(a) Any person entitled to administration may relinquish his right thereto in the same manner as executors are authorized to renounce their appointment.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-43

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) If no person entitled to the administration of the estate, according to the first three subdivisions of subsections (a) or (b) of section 43-2-42, applies for letters within 40 days after the death of the intestate is known, the persons so entitled must be held to have relinquished their right to the administration.