(a) When administration is taken out in this state on the estate of any person who, at the time of his death, was an inhabitant of any other state or country, his personal estate, after the payment of debts and charges on his estate, must be disposed of according to his last will, if probated in this state and, if no such will is probated in this state, according to the law of the state or country of which he was an inhabitant.
(b) Upon the settlement of such estate and after the payment of all debts for which the same is liable in this state, the residue of the personal estate may be distributed and disposed of according to the provisions of subsection (a); or it may be transmitted or paid over to the executor or administrator of the state or country where the deceased had his domicile.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 18 - Settlements and Distributions.
Division 6 - Distribution or Division on Final Settlement.
Section 43-2-620 - Orders of Distribution - Generally.
Section 43-2-621 - Orders of Distribution - to Whom Directed; Contents.
Section 43-2-622 - Orders of Distribution - Oath; Return; Exceptions to Report.
Section 43-2-623 - Confirming or Setting Aside Distribution; When Sale May Be Directed.
Section 43-2-624 - How Sale Advertised and Made.
Section 43-2-625 - Delivery of Property Upon Confirmation.
Section 43-2-626 - Division, Sale or Assignment of Judgments or Claims.
Section 43-2-627 - Setting Off Indebtedness of Distributee or Legatee.
Section 43-2-628 - Discharge of Executor or Administrator From Liability.
Section 43-2-629 - Disposition of Personal Estate of Foreign Decedent.