No leasehold estate can be created for a longer term than 99 years. Leases for more than 20 years shall be void for the excess over said period unless the lease or a memorandum thereof is acknowledged or approved as required by law in conveyances of real estate and recorded within one year after execution in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the property leased is situated.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 35-4-1 - Who May Convey Lands by Deed or Will.
Section 35-4-2 - Estate Taken as Fee Simple Unless Expressly Limited.
Section 35-4-3 - Fee Tail Converted Into Fee Simple.
Section 35-4-4 - Rule Against Perpetuities.
Section 35-4-5 - Conveyance to Avoid Perpetuities.
Section 35-4-7 - Survivorship Between Joint Tenants.
Section 35-4-8 - Posthumous Children Included in "Heirs," "Issue," or "children."