When execution issues against two or more persons, any of whom were sureties on the contract before the judgment, the sheriff must levy on the property of the principal first, if any can be found in the county, on the application of such surety; and he may require of the surety affidavit of the fact of suretyship, which he must file with the execution.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Levy, Sale and Return.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 6-9-80 - Time for Execution and Return.
Section 6-9-81 - Indemnity Bond.
Section 6-9-82 - Notice Where Levy on Real Estate.
Section 6-9-83 - Levy on Property of Principal First if Execution Against Sureties.
Section 6-9-84 - Charging of Subjected Property Sold by Debtor.
Section 6-9-85 - Levy and Sale on Undivided Interest in Property.
Section 6-9-86 - Sale of Levied Property - Time and Place; Continuances.
Section 6-9-87 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice.
Section 6-9-88 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Generally.
Section 6-9-89 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Strawberries.
Section 6-9-91 - Sale of Levied Property - Rights of Debtor - Substitution of Other Property.
Section 6-9-92 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice to Plaintiff of Money Made.
Section 6-9-93 - Sale of Levied Property - Payment to Debtor.
Section 6-9-94 - Death of Party After Execution Issued.
Section 6-9-95 - Levying Officer to Provide Sustenance for Unsold Livestock.
Section 6-9-96 - Return - Unexecuted Writ.
Section 6-9-97 - Return - Sheriff of Another County.
Section 6-9-98 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Time and Order of Receipt.
Section 6-9-99 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Description of Property Levied and Date Thereof.