{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-171","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-2-171","heading":"Time Delay for Committing Administration of Estate.","body":"The administration of an estate must not be committed to the general administrator or to the sheriff, except as special administrator, until the death of the decedent has been known 40 days, nor until one month after the death, resignation, or removal of an executor or administrator previously appointed.","path":["Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.","Chapter 2 Administration of Estates.","Article 7 County or General Administrators."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=43-2-171","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"d41a98774a427dd14c1d37bfc3d2cdba4d04fb58564cdd14aded75e224b1f9f4","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-170","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}