43-2-691
Section 43-2-691 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) DEVISEES. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the terms of a testamentary disposition. (2) DISTRIBUTEES. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the terms of a testamentary disposition or under the Alabama descent and distribution statutes. (3) ESTATE. All the personal property of a decedent who owns no real property at the time of his or her death for which title does not pass by operation of law. (4) HEIRS. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the Alabama descent and distribution statutes. (5) PERSON. The term includes natural persons and corporations. (6) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. The term includes an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, and special administrator. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex....
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40-15-7
Section 40-15-7 Nonresident decedents. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to so much of the estates of nonresident decedents as is subject to estate tax under the act of Congress in effect at the time of the death of decedent as consists of real estate or tangible personal property located within this state or other items of property or interest therein lawfully subject to the imposition of an estate tax by the State of Alabama. (b) In assessing the tax upon any real estate or tangible property located within this state belonging to the estate of a nonresident decedent, which shall pass by will, devise or by the laws of intestacy, the Department of Revenue shall determine the tax due to be such proportion of the federal estate tax as would be leviable upon an estate of similar taxable net value, less that proportion of any exemption to which the estate is entitled, which the actual value of the real estate and tangible...
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19-3B-903
Section 19-3B-903 Diversification. (a) A trustee shall diversify the investments of the trust unless the trustee reasonably determines that, because of special circumstances, the purposes of the trust are better served without diversifying. (b) In the absence of an express provision to the contrary in the terms of the trust, a trustee without liability, may continue to hold property received into the trust at its inception or subsequently added to it or acquired pursuant to proper authority if and so long as the trustee, in the exercise of good faith and of reasonable prudence, considers the retention to be in the best interest of the trust or in furtherance of the purposes of the trust. The property shall include any successor-in-interest to the original property. The property may also include, among other things, stock in the trustee if a corporation and stock in any corporation controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the trustee. (Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.)...
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19-2-1
Section 19-2-1 Definitions. (a) When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) WAR SERVICE. Such term shall include the following, during the period that the United States shall be engaged in war with any foreign nation: a. Active membership in the military, naval or air forces of the United States or any of its allies. b. Acceptance for membership in the military, naval or air forces of the United States or any of its allies and awaiting induction into that service. c. Participation in any work abroad in connection with a governmental agency of the United States, with the American Red Cross, or with any other similar service. d. Internment in any enemy country, or absence from the United States and inability to return. e. Any service at home or abroad arising out of or in connection with the war, which in the opinion of the court prevents the fiduciary from giving the...
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19-5-1
Section 19-5-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) FIDUCIARY. Includes a personal representative or trustee. (2) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. An executor, administrator, special administrator, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law governing the person's status, and a successor to any of the above. (3) TRUST. Any express trust, with additions thereto, wherever and however created, or any separate share of a trust, and includes any arrangement, other than an estate, which, although not a trust, has substantially the same effect as a trust. (4) TRUSTEE. An original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court, and, in the case of an arrangement which is not a trust but which is treated as a trust for purposes of the GST, includes the person in actual or constructive possession of the property subject to such arrangement. (5) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE....
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45-9-243.40
Section 45-9-243.40 Privilege or license tax. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, trust, estate, or other entity, or any other group or combination of any thereof acting as a unit. (2) COUNTY. Chambers County, Alabama. (3) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect to such person. (4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from the leasing or rental of tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor, or service cost, interest paid or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also...
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19-3B-103
Section 19-3B-103 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) ACTION, with respect to an act of a trustee, includes a failure to act. (2) ASCERTAINABLE STANDARD means a standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of Section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on January 1, 2007, or as later amended. (3) BENEFICIARY means a person that: (A) has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent; or (B) in a capacity other than that of trustee, holds a power of appointment over trust property. (4) CHARITABLE TRUST means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in Section 19-3B-405(a). (5) CONSERVATOR means a person appointed by the court to administer the estate of a minor or adult individual. (6) ENVIRONMENTAL LAW means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance relating to protection of the environment. (7) GUARDIAN means a...
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43-6-2
Section 43-6-2 Notice by representative. The personal representative of any person leaving property not devised or bequeathed, or where the devisees or legatees are incapable of taking and such representative is unable to ascertain any lawful heirs or distributees or persons capable of taking within six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, must give notice thereof in some newspaper published in the state once a week for three successive weeks; but it shall not be necessary for any personal representative to institute escheat proceedings under this chapter until the debts of the decedent have been paid. (Code 1852, §2065; Code 1867, §2457; Code 1876, §2852; Code 1886, §1937; Code 1896, §1753; Code 1907, §3919; Code 1923, §7615; Code 1940, T. 16, §26.)...
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19-3D-3
Section 19-3D-3 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. SCOPE. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), this chapter applies to an express trust that is irrevocable, or revocable by the settlor only with the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest. (b) This chapter does not apply to a trust held solely for charitable purposes. (c) Subject to Section 19-3D-15, a trust instrument may restrict or prohibit exercise of the decanting power. (d) This chapter does not limit the power of a trustee, powerholder, or other person to distribute or appoint property in further trust or to modify a trust under the trust instrument, laws of this state other than this chapter, common law, a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement. (e) This chapter does not affect the ability of a settlor to provide in a trust instrument for the distribution...
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35-4A-3
Section 35-4A-3 When nonvested property interest or power of appointment created. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and in Section 35-4A-5, the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law. (b) For purposes of this chapter, if there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of (i) a nonvested property interest or (ii) a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in Section 35-4A-2(b) or (c), the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates. (c) For purposes of this chapter, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising from a transfer of property to a previously funded trust or other existing property arrangement is created when the nonvested property interest or power of...
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