(a) No deed, contract, or other conveyance of land or any interest therein, whether legal or equitable, shall be accepted for record by the probate judge unless it contains a recitation of the marital status of an individual grantor or vendor; provided, that this section shall apply only to instruments executed subsequent to July 21, 1972.
(b) A probate judge shall not be liable in damages or for a penalty for an error or mistake in the performance of his duties under this section if committed in good faith.
(c) Any person who knowingly makes a false recitation, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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.