{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-172","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-2-172","heading":"Commitment of Administration to Sheriff.","body":"In case there is no general administrator and no other fit person will administer, the court may commit administration to the sheriff of the county; when so committed, the administration attaches to the office, and the official oath and bond of such office are the security for his or her faithful administration.","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=43-2-172","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"9c42f27949ff9bc33dd687ca85cf657f09c1583b45ec62536bb76aab4527c4e1","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-171","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-173"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}