Code of Alabama
Chapter 10 - Exemptions.
Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 6-10-1 - Law Governing Exemptions and Claims. - The right of homestead or other exemption shall be governed...

Section 6-10-2 - Homestead Exemption - Amount; Area. - The homestead of every resident of this state, with the...

Section 6-10-3 - Homestead Exemption - Alienation by Married Person. - No mortgage, deed or other conveyance of the homestead by...

Section 6-10-4 - Homestead Exemption - Liens Not Affected. - The provisions of this article shall not, however, be so...

Section 6-10-5 - Burial Place and Church Pew or Seat. - In favor of any resident of this state, there shall...

Section 6-10-6 - Personalty. - The personal property of such resident, except for wages, salaries,...

Section 6-10-6.1 - Exclusions From Personal Property. - (a) Wages, salaries, or other compensation of a resident are...

Section 6-10-7 - Wages, Salaries, or Other Compensation of Laborers or Employees for Personal Services. - (a) The wages, salaries, or other compensation of laborers or...

Section 6-10-8 - Rights of Beneficiaries and Assignees Under Life Insurance Policies. - If a policy of insurance, whether heretofore or hereafter issued,...

Section 6-10-9 - Partnership Property. - No property, real or personal, held or owned by partners...

Section 6-10-10 - County and Municipal Property. - All property, real or personal, belonging to the several counties...

Section 6-10-11 - Exemptions in Federal Bankruptcy. - In cases instituted under the provisions of Title 11 of...

Section 6-10-12 - Adjustments to Exemption Values. - On July 1, 2017, and at the end of each...

Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.

Section 6-10-20 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Making and Filing. - Any resident of this state entitled to, and desiring to,...

Section 6-10-21 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Recordation; Receipt; Certified Copies. - Such declarations of claims of exemptions shall be recorded in...

Section 6-10-22 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Fees for Filing, Etc. - The fees for filing, recording, copying, and certifying such declarations...

Section 6-10-23 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Effect as Evidence and Notice. - After the filing of such declaration, the claim of exemption...

Section 6-10-24 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Effect of Waiver or Contest. - After such declaration of claim has been filed for record,...

Section 6-10-25 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Contesting of Claims. - A plaintiff, in person or by his or her agent...

Section 6-10-26 - Claim of Exemption After Levy and Prior to Sale; Contesting of Such Claim. - The right of homestead or other exemption shall not be...

Section 6-10-27 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Delivery of Personalty to Defendant Upon Executing Bond; Proceedings When Bond Not Forthcoming. - (a) When any contest of a claim of exemption to...

Section 6-10-28 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Return of Levying Officer. - In case of such contest, the officer making the levy...

Section 6-10-29 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Filing of Inventory by Defendant; Effect of Failure to File. - On any contest of a claim of exemption to personal...

Section 6-10-30 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Trial of Issues. - The contest of any claim of exemptions shall be a...

Section 6-10-31 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Trial by Jury in Probate Court. - When a contest of a claim of exemption is triable...

Section 6-10-32 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Judgment. - If the plaintiff fails to appear in support of his...

Section 6-10-33 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Proceedings When Claim of Personalty Found Excessive. - When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to...

Section 6-10-34 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Proceedings When Inventory Discloses Personalty Not Embraced by Claim of Exemption. - When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to...

Section 6-10-35 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Tender of Issue by Plaintiff on Inventory Filed by Defendant; Determination Thereof. - When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to...

Section 6-10-36 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Assessment of Value of Property and Damages Resulting From Detention on Bond; Judgment and Execution on Bond. - When bond has been executed by the plaintiff or defendant...

Section 6-10-37 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Garnishment of Money, Choses in Action or Personal Property. - When money, choses in action or personal property are garnished...

Section 6-10-38 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Proceedings When Homestead Found to Exceed Value or Area Allowed. - (a) If, on the trial of a contest of a...

Section 6-10-39 - Interposition of Homestead Claim or Other Exemptions and Defense of Contest Thereof by Spouse or Minor Children. - If a husband, wife or parent, entitled to a homestead...

Section 6-10-40 - Sale of Land and Separation of Homestead Interest From That of Alienee. - When the homestead, after being reduced to the lowest practicable...

Section 6-10-41 - Effect of Leaving Homestead Temporarily or Leasing Same. - When a declaration of claim to a homestead exemption has...

Section 6-10-42 - When No Action Lies Against Officer Levying on Exempt Property. - If no declaration of claim of exemption has been filed...

Section 6-10-43 - Effect of Contest on Sale of Property and Lien Thereon. - When a contest of a claim of exemption has been...