{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-43-8-40","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 43-8-40","heading":"Disposition of Intestate Estate.","body":"If an estate is not a small estate, as defined in Section 43-2-691, which is being distributed as a summary distribution under Division 10 of Article 18 of Chapter 2 of this title, then any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by the decedent’s will passes to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in the following sections of this chapter.","path":["Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.","Chapter 8 Probate Code.","Article 3 Intestate Succession."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=43-8-40","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"abe088b422b9dbe3e3ecc3fc242b9d5c22aa7993daff67934830c9a193371965","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-43-8-23","next":"us-al/ala.-code-43-8-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}