Short answer. The executor or administrator must cause it to be published three weeks successively in a newspaper of general circulation in the province, and post it for the same period in four public places in the province and two in the municipality where the decedent last resided.
What the law says
Every executor or administrator shall, immediately after the notice to creditors is issued, cause the same to be published three weeks successively in a newspaper of general circulation in the province, and to be posted for the same period in four public places in the province and in two public places in the municipality where the decedent last resided.
Rule 86, Section 3 — Publication of notice to creditors. Read the full provision →
Publication and posting, both required
Getting the notice issued by the court is only the first step; the rule then places the burden of actually publicizing it on the executor or administrator, immediately after issuance. Both publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the province, running three weeks successively, and physical posting for the same period, are required, not one or the other. Skipping either method — relying on the newspaper alone, or on posting alone — does not satisfy this section, since the rule treats them as cumulative requirements rather than alternatives.
Where it has to be posted
The physical posting requirement is specific about location: four public places in the province and two public places in the municipality where the decedent last resided, ensuring the notice reaches the community most likely to include the decedent's actual creditors, not merely readers of a particular newspaper who happen to see it. Posting in both the province and the more localized municipality reflects that creditors may be concentrated close to where the decedent actually lived, even if the newspaper of general circulation covers a wider area.
Why the executor bears this duty
Placing the publication and posting obligation on the executor or administrator, rather than leaving it to the court or the creditors themselves, ties the responsibility to the person already managing the estate day to day. Because the notice-to-creditors period determines which claims can still be timely filed against the estate, a lapse in properly publishing or posting it can affect creditors' ability to be paid, giving the executor a strong practical reason to comply promptly and completely. An executor who delays or skips a required step risks having the adequacy of notice questioned later by a creditor who claims to have missed the filing window as a result. This duty binds the executor or administrator personally rather than the estate as an abstraction, and it applies immediately upon issuance of the notice — the section does not allow the executor to wait for a more convenient moment before starting the three-week publication and posting period.
Related provisions
- Rule 86, Section 3 — Publication of notice to creditors
- Rule 86, Section 1 — Notice to creditors to be issued by court
- Rule 86, Section 4 — Filing copy of printed notice