When lands are sold for taxes which are not liable therefor, the purchaser may recover from the officer by whose fault or neglect the assessment or sale was made, and the sureties on his official bond, the amount of the purchase money paid him therefor, with interest thereon from the day of the sale, together with all costs which are adjudged against him in any action concerning said land involving such tax title.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Article 3 - Rights and Remedies of Purchasers at Tax Sales.
Section 40-10-70 - Purchaser to Receive Assignment of Liens.
Section 40-10-71 - When Lands Are Sold Which Are Not Liable for Taxes.
Section 40-10-72 - When Land Sold Is Insufficiently Described.
Section 40-10-74 - Right of Purchaser or Assignee to Possession; Redemption When Lien Is Recorded.
Section 40-10-75 - (Effective January 1, 2020) Right Where Sale Proceedings Were Defective.
Section 40-10-78 - Tender of Party Claiming Adversely to Tax Title; Payment of Excess.
Section 40-10-79 - Recitation of Fact of Purchase Deemed Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 40-10-80 - Judgment When Party Claiming Adversely to Tax Title Has Made Payment or Tender.
Section 40-10-81 - Books and Records as Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 40-10-82 - Limitation of Actions.
Section 40-10-83 - (Effective January 1, 2020) Effect of Payment by Original Owner or Assignee.