Accounting by representative of deceased executor or administrator; enforcement

§ 20–359. Accounting by representative of deceased executor or administrator; enforcement (a) On the application of an administrator de bonis non the court may order the executor or the administrator of a deceased executor or administrator to deliver over to him all the personal property that was in the hands of the deceased executor or administrator, as such, and also all the money, bonds, notes, accounts, and evidences of debt that the deceased executor or administrator may have taken, received, and held at the time of his death, including the proceeds of sale or either personal or real estate made by the deceased executor or administrator, which shall be deemed unadministered assets. (b) If an executor or administrator of a deceased executor or administrator fails to comply, by a day named, with an order issued under subsection (a) of this section, the court may enforce its order by attachment against him, and may direct that his bond, or the bond of the deceased executor or administrator, or both, be sued upon for the use of the administrator de bonis non.