Money due on decrees for the payment of money rendered against any executor, administrator or guardian on a partial or final settlement may be paid to the probate judge, and it shall be his duty to pay over the same to the person entitled thereto on demand upon proper proof of identity or authority; and, for failure to do so, he shall incur a penalty in favor of the person entitled to the money of 10 percent damages, which, together with the money received and interest thereon, may be recovered by civil action on his bond.
Structure Code of Alabama
Section 12-13-30 - Election; Term of Office.
Section 12-13-31 - Qualifications.
Section 12-13-32 - Filling of Vacancies.
Section 12-13-33 - Amount of Bond.
Section 12-13-34 - Persons Who May Institute Civil Actions on Bonds of Judges.
Section 12-13-35 - Seal of Office.
Section 12-13-36 - Offices and Office Hours.
Section 12-13-39 - Probate Judges Deemed Conservators of Peace.
Section 12-13-40 - Powers of Probate Judges Generally.
Section 12-13-41 - Duties of Probate Judges Generally.
Section 12-13-44 - Reports to Department of Human Resources as to Adoptions - Required.
Section 12-13-49 - Payment of Probate Judge for Receipt of Money Under Section 12-13-48.
Section 12-13-50 - Examination of Records of Probate Judge.
Section 12-13-54 - Failure to Keep Abstract of Mortgages, Etc.