{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-393","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-2-393","heading":"When Executor or Administrator May Give Note, Etc., to Extend or Settle Debt.","body":"Any executor or administrator, by authority of the probate court given on his or her written application, may, in his or her representative capacity, give his or her note, bond or bill for the purpose of extending or settling a debt of the decedent, or settling a debt contracted by such representative for articles, or for work and labor for the estate; and for such note, bond or bill the estate is liable, and the executor or administrator is not personally liable. But the heirs, devisees, distributees, or legatees must have 10 days’ notice of such application.","path":["Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.","Chapter 2 Administration of Estates.","Article 15 Claims and Debts.","Division 3 Sale, Compromise, and Settlement."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=43-2-393","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"9313b7c3416e05965af5d022bd4318ed3e5927ac2457c880177a4188151489e1","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-392","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-394"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}