Alabama Code — 19
Browse 381 sections in division 19 of the Alabama code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 19-1-1. Short Title.
- § 19-1-2. Definitions.
- § 19-1-3. Application of Payments Made to Fiduciaries.
- § 19-1-4. Transfer of Negotiable Instrument by Fiduciary.
- § 19-1-5. Check Drawn by Fiduciary Payable to Third Person.
- § 19-1-6. Check Drawn by and Payable to Fiduciary.
- § 19-1-7. Deposit in Name of Fiduciary as Such.
- § 19-1-8. Deposit in Name of Principal.
- § 19-1-9. Deposit in Fiduciary’s Personal Account.
- § 19-1-10. Deposit in Names of Two or More Fiduciaries.
- § 19-1-11. Chapter Not Retroactive.
- § 19-1-12. Cases Not Provided for in Chapter.
- § 19-1-13. Uniformity of Interpretation.
- § 19-1A-1. Short Title.
- § 19-1A-2. Definitions.
- § 19-1A-3. Applicability.
- § 19-1A-4. User Direction for Disclosure of Digital Assets.
- § 19-1A-5. Terms-of-Service Agreement.
- § 19-1A-6. Procedure for Disclosing Digital Assets.
- § 19-1A-7. Disclosure of Content of Electronic Communications of Deceased User.
- § 19-1A-8. Disclosure of Other Digital Assets of Deceased User.
- § 19-1A-9. Disclosure of Content of Electronic Communications of Principal.
- § 19-1A-10. Disclosure of Other Digital Assets of Principal.
- § 19-1A-11. Disclosure of Digital Assets Held in Trust When Trustee Is Original User.
- § 19-1A-12. Disclosure of Contents of Electronic Communications Held in Trust When Trustee Not Original User.
- § 19-1A-13. Disclosure of Other Digital Assets Held in Trust When Trustee Not Original User.
- § 19-1A-14. Disclosure of Digital Assets to Conservator of Protected Person.
- § 19-1A-15. Fiduciary Duty and Authority.
- § 19-1A-16. Custodian Compliance and Immunity.
- § 19-1A-17. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
- § 19-1A-18. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 19-2-1. Definitions.
- § 19-2-2. Removal of Fiduciary; Appointment of Successor; Accounting by Fiduciary.
- § 19-2-3. Reappointment of Removed Fiduciary.
- § 19-2-4. Notice of Petition; Representation by Attorney.
- § 19-2-5. Bond.
- § 19-3-1. Express Trust for Support, Maintenance and Education of Relative; Qualified Trust Under Internal Revenue Code; Definitions.
- § 19-3-2. Extinguishment of Trust.
- § 19-3-3. Estate of Trustee; Termination of Trust Estate.
- § 19-3-4. Indemnification of Trustee.
- § 19-3-5. Notice of Settlement.
- § 19-3-6. Allowance of Fees.
- § 19-3-7. Registration of Securities Held by Corporate Fiduciary in Name of Nominee of Such Fiduciary.
- § 19-3-8. Execution of Proxies by Fiduciary Holding Corporate Stocks.
- § 19-3-9. Satisfaction of Pecuniary Gifts by Distribution of Property in Kind.
- § 19-3-10. Conversion or Exchange, Etc., of Securities Upon Merger, Consolidation, Etc.
- § 19-3-11. Powers of Fiduciaries Regarding Environmental Laws Affecting Property Held by Fiduciary.
- § 19-3-20. Right of Creditors to Apply for Order Requiring Trustee to Give Bond.
- § 19-3-21. Contents of Application; Notice of Hearing.
- § 19-3-22. Hearing; Order.
- § 19-3-23. Failure of Trustee to Give Bond; Appointment of Successor.
- § 19-3-24. Duty of Trustee to Make Inventory; Filing of Copies; Supplemental Inventories.
- § 19-3-25. Appointment and Duties of Appraisers.
- § 19-3-26. When Petition for Administration May Be Filed; Contents of Petition.
- § 19-3-27. Submission of Petition to Circuit Judge; Order Designating Time for Presenting Claims.
