{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-19-3b-202","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 19-3B-202","heading":"Jurisdiction Over Trustee and Beneficiary.","body":"(a) A trustee submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving a trust:\n(1) by accepting the trusteeship of a trust whose settlor was a resident of this state at the time of the trust’s creation, or in the case of testamentary trusts, the settlor was a resident of this state at death;\n(2) by accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state; or\n(3) by moving the principal place of administration of the trust to this state.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, subsection (a)(1) shall not apply if the settlor designates the law of a jurisdiction other than this state to govern the trust.\n(b) With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust.\n(c) This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trustee, beneficiary, or other person receiving property from the trust.","path":["Title 19 Fiduciaries and Trusts.","Chapter 3B Alabama Uniform Trust Code."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=19-3B-202","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"a6d382902c7bcbf89c86001a5fcf1d203347f523ab36ade571a124711079abfb","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-19-3b-201","next":"us-al/ala.-code-19-3b-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}