Title 19

The register or clerk must keep a docket in which he must enter each claim, showing under appropriate captions, the name and address of the claimant, the amount and character of his claim, when due, by whom certified and when filed, with appropriate spaces for the insertion of th…

All claims to which no objection is made in the manner provided in Sections 19-3-32 and 19-3-33, within three months after the expiration of the time prescribed for the presentation of claims, stand allowed without further proof. (Code 1896, §4163; Code 1907, §6065; Code 1923, §1…

At any time within three months after the expiration of the time allowed for the presentation of claims, or at any time prior thereto, the trustee or assignor or any creditor or party in interest may object to the allowance of any claim filed against the trust estate, by filing o…

Within 30 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing objections to claims, the register or clerk must appoint a time, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days thereafter, for the hearing of such objections as have been filed; and of the nature of the objections and th…

On the day appointed for the hearing, or any day to which the same may be continued, the register or clerk must proceed to hear and note the testimony for and against the contested claim, the verified claim or statement thereof being prima facie evidence of its correctness, and m…

Within three months after the expiration of the time allowed for the filing of objections to claims, the trustee must render, under oath, to the register or clerk an account charging himself with all the moneys of the trust estate which have come into his possession, or with whic…

Upon the filing of such account the register or clerk must appoint a day, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days thereafter, to hear and pass upon the account, and must give notice thereof by mail, postage prepaid, to each creditor, his agent or attorney and to the assignor. (Cod…

Upon the day so appointed, or any day to which the hearing may be continued, the register or clerk must proceed to examine and audit the account; and upon such auditing, the assignor or any creditor or party in interest, his representative or transferee, may move the register or …

Upon a hearing before the register or clerk under any of the provisions of this article, any competent legal evidence, written or oral, may be received. All such evidence must be noted and oral testimony reduced to writing by the register or clerk. Within 10 days thereafter, eith…

Upon the application of the trustee, the court may authorize the compromise of any bad and doubtful debts or choses in action belonging to the trust estate, or the sale thereof to the highest bidder, on such terms and notice as the court may prescribe. (Code 1896, §4171; Code 190…

The trustee may make sale of any real estate or interest therein belonging to the trust estate, at public outcry to the highest bidder, after giving notice thereof by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the real estate i…

If the trustee shall fail to make settlement, partial or final, as required in this article he may be compelled to do so, by citation to be issued by the register or clerk on order of the court, at the instance of any creditor or party interested in the trust, in all respects as …

After the decedent’s death, in the case of a decedent’s estate, or after an income interest in a trust ends, the following rules apply: (a) If property is specifically given to a beneficiary by will or by trust, then the fiduciary of the decedent’s estate or of the terminating in…

(a) Each beneficiary described in Section 19-3A-201(d) is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary’s fractional interest in undistributed principal assets, using inventory values as of the appropriate distribution dates. (b) In determining a benefi…

A business trust is an express trust created by a written declaration of trust whereby property is conveyed to one or more trustees, who hold and manage the same for the benefit and profit of such persons as may be or become the holders of transferable certificates evidencing the…

A business trust may be established by a declaration of trust, duly executed by one or more trustees, for any lawful purpose including, but not limited to, acquiring, managing, improving, leasing, dealing in, selling or otherwise alienating, mortgaging or otherwise incumbering re…

The trustees shall hold the legal title to all property at any time belonging to the business trust. They shall have control over such property as well as the control and management of the business and affairs of the business trust. Liability to third persons for any act, omissio…

The beneficial ownership in a business trust shall be evidenced by certificates issued by the trustees. These certificates shall be transferable in the same manner as stock certificates of a corporation are transferable. No assessment shall be made against the interest of any ben…

The written declaration of trust may provide for the election of successor trustees in the event of the death, resignation and removal of a trustee and may provide for the amendment of said declaration of trust. The declaration of trust may also contain such other provisions rega…

A business trust shall not be deemed invalid as violating the rule against perpetuities or the law against suspension of the powers of alienation. Such trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it may be created, provided the declar…

A business trust may be sued for debts and other obligations incurred by the trustees in the performance of their duties under the declaration of trust and for any damages resulting from the negligence of such trustees, and its property shall be subject to attachment and executio…

Repealed by Act 2006-114, p. 173, §5, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 251, p. 2263, §8.)

