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You would not be an executor. You would be an administrator. You file an application with the probate court in your jurisdiction to be appointed the administrator of the estate.

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You apply to the probate court. They will issue a letter of authority.

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Q: How do you become executor of an estate without a will?
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If in the will the estate is to go to all six children and one of them is the executor can he sell without the others approval?

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