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Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 30-1-101. Letters Testamentary or of Administration Required - No person shall presume to enter upon the administration of...
§ 30-1-102. Jurisdiction to Grant Letters - Letters of administration shall be granted by the probate court...
§ 30-1-103. Nonresident Decedents — Granting Letters Testamentary or of Administration - Code 1858, §§ 2203-2205 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 24, §§...
§ 30-1-105. Recording of Letters — Validity of Certified Copy - All letters testamentary and of administration, when granted by the...
§ 30-1-106. Preference in Granting of Letters - When any person dies intestate in this state, administration shall...
§ 30-1-107. Appeal From Grant of Letters - Code 1858, §§ 2207, 2208 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1,...
§ 30-1-108. Administrator Pendente Lite - The probate judges are authorized to appoint an administrator pendente...
§ 30-1-110. Time Within Which Administration May Be Granted - The time within which administration may be granted shall be...
§ 30-1-111. Oath of Representative - The clerk shall, before delivering the letters of administration or...
§ 30-1-112. Resignation of Representative - Code 1858, § 2237 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141, §§...
§ 30-1-113. Estate Turned Over to New Administrator — Inventory - Code 1858, §§ 2238, 2239 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141,...
§ 30-1-114. Transfer of Administration to New County - Code 1858, §§ 2235, 2236 (Acts 1851-1852, ch. 149, §§...
§ 30-1-115. Administrator With Will Annexed — Powers and Authority - An administrator with the will annexed, appointed instead of an...
§ 30-1-116. Appointment of Nonresident Personal Representative - No nonresident person, bank or trust company may be appointed...
§ 30-1-151. Procedure for Removal - Any executor or administrator may be removed in accordance with...
Part 2 - Bonds
§ 30-1-201. When Bond Required - Code 1858, § 2222 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, §...
§ 30-1-202. Increasing Amount of Bond or Adding Sureties - The court shall, upon a showing made by any person...
§ 30-1-203. Form of Bond - The bond must be substantially in the following form: We,...
§ 30-1-205. Validity of Bond Not Dependent Upon Form - The bond or any other bond executed by the parties,...
§ 30-1-207. Petition and Order for Administration Bond — Appointment and Duty of New Administrator - Code 1858, §§ 2226-2229 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 120, §...
§ 30-1-208. Suit on Administration Bond - Code 1858, §§ 2231-2234 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 16, §§...
Part 3 - Appointment by Chancery Court
§ 30-1-301. Jurisdiction - The chancery court of the county in which any person...
§ 30-1-302. Contents of Bill - For the purposes of § 30-1-301, the next of kin,...
§ 30-1-303. Bill Filed by Creditor — Parties - The bill, if filed by a creditor, shall be on...
§ 30-1-304. Bill Filed by Next of Kin — Parties - If the bill is filed by the next of kin,...
§ 30-1-305. Appointment of Administrator - Upon the filing of the bill, the court in term,...
§ 30-1-306. Bond - If the appointment is made in vacation, the complainant shall...
§ 30-1-307. Sale of Perishable Property - The judge or chancellor may also direct, in the order,...
§ 30-1-308. Administrator Party to Court Proceedings - The administrator, when appointed, shall be a party to the...
§ 30-1-309. Guardian Appointed for Minor - Where any party interested in the estate is a minor,...
§ 30-1-310. Duties of Administrator — Removal - An administrator shall be under the same responsibilities as a...
§ 30-1-311. Manner of Administration - The administration of the estate shall be conducted under the...
Part 4 - Public Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees
§ 30-1-401. Appointment — Term — Oath — Bond - The county legislative body has the power to appoint or...
§ 30-1-402. Applicable Laws, Rules, Duties and Penalties - Administrators, guardians and trustees shall, in all things, be governed...
§ 30-1-403. Death or Removal — Filling Vacancy - On the death, removal, or resignation of an administrator, guardian...
§ 30-1-404. Duty to Enter Upon Administration, Guardianship, or Trusteeship of Estates - the court may appoint the public trustee who shall be...
§ 30-1-405. Letters of Administration — When Granted - The letters of administration may be granted, at any time...
§ 30-1-406. Notice Given Persons Entitled to Serve — Effect of Nonappearance - The notice served on those entitled to administer shall fix...
§ 30-1-407. Compensation for Services - The administrator, guardian or trustee shall have all the powers,...
§ 30-1-408. Renewal of Bond - The county legislative body shall have the power, on the...