If, after two years from the publication of such notice, no heir or person entitled to receive such estate appears, the real estate must be sold by such personal representative, under the direction of the judge of probate of the county in which letters testamentary or of administration were granted and upon such notice as real estate is sold by executors and administrators; and the proceeds thereof must, after deducting all expenses and allowances, be paid to such judge.
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.