- § 19-3-28. Notice to Creditors.
- § 19-3-29. Presentation of Claims; Verification; Receipt.
- § 19-3-30. Claims Docket.
- § 19-3-31. Claims Presented and Not Objected to Stand Allowed.
- § 19-3-32. Objections to Claims - Filing of Objections.
- § 19-3-33. Objections to Claims - Time for Hearing; Notice.
- § 19-3-34. Objections to Claims - Conduct of Hearing; Order Allowing or Disallowing Claim.
- § 19-3-35. Duty of Trustee to Render Account.
- § 19-3-36. Time for Settlement; Notice to Creditors.
- § 19-3-37. Examination and Auditing of Account; Judgment.
- § 19-3-38. Admissibility of Evidence at Hearings; Exceptions; Appeals.
- § 19-3-39. Compromise or Sale of Bad Debts.
- § 19-3-40. Sale of Real Estate; Notice to Creditors.
- § 19-3-41. When Settlements Compelled; Removal of Trustee and Appointment of Successor.
- § 19-3-60. Definition of “Business Trust.”
- § 19-3-61. Establishment; Lawful Purposes.
- § 19-3-62. Powers and Liabilities of Trustees; Liability of Trust for Acts of Trustees.
- § 19-3-63. Certificates of Ownership; Liability of Beneficial Owners.
- § 19-3-64. Contents and Recordation of Declaration of Trust.
- § 19-3-65. Duration of Business Trust; Rules Against Perpetuities and Restraint of Alienation Not Violated.
- § 19-3-66. Suits Against Trust; Property Subject to Attachment and Execution.
- § 19-3-67. Taxation.
- § 19-3-80. “Fiduciary Funds” Defined.
- § 19-3-81. Fiduciary Funds in Hands of Register, Probate Judge, Sheriff, and Clerk to Be Reported.
- § 19-3-82. Filing of Reports of Clerk and Register.
- § 19-3-83. Filing of Sheriff’s Report.
- § 19-3-84. Reports to Be Open to Public.
- § 19-3-85. Filing and Recordation of Probate Judge’s Report.
- § 19-3-86. Enforcement.
- § 19-3-87. Unclaimed Funds.
- § 19-3-100. When Trust Estate May Become Liable.
- § 19-3-101. Petition to Enforce Liability - Filing; Substitution of Parties.
- § 19-3-102. Petition to Enforce Liability - Judgment Charging Estate.
- § 19-3-103. Petition to Enforce Liability - Pending Action for Administration.
- § 19-3-104. Petition to Enforce Liability - Charging Real Property.
- § 19-3-105. Misapplication of Assets.
- § 19-3-106. Tracing Misapplied Assets.
- § 19-3-107. Framing Relief so as to Render Trust Effectual.
- § 19-3-120. Classes of Authorized Investments; Repeal of Conflicting Statutes.
- § 19-3-120.1. Investments in Common Trusts, Collective Investment Funds, and Interests of Investment Companies and Trusts.
- § 19-3-120.2. Standards for Fiduciary Investment and Management.
- § 19-3-121. Interest-Bearing Warrants.
- § 19-3-122. Securities Issued or Insured by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- § 19-3-123. Mortgages Insured by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Investment.
- § 19-3-124. Mortgages Insured by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Sale, Etc.
- § 19-3-125. Life, Endowment, or Annuity Contracts.
- § 19-3-126. Tax Anticipation Bonds, Etc., of Certain Counties.
- § 19-3-127. Bonds of Tennessee Valley Authority.
- § 19-3-128. Debts Incurred Under National Housing Act and Under Acts of Congress Relating to Veterans’ Benefits.
- § 19-3-129. General Rules of Law Govern Trustee’s Liability.
- § 19-3-130. Investment Outside State.
- § 19-3-131. Petition to Obtain Authority; Notice.
- § 19-3-132. Judgment on Hearing.
- § 19-3-150. “Fiduciary” Defined.
