It shall be lawful for the respective probate courts of this state to appoint a personal representative of the estates of persons who are presumed to be dead on account of absence for five or more years from the place of their last domicile within this state as provided in this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 10 - Administration of Estates of Persons Presumed Dead.
Section 43-2-230 - Applications for Letters of Administration.
Section 43-2-231 - Appointment of Personal Representative.
Section 43-2-233 - Publication of Notice of Presumption of Death.
Section 43-2-234 - Issuance of Letters of Administration.
Section 43-2-238 - Applicability of Other Laws Relating to Administration of Decedents' Estates.