Where patents for public lands have been or may be issued pursuant to any law of the State of Alabama to a person who has died before the date of such patent, the title to the land designated therein shall enure to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or those who have succeeded to the interest of such deceased patentee as if the patent had issued to the deceased person during life.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.
Article 16 - Conveyances, etc., by Governor or State Agency or Institution.
Section 35-4-380 - Lease of Salt Springs, Etc.
Section 35-4-381 - Sale of Right to Quarry Limestone and Clay.
Section 35-4-382 - Validity of Conveyances by State Agencies.
Section 35-4-383 - Validity of Leases, etc., by State Agencies.
Section 35-4-384 - Sale of Contingent Interests by State Institutions.
Section 35-4-385 - Conveyance of Lands Owned by the State.
Section 35-4-386 - Patent to Decedent Vests Title in His Successors.
Section 35-4-387 - Recordation of Patents.
Section 35-4-388 - When Purchaser Entitled to Receive Patent.
Section 35-4-389 - Patents for Swamp and Overflowed Lands.
Section 35-4-390 - Prior Conveyances Ratified and Confirmed.
Section 35-4-391 - Conveyances in Cases of Lost Deeds or Adverse Possession.