(a)   (1)   Unless personal service or some other method of notice is expressly
required in this article or by the Maryland Rules, the first notice
required to be given a person is sufficient if deposited as
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the addressee at the
address last known to the sender.
    (2)   At the expense of the estate, the orphans' court may require or the
personal representative may elect to have the first notice given by
restricted delivery mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed to the addressee at the address last known to the sender,
with delivery restricted to the addressee.
  (b)   A subsequent notice is sufficient if deposited as first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the same address at which the first
notice was received or, after notice in writing from the addressee of a
change of address, to his new address.
  (c)   If no return receipt is received apparently
signed by the addressee, and there is no proof of actual notice, no
action taken in a proceeding may prejudice the rights of the person
entitled to notice unless proof is made by verified writing to the
satisfaction of the court or register that reasonable efforts to locate
the addressee and warn him of the pendency of the action have been
made.
  (d)   If the person to whom notice
is sent is a minor or disabled person, and the minority or disability
was not known to the sender at the time of the first notice, but was
later discovered, any subsequent notice shall be sent to the judicially
appointed guardian, if any, or, if none, the parent of the minor or
disabled person, or other person who has assumed responsibility for the
minor or disabled person.
  (e)   A person, including a guardian or a guardian ad
litem, may waive notice by a writing signed by him or his attorney and
filed in the proceeding. A personal representative is not required to
give notice to himself.
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