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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26-2-26
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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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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26-2A-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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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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15-22-20
Section 15-22-20 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Creation; composition; compensation. (a) There
shall be a Board of Pardons and Paroles which shall consist of three members. The membership
of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, or
economic diversity of the state. At least one member shall be a current or former law enforcement
officer with a minimum of 10 years' experience in or with a law enforcement agency which has
among its primary duties and responsibilities the investigation of violent crimes or the apprehension,
arrest, or supervision of the perpetrators thereof. (b) Any vacancy occurring on the board,
whether for an expired or unexpired term, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of five qualified persons nominated
by a board consisting of the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The...
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26-3-1
Section 26-3-1 Generally. Before the issue of letters of conservatorship, other than letters
to the general conservator or to the sheriff, the judge of probate must require the conservator
appointed to enter into bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the judge of probate, in
a penalty prescribed by him. (Code 1886, §§2378, 2406; Code 1896, §2272; Code 1907, §4362;
Code 1923, §8135; Code 1940, T. 21, §27; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...

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26-2-48
Section 26-2-48 Appointment of guardian for nonresident incapacitated person having property
within state - Procedure. The application for the appointment of a conservator for such person
must be in writing, must be verified by affidavit and must state the name, sex, age, and residence
of such person, the court by which he or she was declared incapacitated and the property requiring
the care of a conservator. On the filing of such application, the court must appoint a day
for the hearing thereof, notice of which must be given for three successive weeks by publication
in some newspaper published in the county or, if there is no such paper published in the county,
by publication in a paper published in an adjoining county, and a copy of such paper must
be mailed by the probate judge to such person at the post office nearest his or her residence.
The court must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent and defend for such person and it
shall be the duty of such guardian ad litem to put in...
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26-3-10
Section 26-3-10 Bonds of certain conservators to have force and effect of statutory bonds.
The bond of the general conservator of the county or of the conservator of a minor or of an
incapacitated person is valid and operative as a statutory bond and is of the same obligation,
force, and effect as a statutory bond, though it may not be approved or in the penalty or
payable or with the condition required by law. (Code 1886, §2387; Code 1896, §2281; Code
1907, §4371; Code 1923, §8144; Code 1940, T. 21, §36; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...

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26-3-11
Section 26-3-11 Liability of sureties upon certain conditionally executed bonds. A surety on
the bond of the general conservator of the county or on the bond of the conservator of a minor
or an incapacitated person cannot avoid liability thereon on the ground that he or she signed
or delivered it on condition that it should not be delivered to the judge of probate or should
not become perfect unless it was executed by some other person who does not execute it. (Code
1886, §2388; Code 1896, §2282; Code 1907, §4372; Code 1923, §8145; Code 1940, T. 21, §37;
Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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