Legal Definitions - foreign administrator

A foreign administrator is a person appointed to manage the assets and liabilities of an intestate decedent in another jurisdiction. This means that if someone dies without a will in one state, but they have property in another state, a foreign administrator may be appointed to manage that property.

For example, if someone from New York dies without a will, but they own property in Florida, a foreign administrator may be appointed in Florida to manage that property.

Another example is if someone from Canada dies without a will, but they have property in the United States, a foreign administrator may be appointed in the United States to manage that property.