Code of Alabama
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 35-4-70 - Affidavits - Admissibility as Evidence.

In any litigation over any of the lands referred to and described in any of such affidavits, in any court in the state of Alabama or in any proceedings in any such court involving the title to such lands, wherein the facts recited in such affidavits may be material, the said affidavits or certified copies of the record thereof shall be admissible as evidence of the facts therein recited and shall be sufficient to prima facie establish such facts. The said affidavits or certified copies thereof shall only be admissible as evidence in the event the parties making the affidavits are deceased, are nonresidents of the state, their residence is unknown to the parties offering the affidavits, or such parties are too old, infirm, or sick to attend court.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 35 - Property.

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 35-4-51 - What Instruments Admitted to Record; Filing as Notice of Contents; Section Cumulative.

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 35-4-56 - Patents.

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 35-4-73 - Recitation of Marital Status of Grantor or Vendor Required; Probate Judge Not Liable for Good Faith Error; False Recitation a Misdemeanor.

Section 35-4-74 - Necessity for Including Plat or Description of Plat Book, etc.; Probate Judge Not Liable for Good Faith Error.

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.