§ 31-6-107. Reports Concerning Property That May Be Subject to Escheat
All administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, or other fiduciaries having in their custody or control property that may be subject to escheat pursuant to this chapter shall promptly, after obtaining knowledge as to facts indicating the possibility of the escheat of any such property, file with the state treasurer a report on such forms as the […]
§ 31-6-108. Surrender and Retention of Property Subject to Escheat
Any person having custody of or control over property subject to escheat under this chapter may be fully released from any responsibility or liability with respect thereto by surrendering or delivering same to the state treasurer and formally disclaiming any interest therein. In the event property subject to escheat under this chapter is not surrendered […]
§ 31-6-109. Suit Involving Escheat Property — Duties of State Treasurer and Attorney General and Reporter
Following notice to the state treasurer that a suit involving escheat property has been commenced, the state treasurer shall notify the attorney general and reporter of the action and together they shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken by the attorney general and reporter in order to protect the state’s interest. The state […]
§ 31-5-105. Jurisdiction of Distribution
All courts having jurisdiction to partition real estate and order distribution among heirs and distributees, shall have full power to cause accounts to be taken and valuations of lands to be made, so as to enforce equality of partition and distribution. Code 1858, § 2435 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 36, § 2); Shan., § 4178; […]
§ 31-6-101. Escheat Generally
If a decedent, whether or not domiciled in this state, leaves no one to take the decedent’s estate or any portion of the estate by the decedent’s will and no one other than a government or governmental subdivision or agency to take the decedent’s estate or a portion of the estate by intestate succession, under […]
§ 31-6-102. Escheat of Real Property
Real property located in this state escheats to this state in accordance with § 31-6-101.
§ 31-6-103. Escheat of Tangible Personal Property Customarily Kept in This State
All tangible personal property owned by the decedent, wherever located at the decedent’s death, that was customarily kept in this state prior to the decedent’s death, escheats to this state in accordance with § 31-6-101.
§ 31-3-107. Construction of Chapter
This chapter shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.
§ 31-4-101. Right to Elective Share
The surviving spouse of an intestate decedent who elects against taking an intestate share, or a surviving spouse who elects against a decedent’s will, has a right of election, unless limited by subsection (c), to take an elective-share amount equal to the value of the decedent’s net estate as defined in subsection (b), determined by […]
§ 31-4-102. Proceeding for Elective Share — Time Limit
The surviving spouse may elect to take the spouse’s elective share in decedent’s property by filing in the court and mailing or delivering to the personal representative, if any, a petition for the elective share within nine (9) months after the date of death. When the title of the surviving spouse to property devised or […]