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§28-5-33. Appointment of Committee of Convict; Bond

When a person is confined in the penitentiary of this or any other state, or of the United States, under sentence for one year or more, or to suffer death, the estate of such convict in this state, if he have any, both real and personal, shall, on the motion of any party interested, be […]

§28-5-34. When Estate Committed to Sheriff as Committee

If the person so appointed refuse the trust, or fail to give bond as aforesaid, the county court, on like motion, shall, or such court may in the first instance, commit the estate to the sheriff of the county, who shall be the committee, and he and the sureties on his official bond shall be […]

§28-5-35. Appraisement, Inventories and Accounts by and Compensation of Committee

The committee shall have the estate appraised, return inventories, render accounts of his trust, and be made to account therefor, shall be entitled to compensation for his services, and may forfeit his right thereto, all in the same manner, to the same extent, and within the same time, as if he were an administrator or […]

§28-5-36. Suits by or Against Convict or Committee

Such committee may sue and be sued in respect to debts due to or from such convict, and respecting all other causes of action for which the convict might sue or be sued had no such incarceration taken place, and shall have the privilege of an administrator as to the right of retaining his own […]

§28-5-37. Maintenance of Convict's Wife and Family

The committee of any convict who was, at the time of incarceration, a resident of this state shall allow (subject to the claims of creditors) a sufficient maintenance out of the convict's estate for his wife and family, if any; the wife to be entitled, as long as he is confined, to the profits of […]

§28-5-38. Mortgage, Lease or Sale of Real Estate of Convicts

If the personal estate of such convict be insufficient for the discharge of his debts, or if such estate, or the residue thereof after payment of the debts, and the rents and profits of the real estate, be insufficient for the maintenance of the wife and family of such convict, when it is proper to […]

§28-5-40. How Estate of Nonresident Convict Paid Over to Foreign Committee

The committee or other similar fiduciary appointed in any other state for any convict who was a nonresident of this state at the time of his incarceration, and who at such time was possessed of estate within this state, may, in the manner and under the same conditions as are prescribed for the removal of […]