Alabama § 43-6-5 Disposition of Real Estate When No Heir Appears

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-6-5 — Disposition of Real Estate When No Heir Appears

Alabama § 43-6-5

Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 6Escheats

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 43-6-5 (2026).

Text

If, after two years from the publication of such notice, no heir or person entitled to receive such estate appears, the real estate must be sold by such personal representative, under the direction of the judge of probate of the county in which letters testamentary or of administration were granted and upon such notice as real estate is sold by executors and administrators; and the proceeds thereof must, after deducting all expenses and allowances, be paid to such judge.

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If, after two years from the publication of such notice, no heir or person entitled to receive such estate appears, the real estate must be sold by such personal representative, under the direction of the judge of probate of the county in which letters testamentary or of administration were granted and upon such notice as real estate is sold by executors and administrators; and the proceeds thereof must, after deducting all expenses and allowances, be paid to such judge.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §2068; Code 1867, §2460; Code 1876, §2855; Code 1886, §1940; Code 1896, §1756; Code 1907, §3922; Code 1923, §7618; Code 1940, T. 16, §29.)