(a) Any person who may become the purchaser of any real or personal estate at any sale which may be made at public outcry by an executor, administrator or guardian or by any sheriff or other officer under and by virtue of any execution or other legal process and who shall fail or refuse to comply with the terms of such sale when requested so to do shall be liable for the amount of such purchase money, and it shall be at the option of such sheriff or other officer either to proceed against such purchaser for the full amount of the purchase money or to resell such real or personal estate and then proceed against the first purchaser for the deficiency arising from such sale.
(b) The action provided for in subsection (a) of this section may be commenced in the name of the sheriff or other officer making the sale for the use of the plaintiff or defendant in execution or for any other person in interest, as the case may be.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Levy, Sale and Return.
Section 6-9-140 - Conveyance of Title by Sale Under Judicial Process.
Section 6-9-141 - Written Note or Memorandum Unnecessary.
Section 6-9-142 - Caveat Emptor; When Officer Personally Bound.
Section 6-9-144 - Purchaser Owner of Stock, etc., Sold.
Section 6-9-145 - Enforcement of Covenants Running With Land.
Section 6-9-146 - Void or Irregular Mortgage Foreclosure.
Section 6-9-147 - Setting Aside of Sales by Courts.
Section 6-9-148 - When Debtor Bound by Void Sale.
Section 6-9-149 - Execution and Delivery of Deed to Real Estate Sold by Sheriff.
Section 6-9-150 - Conveyance by Sheriff of Lands Sold by Predecessor.