(a) An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from the date on which the income interest begins. An income interest begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, then on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or a successive incom…

(a) A fiduciary shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement, other than one to which Section 19-3A-201(a) applies, to principal in the following instances: (1) In the case of a decedent’s estate, if its due date occurs before the date of a decedent’s death; or (2) In the cas…

(a) For the purposes of this section, “undistributed income” means net income received before the date on which an income interest ends. The term does not include an item of income or expense that is due or accrued or net income that has been added or is required to be added to p…

“Fiduciary funds,” as used in this article, shall include any sums whatsoever which have come into the hands of such officer and of which he is not the absolute and unqualified owner, including witness fees and other fees or funds to which any person other than himself is entitle…

Every register, probate judge, sheriff, clerk and register shall prepare a report in writing showing the amount of all fiduciary funds in the hands of such official, designating the name of the owner and the case or the circumstances under which the same was received, which state…

The register and the clerk shall file the report with the judge of the court of which he is the clerk, or clerk and register, at the first session of said court after January 1 of each year. (Acts 1909, No. 133, p. 166; Code 1923, §10460; Code 1940, T. 58, §32.)

The sheriff shall file, at the first session held after the first day of January of each court under whose processes he holds any money, the report required by this article. (Acts 1909, No. 133, p. 166; Code 1923, §10464; Code 1940, T. 58, §33.)

The judge of such court shall carefully examine said report and order the same recorded by the clerk of the court in a well-bound book, kept for that purpose, which book shall be open to the inspection of the public. (Acts 1909, No. 133, p. 166; Code 1923, §10462; Code 1940, T. 5…

The probate judge shall file such statement in his court within the first 10 days of January of each year and record the same in a book kept for that purpose, which book shall be open to the inspection of the public. (Acts 1909, No. 133, p. 166; Code 1923, §10463; Code 1940, T. 5…

The judges of courts of record in this state, at the first session of their courts held after January 1, shall enforce the provisions of this article and, if such report is not filed within the first day of said court, shall issue a mandatory order requiring the filing of said re…

(a) If at any time it appears to the court, or is made known to the court, that any balance has been in the hands of any officer for a period of five years and the same remains unclaimed, the court may make an order directing the same to be paid into the county treasury, and a se…

(a) For purposes of this section, “entity” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any other organization in which a fiduciary has an interest other than (1) a trust or decedent…

A fiduciary shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or a decedent’s estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest, and shall allocate to principal an amount received as a distribution of principal from such …

(a) If a fiduciary who conducts a business or other activity determines that it is in the best interest of all the beneficiaries to account separately for the business or other activity instead of accounting for it as part of the trust’s general accounting records, then the fiduc…

A fiduciary shall allocate to principal: (1) To the extent not allocated to income under this chapter, assets received from a transferor during the transferor’s lifetime, a decedent’s estate, a trust with a terminating income interest, or a payer under a contract naming the trust…

To the extent the fiduciary does not account for receipts from rental property pursuant to Section 19-3A-403, the fiduciary shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An am…

(a) An amount received as interest, whether determined at a fixed, variable, or floating rate, on a bond or an obligation to pay money to the fiduciary shall be allocated to income. (b) Except as provided for in subsection (c) and subsection (d), a fiduciary shall allocate to pri…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a fiduciary shall allocate to principal the proceeds of a life insurance policy or other contract in which the trust or its fiduciary is named as beneficiary, including a contract that insures the trust or its fiduciary against …

(a) If a fiduciary determines that an allocation between principal and income required by Section 19-3A-409, Section 19-3A-410, Section 19-3A-411, Section 19-3A-412, or Section 19-3A-415 is insubstantial, then the fiduciary may allocate the entire amount to principal, unless one …

(a) In this section: (1) “Payment” means a payment that a fiduciary may receive over a fixed number of years or during the life of one or more individuals because of services rendered or property transferred to the payer in exchange for future payments. The term includes a paymen…

(a) In this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. The term includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right to receive payments under …

(a) To the extent that a fiduciary accounts for receipts from an interest in minerals or other natural resources pursuant to this section, the fiduciary shall allocate them as follows: (1) If received as nominal delay rental or nominal annual rent on a lease, a receipt shall be a…

(a) To the extent that a fiduciary accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the fiduciary shall allocate the net receipts first to principal, based upon the volume of the timber at the time of transfer to the trust or decedent’s…

(a) If a marital deduction is allowed for all or part of a trust whose assets consist substantially of property that does not provide the spouse with sufficient income from or use of the trust assets, and if the amounts that the fiduciary transfers from principal to income pursua…