The personal representative of any person leaving property not devised or bequeathed, or where the devisees or legatees are incapable of taking and such representative is unable to ascertain any lawful heirs or distributees or persons capable of taking within six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, must give notice thereof in some newspaper published in the state once a week for three successive weeks; but it shall not be necessary for any personal representative to institute escheat proceedings under this chapter until the debts of the decedent have been paid.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Section 43-6-2 - Notice by Representative.
Section 43-6-3 - Contents of Notice.
Section 43-6-4 - Disposition of Personalty When No Heir Appears.
Section 43-6-5 - Disposition of Real Estate When No Heir Appears.
Section 43-6-6 - Decree Against Personal Representative for Failure to Pay Over Proceeds.
Section 43-6-7 - Payment of Receipts to State Treasurer.
Section 43-6-8 - Action by State to Recover Personal Property Distributed Without Authority.
Section 43-6-9 - Duty of Probate Judge to Attend to Interest of State.