When any sheriff authorized by law to sell real estate makes such sale and dies or vacates his office before making a conveyance to the purchaser thereof, the court from which the writ issued, upon proof of the sale and of the payment of the purchase money, may order the successor in office of the sheriff making such sale to make a conveyance of such lands to the purchaser, and such conveyance shall relate back to the date of the sale. If the purchaser is the plaintiff in the judgment, proof that he has credited, or the fact that he does credit, on the record the defendant with the amount of the purchase money, less the necessary expenses and costs, is equivalent to proof of payment of the purchase money.
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.