Any person named as executor in a will may renounce such appointment by appearing before the judge of probate and declaring such renunciation, which must be entered of record; or such person may renounce his appointment by an instrument in writing executed by him and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take and certify acknowledgments to conveyances, whether within or beyond the state; and such instrument must be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the will is probated.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 2 - Grant of Letters Testamentary of Administration.
Division 1 - Grant of Letters Testamentary.
Section 43-2-22 - Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator.
Section 43-2-23 - Issuance of Letters to Married Woman.
Section 43-2-24 - Supplemental Letters for Minors and Married Women Upon Removal of Disability.
Section 43-2-25 - Procedure for Renouncing Appointment.
Section 43-2-28 - Death of Sole or Surviving Executor.
Section 43-2-29 - Grant of Letters Testamentary After Revocation of Letters of Administration.