{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.16.535","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.16.535","heading":"Successors' rights if no administration.","body":"In the absence of administration, the heirs and devisees are entitled to the estate in accordance with the terms of a probated will or the laws of intestate succession. Devisees may establish title by the probated will to devised property. Persons entitled to property by homestead allowance, exemption, or intestacy may establish title to it by proof of the decedent's ownership, death, and their relationship to the decedent. Successors take subject to all charges incident to administration, including the claims of creditors and allowances of surviving spouse and dependent children, and subject to the rights of others resulting from abatement, retainer, advancement, and ademption.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 16. Probate of Wills and Administration.","Article 9. Special Provisions Relating to Distribution."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.16.535","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"f6ac7f9bee5f583fe8fe2ae7e7093e2271207f9d275266ff8e4dd94c26484a22","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.16.530","next":"us-ak/as-13.16.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}