§ 58-25. Hearing - Notice, how given.

When a petition for probate of a will is filed, the court must fix a day for hearing the petition, not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of filing of the petition, and if the names and addresses of all heirs, legatees, and devisees of the testator are known to the petitioner and are set out in the petition, the court shall cause notice of such hearing to be given as provided in Section 34 of this title, by mailing copies of the notice to all heirs, legatees, and devisees, other than devisees and legatees whose devises and bequests are conditioned upon another named person's predeceasing the testator in accordance with terms stated in the will and such named person did not predecease the testator in accordance with terms stated in the will, postage prepaid, at their last-known place of residence not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing; provided, however, if the name or address of one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator is not known to the petitioner, or if one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator are alleged to have survived the testator but died prior to the filing of the petition and the petitioner alleges that he knows of no personal representative for the decedents' estates, notice of the hearing of the petition shall be given by mailing, as above provided, and, in addition thereto, the notice shall be published in one issue of a newspaper, and in such case the hearing shall not be less than ten (10) days from the date of publication of the notice.  For purposes of this section, if a legatee or devisee is the trustee of an express trust or testamentary trust, notice need be given only to the trustee and not to the beneficiaries of the trust unless the beneficiaries are otherwise entitled to notice as heirs or as legatees or devisees of property not devised or bequeathed to the trust.

R.L. 1910, § 6203; Laws 1953, p. 232, § 2; Laws 1963, c. 99, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Laws 1970, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.