When a person dies with property such as a house, rental property or vacation home or land in Alabama, what the law calls “Real Property”, but the person actually lived in another state, an Ancillary Administration must be opened to sell or otherwise transfer the title to that property.   You or another family member may already be the personal representative, Executor, Executrix, Administrator or Administratrix of a decedent's estate in a state other than Alabama, and the decedent has real property here in Alabama. In this case, you need to open an Ancillary Administration here in Alabama to transfer clear title to the heirs or otherwise to sell the property. When Letters are granted to a nonresident Executor/Executrix or Administrator/Administratrix, the assets of the Estate upon which such Letters are granted, which may be within the State of Alabama at the date of such Letters, shall in all respects be administered and settled as if such letters had been issued to a resident Executor/Executrix or Administrator/Administratrix.     

HOW WE CAN HELP

At Harville-Stein Law Offices, we are experienced in probating estates where a family member has died with a house, rental property, vacation home or land in Alabama, and the opening and Administration of an Ancillary Estate. In any county in Alabama, including Jefferson, Shelby County, Talladega County, St. Clair County, the Birmingham and Bessemer areas, we can open the Ancillary Estate for you.  We are experienced in obtaining appraisals of real property and in their sale so that the funds can be divided between the rightful heirs or their other transfer of ownership.  

IN SUMMARY

• We can open an Ancillary Estate for you in any county in Alabama
• We can coordinate with you, the Personal Representative  or the Attorney for the Estate
• We are experienced in the valuation and sale of Real Property, such as homes, land, vacation property and rental property
• We work efficiently through the Probate process