Absent executor; summons; notice

§ 20–307. Absent executor; summons; noticeWhere the sole executor named in the will was not present at the probate of the will, but is within the District, a summons may be issued to him, either at the instance of a person interested or ex officio by the Register of Wills, requiring him to appear and file his bond as required by law within 5 days after service of the summons. If he is not found in the District of Columbia, notice shall be given to him by publication to appear within 10 days after publication of notice, and on his failure to appear and give his bond and qualify by taking the prescribed oath, letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted as if an executor had not been named.