{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-198","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-2-198","heading":"Service of Process - Generally.","body":"Service of summons or other process may be made upon nonresident executors and administrators personally if found within the state. Such service may be made in any case by personal service upon them if found within the state, or by filing in the probate court granting letters a copy of the summons or other process and by sending a copy thereof through the mail to such executor or administrator and serving a copy thereof upon a resident surety, if there be one, as provided in Section 43-2-199.","path":["Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.","Chapter 2 Administration of Estates.","Article 8 Nonresidents as Executors and Administrators."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=43-2-198","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"e7a1a05d957686204387ffc4bde8ba244c03cec9ca0e449c6605bf542654bc7a","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-197","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-199"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}