If a rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a claim for possession and for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach of the rental agreement and reasonable attorney's fees.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
Division 2 - Landlord Remedies.
Section 35-9A-421 - Noncompliance With Rental Agreement; Failure to Pay Rent.
Section 35-9A-422 - Failure to Maintain.
Section 35-9A-423 - Remedies for Absence, Nonuse, and Abandonment.
Section 35-9A-424 - Waiver of Landlord's Right to Terminate.
Section 35-9A-425 - Landlord Liens; Distraint for Rent.