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Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-1-1

  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The Governor may appoint commissioners in other states and territories of the United States to take and certify depositions, to receive the acknowledgment and take the proof of conveyances of property within this state and the proof of wills, executed by persons without the state, devising or bequeathing property within this state. Commissioners appointed under this section shall hold office for four years.