- § 19-3-151. Right of Fiduciary to Participate in Partnership; Liability of Fiduciary, Estate and Beneficial Owners.
- § 19-3-152. Power of Fiduciary to Limit Liability of Estate or Himself.
- § 19-3-170. Partition of Freehold Devised with Contingent Interest.
- § 19-3-171. Sale of Land Held Under Trust Deed.
- § 19-3-172. Sale of Land Devised and Held in Trust.
- § 19-3-173. Investment of Proceeds of Sale.
- § 19-3-190. Power of Circuit Court to Authorize Removal of Trust Estate.
- § 19-3-191. Petition to Obtain Removal; Notice.
- § 19-3-192. Judgment on Hearing.
- § 19-3-210. Resignation.
- § 19-3-211. Removal - Grounds.
- § 19-3-212. Removal - Appointment of Successor.
- § 19-3-230. Application to Appoint Trustee.
- § 19-3-231. Notice of Hearing.
- § 19-3-232. Appointment of Trustee.
- § 19-3-233. Bond.
- § 19-3-234. Fees of Register or Clerk.
- § 19-3-250. Power of Circuit Court to Fill Vacancy.
- § 19-3-251. When Circuit Court Must Appoint New Trustee; Number of New Trustees.
- § 19-3-252. Survivorship Between Cotrustees.
- § 19-3-253. Representative of Deceased Sole Trustee to Settle with Succeeding Trustee.
- § 19-3-270. Definitions.
- § 19-3-271. Applicability of Article; Powers of Settlor.
- § 19-3-272. Income and Principal; Disposition.
- § 19-3-273. Apportionment of Income.
- § 19-3-274. Corporate Dividends and Share Rights.
- § 19-3-275. Premium and Discount Obligations.
- § 19-3-276. Principal Used in Business.
- § 19-3-277. Principal Comprising Animals.
- § 19-3-278. Disposition of Natural Resources.
- § 19-3-279. Principal Subject to Depletion.
- § 19-3-280. Unproductive Estate.
- § 19-3-281. Expenses - Trust Estates.
- § 19-3-282. Expenses - Nontrust Estates.
- § 19-3-300. Trustee Not to Engage in Certain Acts Subjecting Trust to Federal Taxation.
- § 19-3-301. Power to Amend Trust Instrument.
- § 19-3-302. Rights and Powers of Courts and Attorney General Not Impaired.
- § 19-3-303. Future Provisions of Federal Internal Revenue Laws Included.
- § 19-3-320. Definitions.
- § 19-3-321. Trustee Allowed to Perform Prudent Person Actions Without Prior Court Authorization.
- § 19-3-322. Powers of Trustee.
- § 19-3-323. Termination of Small Trusts Where Continued Administration Too Costly; Actions by Trustee to Carry Out Trust Purpose.
- § 19-3-324. Actions Trustee Who Is Also Beneficiary May Not Perform; Powers of Person Who Has Right to Remove Trustee; Parties in Interest.
- § 19-3-325. Concurrence of All Co-Trustees Required.
- § 19-3-326. Payment Out of Trust Estate of Expenses of Trustee in Defending or Prosecuting Proceedings in Good Faith.
- § 19-3-327. Applicability of Article.
- § 19-3-328. Construction of Article.
- § 19-3A-101. Short Title.
- § 19-3A-102. Definitions.
- § 19-3A-103. Fiduciary Duties; General Principles.
- § 19-3A-104. Trustee’s Power to Adjust.
- § 19-3A-105. Express Unitrusts.
- § 19-3A-106. Conversion to Unitrust.
- § 19-3A-201. Determination and Distribution of Net Income.
- § 19-3A-202. Distribution to Residuary and Remainder Beneficiaries.
- § 19-3A-301. When Right to Income Begins and Ends.
- § 19-3A-302. Apportionment of Receipts and Disbursements Upon Decedent’s Death or When Income Interest Begins.
- § 19-3A-303. Apportionment When Income Interest Ends.
- § 19-3A-401. Character of Receipts.
- § 19-3A-402. Distributions from Trust or Decedent’s Estate.
