{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-551","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-2-551","heading":"Making Succeeding Executor or Administrator Party to Settlement.","body":"The remaining or succeeding executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, if there be one, must be made a party to such settlement and, if a resident of this state, must have personal notice of the time of making the same served on him at least 10 days before the day appointed therefor.","path":["Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.","Chapter 2 Administration of Estates.","Article 18 Settlements and Distributions.","Division 3 Compelling Settlement of Executor or Administrator Whose Authority Has Ceased."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=43-2-551","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"5c2ca6de7fa729c96b9abbaaa80f3d4e0cd21989af8357cc05eb37fe5d851519","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-550","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-2-552"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}