26-2-27
Section 26-2-27 Appointment of sheriff as guardian. If no fit person is appointed and qualifies
as guardian of a minor and there be no general guardian for the county, the sheriff must be
appointed guardian and the guardianship attaches to the office of sheriff. (Code 1852, §2017;
Code 1867, §2416; Code 1876, §2767; Code 1886, §2377; Code 1896, §2254; Code 1907, §4344;
Code 1923, §8101; Code 1940, T. 21, §8.)...
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26-2-50
Section 26-2-50 Appointment of general conservator of county or sheriff as guardian. The general
conservator of the county must be appointed conservator of an incapacitated person if no other
suitable person applies for appointment and qualifies and if there be no general conservator,
the sheriff must be appointed. (Code 1852, §2017; Code 1867, §§2416, 2423; Code 1876, §§2765,
2767; Code 1886, §2405; Code 1896, §2270; Code 1907, §4360; Code 1923, §8118; Code 1940,
T. 21, §24; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-2A-138
Section 26-2A-138 Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. (a) The court may appoint an
individual or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee or conservator of the estate
of a protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the
order listed: (1) A conservator, guardian of property, or other like fiduciary appointed or
recognized by an appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person
resides; (2) An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person who is 14 or more
years of age and of sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice; (3) An attorney-in-fact
under a valid durable power of attorney previously executed by the protected person and giving
the attorney-in-fact reasonably broad powers over the property of the protected person; (4)
The spouse of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased spouse
to whom the protected person was married at the decedent's death...
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43-2-172
Section 43-2-172 Commitment of administration to sheriff. 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 faithful administration. (Code 1852,
§§1681, 1690; Code 1867, §§2001, 2010; Code 1876, §§2363, 2372; Code 1886, §2029; Code
1896, §72; Code 1907, §2538; Code 1923, §5760; Code 1940, T. 61, §137.)...
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26-2-26
Section 26-2-26 General conservator for county. The judge of probate may appoint a general
conservator for the county who must be appointed and act as a conservator when no other fit
person applies for appointment and qualifies. The term of office of such general conservator
shall continue during the term of the judge by whom he or she is appointed, unless he or she
is reappointed. If he or she is reappointed, his or her bond, if deemed sufficient, shall
remain as a continuing security, or he or she may be required to execute a new bond. (Code
1867, §2423, Code 1876, §2765; Code 1886, §2376; Code 1896, §2253; Code 1907, §4343;
Code 1923, §8100; Code 1940, T. 21, §7; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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43-2-723
Section 43-2-723 Discretion of court upon failure of creditors to attend. If none of the creditors
attend at the time appointed or if, from any other cause, no appointment of such administrator
is made, the court may, in its discretion, continue the former executor or administrator or
may appoint any fit person, or the general administrator of the county or, should there be
none, the sheriff of the county, to administer the estate according to the provisions of this
division. (Code 1852, §1845; Code 1867, §2194; Code 1876, §2566; Code 1886, §2235; Code
1896, §303; Code 1907, §2771; Code 1923, §6010; Code 1940, T. 61, §397.)...
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42-2-3
Section 42-2-3 Order appointing day of hearing; publication and service of notice of hearing.
On the filing of the application, the court must make and enter an order appointing the day
for the hearing thereof. If the owner of the land resides within the state, the court must
issue notice to him of the application and of the day of the hearing thereof, which must be
served by the sheriff or other legal officer at least 10 days before the day appointed for
the hearing. If the owner is unknown or if he resides without the state or has been absent
from the state or beyond the jurisdiction of the court in which the application is made for
six months next before the time of the filing of the application in said court, notice may
be given by advertisement in any newspaper published in the county or, if there be no newspaper
published in the county, by posting notice at the courthouse and three other public places
for at least three weeks before the day appointed for the hearing. If the owner...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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12-19-90
Section 12-19-90 Judge of probate - Schedule of fees. (a) The following fees for service provided
by the probate offices shall be charged and paid into the county treasury or to the judge
of probate as may be authorized or required by law: (1) Probate of will of not more than five
pages, whether contested or not, with three certified copies of letters and including final
settlement when not more than 10 pages. An additional charge of $3.00 per page for wills over
five pages in length and for final settlements in excess of 10 pages in length shall be made
..... $45.00 (2) Grant of letters of administration with three certified copies of letters
of administration and including final settlement when not more than 10 pages (when over 10
pages an additional charge of $3.00 per page) ..... 45.00 (3) Grant of letters of guardianship
or conservatorship, three certified copies ..... 20.00 (4) Partial or final settlement of
guardianship or conservatorship ..... 15.00 (5) Each additional...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation
of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district.
(3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than
200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad,
or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land
is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad,
or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way
are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by
a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city
limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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