GroundRules
Ala. Code § 43-8-217: Filed Documents Deemed to Include Oath or Affirmation; Perjury.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.
- Chapter 8 Probate Code.
- Article 7 Wills Generally.
- Division 4 Jurisdiction for Will Contests Filed for Probate on or After January 1, 2023, and the Removal of the Administration of a Decedent’s Estate When the Administration Commenced on or After January 1, 2023.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this division or by rule, every document filed with the probate court under this division, including applications, petitions, and demands for notice, shall be deemed to include an oath, affirmation, or statement to the effect that representations contained in the document are true as far as the person executing or filing the document knows or is informed, and that penalties for perjury may follow deliberate falsification therein.
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