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§37-4-1. Who Entitled to Partition; Jurisdiction; State as Party Plaintiff

Tenants in common, joint tenants and coparceners of real property, including minerals, lessees of mineral rights other than lessees of oil and gas minerals and stockholders of a closely held corporation when there are no more than five stockholders and the only substantial asset of the corporation is real estate, shall be compelled to make […]

§37-4-2. Allotting Shares Together

Any two or more of the parties, if they so elect, may have their shares laid off together, when partition can be conveniently made in that way.

§37-4-3. Allotment or Sale; Procedure for Allotment

When partition cannot be conveniently made, the entire subject may be allotted to any party or parties who will accept it, and pay therefor to the other party or parties such sum of money as his or their interest therein may entitle him or them to; or in any case in which partition cannot be […]

§37-4-4. Determination of Liens

When there are liens by judgment or otherwise, on the interest of any party to a partition suit, the court may, on the petition of any person holding a lien, ascertain the liens and apply the dividend of such party in the proceeds of sale to the discharge of such liens so far as may […]

§37-4-5. Sale of Land Free of Dower

The provisions of section five, article one, chapter forty- three of this code shall be applicable to any sale made under the provisions of this article.

§37-4-6. Unknown Owners

If the name or share of any person interested in the subject of the partition be unknown, so much as is known in relation thereto shall be stated in the bill.

§37-4-7. Lessees

Any person who, before the partition or sale, was lessee of any of the lands divided or sold, shall hold the same of him to whom such land is allotted or sold, on the same terms on which, by his lease, he held it before the partition.

§37-4-8. Record; Effect

The provisions of section seven, article four, chapter fifty-one of this code shall be applicable to any partition made under this article.