35-4-322
Section 35-4-322 Application to compel conveyance - Contents; notice generally; decree; appeals. Such application must be by petition, setting out the contract or agreement, the lands to be conveyed and stating the names of the heirs and personal representatives of the contracting party, which of them are of full age and which are minors; and the judge of probate must give notice of such petition by 20 days' written notice to the personal representative and resident heirs of the contracting party, to be served by any sheriff and, if any one or more are nonresidents, by publication in some newspaper published in his county and in the county in which the lands lie; or, if none is published therein, the paper published in the place nearest to the county site of such county, once a week for three successive weeks; and if, on the hearing of such application, it appears that such agreement or contract was fairly made and the consideration or conditions of the same paid or performed, such...
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35-6-116
Section 35-6-116 Sale by sheriff; distribution of proceeds by probate judge. If the crops are ordered sold, the judge of probate must forthwith issue a writ, directed to the sheriff, commanding him to sell such crops for division, at a place to be designated in the decree and writ; and thereupon the sheriff must proceed to advertise and sell such crops at the place designated, in the same manner as he is required to advertise and sell personal property under execution issuing from the circuit court; and after making the sale, he shall forthwith make due return, and pay over the proceeds thereof to the judge of probate, who shall distribute the same among the parties according to their respective interests. If a forthcoming bond has not been executed under section 35-6-114 and the sheriff is not in possession of the crops, he shall seize the same for the purpose of making a sale thereof, if in the hands of any of the parties to the proceedings. (Code 1876, §3526; Code 1886, §3270;...
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40-5-17
Section 40-5-17 Levy and sale of personal property - When delinquent taxpayer has left county. When the collector has information that any person owing taxes in his county, whether due or not, has left the county, he shall make out and certify to the judge of probate a bill against such person and procure the approval thereof by the judge of probate in all respects as provided in Section 40-5-31, and such bill shall operate as a writ of fieri facias, and the same may be executed by the collector if the personal property of the taxpayer is found in his county or may be by such collector forwarded to the collector of any county in which the taxpayer has any property, and the collector of such other county, on the receipt of such writ, shall file the same for record in the probate office in his county and, without delay shall give notice to the delinquent taxpayer in person or by certified or registered mail, return receipt demanded. On failure of said delinquent taxpayer to satisfy after...
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43-2-350
Section 43-2-350 Time and manner of filing claims - Generally. (a) All claims against the estate of a decedent, held by the personal representative of the decedent or by an assignee or transferee of the personal representative, or in which the personal representative has an interest, whether due or to become due, must be presented within six months after the grant of letters, or within five months from the date of the first publication of notice, whichever is the later to occur, provided however, that any creditor entitled to actual notice as prescribed in section 43-2-61 must be allowed thirty days after notice within which to present the claim, by filing the claims, or statement thereof, verified by affidavit, in the office of the judge of probate, in all respects as provided by section 43-2-352. All claims not so presented and filed are forever barred, and the payment or allowance thereof is prohibited. But this subsection shall not apply to claims of personal representatives to...
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6-10-87
Section 6-10-87 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Notice to next of kin of decedent of date set for hearing of report on exemptions. In all cases where exemptions of real or personal property have been reported by appraisers or commissioners to the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, it shall be the duty of the probate judge, immediately upon the filing of the report of such appraisers or commissioners, to give 10 days' notice thereof and of the day set for the hearing of said report to the next of kin of decedent, which date of hearing shall not be less than 30 days from the filing of said report. If any of said next of kin are nonresidents of the state, said notice shall be given by publication once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or, if none is published in the county, by posting such notice for said length of time at the courthouse door and three other public places in the county. (Code 1923, §7934; Code 1940,...
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17-12-16
Section 17-12-16 Certification of results. Immediately after ascertaining the results of an election for county officers, including members of the House of Representatives of the Legislature, the canvassing board must make in writing a public certification of the result, stating the name of each officer elected and the office to which elected. The certification must be signed by at least two of the members of the canvassing board and must be published by filing the original in the office of the judge of probate, by posting a copy thereof at the courthouse door, and by immediately transmitting a copy to the Secretary of State by fax or electronic transmission. The original certificate shall be recorded by the judge of probate in a book to be provided for the purpose; and the record, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the result of the election and the certification thereof as provided by law. (Code 1876, §292; Code 1886, §388; Code 1896, §1645;...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person. (2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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26-2-2
Section 26-2-2 Removal of guardianship or conservatorship from probate to circuit court. The administration or conduct of any guardianship or conservatorship of a minor or incapacitated person may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court, at any time before the final settlement thereof by the guardian or conservator of any such guardianship or conservatorship or guardian ad litem or next friend of such ward or anyone entitled to support out of the estate of such ward without assigning any special equity, and an order of removal must be made by the court or judge upon the filing of a sworn petition by any such guardian or conservator or guardian ad litem or next friend for the ward or such person entitled to support out of the estate of such ward, reciting in what capacity the petitioner acts and that in the opinion of the petitioner such guardianship or conservatorship can be better administered in the circuit court than in the probate court. (Code 1923, §8102; Acts...
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6-6-165
Section 6-6-165 Return - Where execution issued from probate court; trial in circuit court; return of execution on forfeited bond. (a) If the levy was made under execution issued from the probate court, the sheriff must return the original execution to the court from which it issued with an endorsement thereon showing the interposition of the claim, and he must return a copy of the execution and of the returns thereon, the affidavit and the bond to the circuit court of his county, where, after 30 days, the trial of the right of property must be had according to the provisions of this article. (b) If, in the case provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the bond is forfeited, the execution on the forfeited bond must be made returnable to the court from which the original process issued, of which and of the time of its receipt by the sheriff the clerk must give the judge of probate written notice, which shall be presumptive evidence of the fact against the sheriff. (Code 1852,...
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11-81-178
Section 11-81-178 Statutory mortgage lien of bondholders - Creation generally; filing, recordation, etc., of notice thereof. (a) In the authorizing proceedings or in the trust indenture, if any, under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, there shall be created a statutory mortgage lien in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto on each system or systems (including any additions thereto and extensions thereof that may be thereafter made) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. (b) The authorizing proceedings or such trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such system or systems may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such system or systems, a brief description of such bonds and a declaration that said statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds...
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