Purchasers of real property against which there are recorded mortgages, vendor's liens, judgments, and other liens shall be protected in assuming that the record owner of such liens is the owner of the indebtedness secured by the same and in dealing with such record owner as the owner of such indebtedness.
Cancellation of the record of mortgages, vendor's liens, judgments, and other liens by the record owner of the same shall be valid as to purchasers of the real property affected by liens of such character.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.
Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 35-4-50 - Conveyances Required to Be Recorded in Office of Probate Judge.
Section 35-4-52 - Petitions, Decrees, or Orders of Bankruptcy.
Section 35-4-51.1 - Recordation of Memorandum of Lease; Contents; Effect.
Section 35-4-53 - Bonds for Title, Etc.
Section 35-4-54 - Conveyances of Personal Property Brought Into State by Tenants for Life or Years.
Section 35-4-55 - Choses in Action Not "Personal Property" Within Meaning Used in Division.
Section 35-4-57 - Deeds of Assignment for Benefit of Creditors.
Section 35-4-58 - Mode of Recording Generally; Time Stamp; Fees.
Section 35-4-59 - Conveyance Operative as Record From Date of Delivery; Receipt.
Section 35-4-60 - Access to Books; Transcripts.
Section 35-4-61 - Liability of Probate Judge for Failure to Perform Duties Generally.
Section 35-4-62 - Locations for Recording Conveyances in Real Property, Deeds, Mortgages, Etc.
Section 35-4-63 - Recording Effective as Notice of Contents of Conveyance.
Section 35-4-64 - Purchasers Protected in Dealing With Record Owner as Owner of Indebtedness.
Section 35-4-65 - When Conveyance Receivable in Evidence.
Section 35-4-66 - Recording Certified Copies of Instruments.
Section 35-4-67 - Proof of Conveyances Executed in Name of Corporation.
Section 35-4-68 - Form of Proof or Acknowledgment of Conveyances.
Section 35-4-69 - Affidavits - Record as Notice of Facts Recited; by Whom Made.
Section 35-4-70 - Affidavits - Admissibility as Evidence.
Section 35-4-71 - Affidavits - Filing and Recordation by Probate Judge.
Section 35-4-72 - Improperly Acknowledged or Recorded Instruments as Evidence.
Section 35-4-75 - Time for Delivery of Deed; When Recorded Contract Presumed Abandoned.
Section 35-4-76 - Limitations on Duration of Option to Purchase Land.