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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 35-11-1 - Statutory Modes of Enforcement Not Exclusive. - The statutory modes provided in this chapter for the enforcement...
Section 35-11-2 - Rights of Inferior Lienors. - One who has a lien inferior to another, upon the...
Section 35-11-3 - Right to Redeem; Subrogation. - Every person, having an interest in property subject to a...
Section 35-11-4 - Order of Resort to Different Things. - Where one has a lien upon different things, and other...
Section 35-11-5 - Affidavit and Bond Required Before Issue of Attachment. - In all cases in this chapter where the process of...
Section 35-11-6 - Limitations; Trial of Cases of Attachment. - All cases arising under the provisions of this chapter where...
Article 2 - Liens for Stumpage.
Section 35-11-20 - Lien Declared. - Owners of land, or their assignees, shall have a lien...
Section 35-11-21 - Enforcement. - For the enforcement of such lien, the owners of such...
Article 3 - Federal Lien Registration.
Division 1 - Lien for United States Taxes.
Section 35-11-40 - Filing of Notice of Lien. - Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 89-948, p. 1868.
Section 35-11-41 - Record of Notices. - Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 89-948, p. 1868.
Division 2 - Alabama Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.
Section 35-11-42 - Short Title. - This division may be cited as the "Alabama Uniform Federal...
Section 35-11-43 - Scope. - This division applies only to federal tax liens and to...
Section 35-11-44 - Place of Filing. - (a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal...
Section 35-11-45 - Execution of Notices and Certificates. - Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting...
Section 35-11-46 - Duties of Filing Officer. - (a) If a notice of a federal lien, a refiling...
Section 35-11-47 - Fees. - The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien...
Section 35-11-48 - Uniformity of Application and Construction. - This division shall be applied and construed to effectuate its...
Article 4 - Liens on Watercraft.
Section 35-11-60 - Lien Declared. - A lien is hereby declared on any ship, steamboat, or...
Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.
Division 1 - Agisters or Trainers.
Section 35-11-70 - Lien on Stock for Pasturage or Training. - (a) Any keeper, owner, operator, or proprietor of any pasture...
Section 35-11-71 - Lien on Birds or Animals for Feeding, Boarding or Training. - The owner, keeper, or proprietor of any premises kept for...
Section 35-11-72 - Lien of Landlord on Stock Raised on Rented Premises. - (a) Owners of land, or their assignees, shall have a...
Division 2 - Agricultural Superintendents and Laborers; Railroad Employees.
Section 35-11-90 - Lien Declared in Favor of Railroad Laborers and Employees. - Laborers and employees of each railroad company operated in this...
Section 35-11-91 - Lien Declared in Favor of Agricultural Laborers and Superintendents. - Agricultural laborers and superintendents of plantations shall have a lien...
Section 35-11-92 - Right to Enforce Liens by Attachment. - For the enforcement of such liens the persons entitled may...
Section 35-11-93 - When Attachment by Agricultural Laborer or Plantation Superintendent Attaches; Additional Affidavit. - An agricultural laborer or superintendent of a plantation may sue...
Section 35-11-94 - Crop Leviable Only to Extent Necessary to Satisfy Demand and Costs. - When an attachment is sued out by an agricultural laborer...
Section 35-11-95 - Property or Proceeds Subject to Garnishment. - All the property upon which a lien is created under...
Section 35-11-96 - Satisfaction of Claims for Rent and Advances. - No part of any crop levied on under the provisions...
Section 35-11-97 - Satisfaction of Prior Liens. - Any officer enforcing the satisfaction of any lien under the...
Division 3 - Mechanics, Blacksmiths and Woodworkmen.
Section 35-11-110 - Lien Declared. - Any blacksmith, woodworkman, or other mechanic who contributes his labor...
Section 35-11-111 - Right to Enforce Lien by Attachment. - Any person entitled thereto may enforce such lien in any...
Section 35-11-112 - Joinder of Persons Having Liens on Same Property. - (a) Persons having liens under the provisions of this division,...
Division 4 - Hotel, etc., and Restaurant Keepers.
Section 35-11-130 - Lien Declared. - Keepers of hotels, inns, boarding houses, and restaurants shall have...
Section 35-11-131 - Enforcement of Lien. - The lien of keepers of hotels, inns, boarding houses, and...
Division 5 - Jewelers, Watchmakers and Silversmiths.
Section 35-11-150 - Lien Declared. - Every jeweler, watchmaker, and silversmith who shall alter, repair, or...
Section 35-11-151 - Enforcement of Lien. - If such debt remains unpaid for 12 months or more,...
Division 6 - Laundries, Cleaners, Etc.
Section 35-11-170 - Lien Declared. - Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of...
Section 35-11-171 - Enforcement of Lien. - If such debt remains unpaid for three months or more,...
Division 7 - Livery Stable Keepers.
Section 35-11-190 - Lien Declared. - Any keeper, owner or proprietor of a livery stable, or...
