Persons who by operation of law inherit or succeed to the property of a person intestate.

• A. Statute of limitations
• B. Heirs, next of kin, distributees
• C. Foreign executor
• D. Attestation clause

Answer: (B)

When a person dies without a will (intestate), property passes to those who are entitled by law. Those people are the heirs, the next of kin, or the distributees— the closest relatives determined by the intestate succession rules. This aligns with the idea of “inheriting by operation of law,” because no testament dictates the distribution; the statute does.

Statute of limitations deals with time limits for filing claims, not who inherits. A foreign executor refers to an executor appointed outside the jurisdiction, not the recipients of the estate. An attestation clause belongs to a will, confirming its execution, and has no bearing on intestate distribution.