An executor's role can end in several ways. The most obvious way is when an executor has completed their role. However, their role can also end automatically through their own death or, for example, because they are dismissed by the subdistrict court judge. The executor must fulfill their role until it ends. You cannot simply quit once you have accepted the appointment. Therefore, it is important that you, as an executor, know what you are getting into before accepting the role.

At the end of their duties, an executor must render an account of their administration to the person authorized to administer the estate after them. This may be a successor executor or liquidator, but it may also be the testator's heirs. If they agree with the account and statement, they grant the executor discharge, thus ending their obligation as executor.