Special Appraisal. –

If an executor or administrator shall fail to file an inventory and appraisal in the probate court as provided in RSA 87:18, or if the department of revenue administration is not satisfied with the inventory and appraisal which is filed, the department of revenue administration may employ a suitable person to appraise the property and the executor or administrator shall show the property of the decedent to such appraiser upon demand, and shall make and subscribe his or her oath that the property thus shown includes all the property of the decedent that has come to his or her knowledge or possession. Such appraiser shall prepare an inventory of said property, and shall appraise it at its actual market value at the time of the decedent's death, and shall return such inventory and appraisal to the department of revenue administration.