.
• B. The executor named in the will.
• C. A person to whom letters of administration with the will annexed have been issued.
• D. The primary administrator.

Answer: (A)

Ancillary letters of administration are issued to the person who has been granted those letters by the court in the ancillary probate proceeding. In other words, the authority to handle the decedent’s assets located in another jurisdiction goes to the specific individual the court appoints for that ancillary proceeding. That’s why the correct idea is simply the person to whom the ancillary letters have been issued—the holder of those letters. The executor named in the will would typically receive letters in the main proceeding (letters testamentary or letters with the will annexed), not ancillary letters, and the primary administrator refers to the main probate administrator, not the ancillary one.