Sign the STATEMENT, Submit the WILL (if there is one), • Issue the LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT, AND • Sign the ORDER TO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. This is to notify the bank that my.(Relationship with deceased). Start the letter with your introduction and the reason for writing the letter. In the petition, you'll need to indicate if the decedent nominated someone to serve as their executor (also known as the personal representative). The purpose of this handbook is to help you carry out your duties as the Personal Representative (or Executor) of an Arizona probate estate. A conservator must wait 40 days from the date of death of the decedent before they apply to have their letters of conservatorship endorsed.