Any part of the personal property of a decedent, including land warrants and choses in action, may be sold only by order of the court, on the written application of the executor or administrator, verified by affidavit, in the following cases, unless, in such cases, power to sell is conferred by the will:
(1) For the payment of debts.
(2) To make distribution among the distributees or legatees.
(3) To prevent the waste or destruction of property liable to waste, or of a perishable nature, if it is proved that the sale would be beneficial to the estate.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 16 - Sale of Personal Property.
Section 43-2-410 - Power of Sale Conferred.
Section 43-2-411 - Notice of Application.
Section 43-2-412 - Contesting Application.
Section 43-2-413 - Notice of Sale.
Section 43-2-414 - Hours of Sale.
Section 43-2-415 - Terms of Sale.
Section 43-2-416 - When Bid Rejected and Sale Postponed.
Section 43-2-417 - Resale Upon Failure of Purchaser to Comply With Terms; Liability for Deficiency.
Section 43-2-418 - Completion, Gathering and Sale of Crops Commenced by Decedent.
Section 43-2-419 - Sale of Farm Products.
Section 43-2-420 - Assignment or Transfer of Mortgages, Notes or Accounts.