Alabama § 43-2-374 When Executor or Administrator Protected in Payment of Debts

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-2-374 — When Executor or Administrator Protected in Payment of Debts

Alabama § 43-2-374

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 2Administration of Estates

Art. 15Claims and Debts

Div. 2Payment and Preference

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 43-2-374 (2026).

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The payment of any debt against the estate of the executor or administrator, after six months from the grant of letters, protects him or her to the extent of the payment from liability on any other debt against such estate which had not been presented at the time of such payment.

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Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1790; Code 1867, §2117; Code 1876, §2494; Code 1886, §2086; Code 1896, §136; Code 1907, §2600; Code 1923, §5825; Acts 1931, No. 722, p. 839; Code 1940, T. 61, §221.)