Alabama § 43-2-555 - Stating Account or Compelling Settlement by Attachment.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 43-2-555 — Stating Account or Compelling Settlement by Attachment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-2-555. Stating Account or Compelling Settlement by Attachment.
If such outgoing executor or administrator or, if dead, his or her personal representative or, in case of his or her removal from the state, his or her sureties fail to make settlement within the time required by this division, the court may, of its own motion or on the application of any party in interest, compel him or her or his or her sureties to do so by attachment, or may state the account against him or her or his or her sureties from the materials on file or such other information as may be accessible to the court, charging him or her or his or her personal representative or his or her sureties with such assets as may have come into the hands of such executor or administrator.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 43-2-555 cover?
Section 43-2-555 ("Stating Account or Compelling Settlement by Attachment.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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