When any nonresident dies, leaving assets in this state, if no application for letters of administration is made by a relative or creditor entitled thereto, an administrator of his estate, appointed by the competent authority of the state or territory of his domicile, shall be entitled to letters of administration on such estate in this state, upon the production of the letters granted to him by the state or territory of his intestate's domicile, duly certified as required by law, in preference to any other person, upon his giving like bond and surety and upon the same terms, conditions and requirements as are required by law of citizens of this state. The certified copy of his foreign letters shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate issuing letters in this state.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 8 - Nonresidents as Executors and Administrators.
Section 43-2-190 - Applications for Letters Testamentary or of Administration.
Section 43-2-191 - Appointment of Nonresident Executor - Generally.
Section 43-2-193 - Appointment of Nonresident Administrator.
Section 43-2-194 - Manner of Administering and Settling Estate.
Section 43-2-195 - Collection of Debts and Deposits by Nonresident Personal Representative.
Section 43-2-196 - Right to Maintain Actions.
Section 43-2-197 - Liability to Actions; Venue.
Section 43-2-198 - Service of Process - Generally.
Section 43-2-199 - Service of Process - Citations or Notices, etc.; Return of Process.