- § 19-3A-403. Business and Other Activities Conducted by Fiduciary.
- § 19-3A-404. Principal Receipts.
- § 19-3A-405. Rental Property.
- § 19-3A-406. Bonds and Other Obligations.
- § 19-3A-407. Insurance Policies and Similar Contracts.
- § 19-3A-408. Insubstantial Allocations Not Required.
- § 19-3A-409. Deferred Compensation, Annuities, and Similar Payments.
- § 19-3A-410. Liquidating Assets.
- § 19-3A-411. Minerals, Water, and Other Natural Resources.
- § 19-3A-412. Timber.
- § 19-3A-413. Property Not Productive of Income.
- § 19-3A-415. Asset-Backed Securities.
- § 19-3A-414. Derivative Instruments and Options.
- § 19-3A-501. Disbursements from Income.
- § 19-3A-502. Disbursements from Principal.
- § 19-3A-503. Transfers from Income to Principal for Depreciation.
- § 19-3A-504. Transfers from Income to Reimburse Principal.
- § 19-3A-505. Income Taxes.
- § 19-3A-506. Adjustments Between Principal and Income Because of Taxes.
- § 19-3A-601. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
- § 19-3A-602. Severability Clause.
- § 19-3A-603. Effective Date.
- § 19-3A-604. Application to Existing Trusts and Estates.
- § 19-3A-605. Consent of Beneficiaries.
- § 19-3A-606. Applicability to Tenant and Remainder Interests.
- § 19-3A-607. Applicability of Section 19-3A-409.
- § 19-3A-608. Application of Alabama Uniform Trust Code.
- § 19-3B-101. Short Title.
- § 19-3B-102. Scope.
- § 19-3B-103. Definitions.
- § 19-3B-104. Knowledge.
- § 19-3B-105. Default and Mandatory Rules.
- § 19-3B-106. Common Law of Trusts; Principles of Equity.
- § 19-3B-107. Governing Law.
- § 19-3B-108. Principal Place of Administration.
- § 19-3B-109. Methods and Waiver of Notice.
- § 19-3B-110. Others Treated as Qualified Beneficiaries.
- § 19-3B-111. Nonjudicial Settlement Agreements.
- § 19-3B-112. Rules of Construction.
- § 19-3B-201. Role of Court in Administration of Trust.
- § 19-3B-202. Jurisdiction Over Trustee and Beneficiary.
- § 19-3B-203. Subject Matter Jurisdiction.
- § 19-3B-204. Venue.
- § 19-3B-205. Judicial Accountings and Settlements.
- § 19-3B-301. Representation: Basic Effect.
- § 19-3B-302. Representation by Holder of Power of Appointment.
- § 19-3B-303. Representation by Fiduciaries and Ancestors.
- § 19-3B-304. Representation by Person Having Substantially Identical Interest.
- § 19-3B-305. Appointment of Representative.
- § 19-3B-401. Methods of Creating Trust.
- § 19-3B-402. Requirements for Creation.
- § 19-3B-403. Trusts Created in Other Jurisdictions.
- § 19-3B-404. Trust Purposes.
- § 19-3B-405. Charitable Purposes; Enforcement.
- § 19-3B-406. Creation of Trust Induced by Fraud, Duress, or Undue Influence.
- § 19-3B-407. Evidence of Oral Trust.
- § 19-3B-408. Trust for Care of Animal.
- § 19-3B-409. Noncharitable Trust Without Ascertainable Beneficiary.
- § 19-3B-410. Modification or Termination of Trust; Proceedings for Approval or Disapproval.
- § 19-3B-411. Modification or Termination of Noncharitable Irrevocable Trust by Consent.
- § 19-3B-412. Modification or Termination Because of Unanticipated Circumstances or Inability to Administer Trust Effectively.
- § 19-3B-413. Cy Pres.
- § 19-3B-414. Modification or Termination of Uneconomic Trust.
- § 19-3B-415. Reformation to Correct Mistakes.
- § 19-3B-416. Modification to Achieve Settlor’s Tax Objectives.
