Alabama § 43-2-550 Final Settlement Required Following Death, Removal or Resignation of Executor or Administrator

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-2-550 — Final Settlement Required Following Death, Removal or Resignation of Executor or Administrator

Alabama § 43-2-550

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 2Administration of Estates

Art. 18Settlements and Distributions

Div. 3Compelling Settlement of Executor or Administrator Whose Authority Has Ceased

This text of Alabama § 43-2-550 (Final Settlement Required Following Death, Removal or Resignation of Executor or Administrator) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ala. Code § 43-2-550 (2026).

Text

When an executor or administrator dies, resigns, or is removed, or his or her letters are revoked, or his or her authority ceases from any cause, he or she must within one month after his or her authority ceases or, in case of his or her death, his or her personal representative must or, in case of his or her removal from the state, his or her sureties must, within six months after the grant of letters, file his or her accounts, vouchers and statement of heirs and legatees for and must make final settlement of the administration of, such executor or administrator, of which settlement notice must be given in the same manner; and such settlement must be conducted and governed, except as otherwise provided in this article, by the same rules and provisions of law as other final settlements by 

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

When an executor or administrator dies, resigns, or is removed, or his or her letters are revoked, or his or her authority ceases from any cause, he or she must within one month after his or her authority ceases or, in case of his or her death, his or her personal representative must or, in case of his or her removal from the state, his or her sureties must, within six months after the grant of letters, file his or her accounts, vouchers and statement of heirs and legatees for and must make final settlement of the administration of, such executor or administrator, of which settlement notice must be given in the same manner; and such settlement must be conducted and governed, except as otherwise provided in this article, by the same rules and provisions of law as other final settlements by executors or administrators.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1876; Code 1867, §§2165, 2232; Code 1876, §§2537, 2590; Code 1886, §2173; Code 1896, §241; Code 1907, §2692; Acts 1923, No. 492, p. 655; Code 1923, §5925; Code 1940, T. 61, §320.)