Alabama Code 35-10-25. Executors and administrators authorized to execute releases, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-10-25
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Any executor of a will or administrator of an estate duly appointed by the proper court shall have authority to execute releases and discharges and may enter satisfaction on the margin of the record of any mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance in favor of a decedent when payment of such mortgage, lien, or encumbrance was made to said decedent in his lifetime.