Alabama § 43-2-640 Authorization to Make Distribution - Distribution by Executor or Administrator

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-2-640 — Authorization to Make Distribution - Distribution by Executor or Administrator

Alabama § 43-2-640

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 2Administration of Estates

Art. 18Settlements and Distributions

Div. 7Distribution Before Settlement

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 43-2-640 (2026).

Text

When the executor or administrator is satisfied that the estate is solvent, he or she may, after six months from the date of the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, make distribution of the whole or any part of the property without obtaining an order of court, or he or she may so report it and obtain an order of distribution as to the whole, or any part of the property; but, in such case, if the distribution or the order is made before a final settlement of such estate, neither the distribution, the order, nor the proceedings thereon are a defense in any action brought against such executor or administrator as such.

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When the executor or administrator is satisfied that the estate is solvent, he or she may, after six months from the date of the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, make distribution of the whole or any part of the property without obtaining an order of court, or he or she may so report it and obtain an order of distribution as to the whole, or any part of the property; but, in such case, if the distribution or the order is made before a final settlement of such estate, neither the distribution, the order, nor the proceedings thereon are a defense in any action brought against such executor or administrator as such.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1771; Code 1867, §2097; Code 1876, §2474; Code 1886, §2191; Code 1896, §259; Code 1907, §2724; Code 1923, §5963; Code 1940, T. 61, §365; Acts 1949, No. 614, p. 945.)