Alabama § 43-6-7 Payment of Receipts to State Treasurer

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-6-7 — Payment of Receipts to State Treasurer

Alabama § 43-6-7

Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 6Escheats

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 43-6-7 (2026).

Text

The judge of probate must, within three months after the receipt thereof, pay to the treasurer all moneys he or she may receive under the provisions of this chapter, and, failing so to do, he or she is liable as a defaulter and also forfeits $300.00, one half to the state, and the other half to any one suing for the same; and, on the trial, the certificate of the treasurer is presumptive evidence of his or her failure to make such payment.

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The judge of probate must, within three months after the receipt thereof, pay to the treasurer all moneys he or she may receive under the provisions of this chapter, and, failing so to do, he or she is liable as a defaulter and also forfeits $300.00, one half to the state, and the other half to any one suing for the same; and, on the trial, the certificate of the treasurer is presumptive evidence of his or her failure to make such payment.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §2070; Code 1867, §2462; Code 1876, §2857; Code 1886, §1942; Code 1896, §1758; Code 1907, §3924; Code 1923, §7620; Code 1940, T. 16, §31.)