It is necessary to provide that a creditor of a deceased person shall have a remedy by which his claim may be enforced. The statutes of the several states, therefore, provide a way to accomplish this end. The administrator or executor fixes a term of court or a given date at which the creditors shall be required to present their claims against the deceased for the consideration of himself and the court. Statute usually provides that the term shall be fixed at some time within a given period after the letters have been issued.

(a) Notice. The term having been fixed upon by the administrator or executor, notice is given by the publication of the notice required by statute in a paper of general circulation for a fixed period of time in which the creditors are notified to file and present their claims for allowance at the term named by the administrator and published in the notice.

(b) Verification of claim. Upon the presentation of the claims the County Court considers whether or not the same shall be allowed. It is customary to verify the proof of claim by the oath of the claimant. This is frequently a statutory requirement.1