Administrator de bonis non; form of letters; duties

§ 20–339. Administrator de bonis non; form of letters; dutiesIf an executor or administrator dies before the administration of an estate is completed, the court may exercise its discretion in granting letters of administration de bonis non or de bonis non cum testamento annexo, as the case requires, giving preference to the person who would be entitled in the order provided by section 20–334. if he applies for the letters. The form of the letters is the same as in the case of an original administration, except that it shall be confined to the property of the deceased not already administered. The authority shall be, under the court’s direction, to administer all property herein described as assets and not distributed or delivered or retained by the executor or former administrators.