2-7-611. When real property deemed personalty; when personalty deemed real property.
(a) Real property acquired by the personal representative by the completion of foreclosure proceedings or by the forfeiture of real estate contracts after the death of the decedent is deemed to be personal property for the purpose of administration and distribution of the estate.
(b) In all cases of sale of real property by a personal representative under order of court, the surplus of the proceeds of sale remaining after the payment of debts and charges is deemed to be real property and shall be disposed of in the same proportions as the real property would have been if it had not been sold.