- § 19-3B-417. Combination and Division of Trusts.
- § 19-3B-501. Rights of Beneficiary’s Creditor or Assignee.
- § 19-3B-502. Spendthrift Provision.
- § 19-3B-503. Exceptions to Spendthrift Provision.
- § 19-3B-504. Discretionary Trusts; Effect of Standard.
- § 19-3B-505. Creditor’s Claim Against Settlor.
- § 19-3B-506. Overdue Distribution.
- § 19-3B-507. Personal Obligations of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-508. Qualified Trusts Under the Internal Revenue Code.
- § 19-3B-601. Capacity of Settlor of Revocable Trust.
- § 19-3B-602. Revocation or Amendment of Revocable Trust.
- § 19-3B-603. Settlor’s Powers; Powers of Withdrawal.
- § 19-3B-604. Limitation on Action Contesting Validity of Revocable Trust; Distribution of Trust Property.
- § 19-3B-701. Accepting or Declining Trusteeship.
- § 19-3B-702. Trustee’s Bond.
- § 19-3B-703. Co-Trustees.
- § 19-3B-704. Vacancy in Trusteeship; Appointment of Successor.
- § 19-3B-705. Resignation of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-706. Removal of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-707. Delivery of Property by Former Trustee.
- § 19-3B-708. Compensation of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-709. Reimbursement of Expenses.
- § 19-3B-801. Duty to Administer Trust.
- § 19-3B-802. Duty of Loyalty.
- § 19-3B-803. Impartiality.
- § 19-3B-804. Prudent Administration.
- § 19-3B-805. Costs of Administration.
- § 19-3B-806. Trustee’s Skills.
- § 19-3B-807. Delegation by Trustee.
- § 19-3B-808. Powers to Direct.
- § 19-3B-809. Control and Protection of Trust Property.
- § 19-3B-810. Recordkeeping and Identification of Trust Property.
- § 19-3B-811. Enforcement and Defense of Claims.
- § 19-3B-812. Collecting Trust Property.
- § 19-3B-813. Duty to Inform and Report.
- § 19-3B-814. Discretionary Powers; Tax Savings.
- § 19-3B-815. General Powers of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-816. Specific Powers of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-817. Distribution Upon Termination.
- § 19-3B-818. Life Insurance Policies Held by Trustee.
- § 19-3B-901. Prudent Investor Rule.
- § 19-3B-902. Standard of Care; Portfolio Strategy; Risk and Return Objectives.
- § 19-3B-903. Diversification.
- § 19-3B-904. Duties at Inception of Trusteeship.
- § 19-3B-905. Reviewing Compliance.
- § 19-3B-906. Language Invoking Standard of Prudent Investor Rule.
- § 19-3B-1001. Remedies for Breach of Trust.
- § 19-3B-1002. Damages for Breach of Trust.
- § 19-3B-1003. Damages in Absence of Breach.
- § 19-3B-1005. Limitation of Action Against Trustee.
- § 19-3B-1006. Reliance on Trust Instrument.
- § 19-3B-1007. Event Affecting Administration or Distribution.
- § 19-3B-1008. Exculpation of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-1009. Beneficiary’s Consent, Release, or Ratification.
- § 19-3B-1010. Limitation on Personal Liability of Trustee.
- § 19-3B-1011. Interest as General Partner.
- § 19-3B-1012. Protection of Person Dealing with Trustee.
- § 19-3B-1013. Certification of Trust.
- § 19-3B-1101. Protection of Special Needs Trusts and Other Similar Trusts for Disabled Persons.
- § 19-3B-1201. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
- § 19-3B-1202. Electronic Records and Signatures.
- § 19-3B-1203. Severability Clause.
- § 19-3B-1204. Application to Existing Relationships.
- § 19-3B-1301. Trust Concerning Lands Required to Be in Writing.
- § 19-3B-1302. Trust Void as to Creditors or Purchasers Without Notice.
- § 19-3B-1303. Trust Estate Not Descendible Upon Death of Trustee.