Section 35-11-191 - Enforcement of Lien. - If the charges when due are not paid within 10...
Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.
Section 35-11-210 - Lien Declared. - Every mechanic, person, firm, or corporation who shall do or...
Section 35-11-211 - Priority of Lien. - (a) Such lien as to the land and buildings or...
Section 35-11-212 - Building or Improvement on Leased Land. - (a) When the building or improvement is erected under or...
Section 35-11-213 - Verified Statement - Duty to File; Contents; Form. - It shall be the duty of every person entitled to...
Section 35-11-214 - Verified Statement - How Oath Administered Out of State. - If the oath to such statement is made beyond this...
Section 35-11-215 - Verified Statement - Time for Filing. - The lien declared in this division shall be deemed lost...
Section 35-11-216 - Verified Statement - Indorsement by Probate Judge; Recordation; Fee. - The judge of probate shall indorse on such statement the...
Section 35-11-217 - Selection of Land to Be Charged in Certain Cases. - When the land on which the building or improvement is...
Section 35-11-218 - Notice of Lien Claimed by Persons Other Than Original Contractor. - Every person, except the original contractor, who may wish to...
Section 35-11-219 - List of Materialmen, Laborers, and Employees; Effect of Failure to Pay Materialmen, Etc. - The original contractor shall, when so required, furnish to the...
Section 35-11-220 - Jurisdiction of Actions for Enforcement of Liens. - When the amount involved exceeds $50.00, actions for the enforcement...
Section 35-11-221 - Limitation of Actions. - Any action for the enforcement of the lien declared in...
Section 35-11-222 - How Action Commenced; Pleadings, Practice, and Proceedings. - Such actions, when brought in the circuit court, shall be...
Section 35-11-223 - Parties. - (a) In such actions, all persons interested in the matter...
Section 35-11-224 - Issues; Finding or Verdict; Judgment Generally. - Any defendant, by appropriate plea, may put in issue the...
Section 35-11-225 - Judgment by Default. - Judgment by default may be entered against any defendant, except...
Section 35-11-226 - Enforcement of Judgments. - (a) Judgments establishing the lien, and ordering the property sold...
Section 35-11-227 - Actions by Employees, etc.; Defense by Contractor. - (a) If the action is by an employee of the...
Section 35-11-228 - Liens Stand on Equal Footing; Exception; Distribution of Proceeds. - All liens arising under this division, except in favor of...
Section 35-11-229 - Actions by Personal Representatives. - If any person entitled to a lien under this division...
Section 35-11-230 - Actions Against Personal Representatives. - The provisions of this Code prohibiting the bringing of actions...
Section 35-11-231 - Acknowledgment of Satisfaction. - (a) Whenever any such lien has been fully satisfied, the...
Section 35-11-232 - "Owner or Proprietor" Defined. - Every person, including cestuis que trust, for whose use, benefit,...
Section 35-11-233 - Assignment of Lien; Transfer of Lien on Real Property to Other Security. - (a) Any claim for which a lien is provided in...
Section 35-11-234 - Subrogation. - The owner of any lien on land or improvements who...
Division 9 - Sawmill Owners or Operators.
Section 35-11-250 - Lien Declared. - Any person, firm, or corporation operating a public sawmill shall...
Section 35-11-251 - Enforcement of Lien. - (a) If the charges, when due, are not paid within...
Division 10 - Sawmill, Lumber or Timber Employees or Laborers.
Section 35-11-270 - Lien Declared. - Every laborer or employee of any sawmill or planing mill...
Section 35-11-271 - Priority of Lien. - Such lien shall have priority over all other liens, mortgages,...
Section 35-11-272 - Limitations. - The liens created by this division shall be held to...
Section 35-11-273 - Enforcement of Lien. - For the enforcement of such liens, the person entitled thereto...
Division 11 - For Processing Certain Commodities.
Section 35-11-290 - Lien Declared. - Every owner of a cotton gin, peanut machine, or picker,...
Section 35-11-291 - Enforcement of Lien. - (a) When the processor retains possession of the commodity subject...
Division 12 - Owners of Booms and Bulkheads.
Section 35-11-310 - Lien Declared. - Any riparian proprietor who has lawfully erected or maintains in...
Section 35-11-311 - Enforcement of Lien. - For the enforcement of such lien, the owner of such...
Division 13 - Owners of Stallions, Jacks, Bulls, Etc.
Section 35-11-330 - Lien Declared. - The owner of every stallion, jack, bull, ram, he-goat, or...
Section 35-11-331 - Enforcement of Lien. - For the enforcement of such lien the owner of any...
Division 14 - Tenants in Common.
Section 35-11-350 - Lien Declared. - Persons farming on shares, or raising crops by joint contributions,...
Section 35-11-351 - Enforcement of Lien. - Such lien may be enforced by attachment upon the grounds...
Division 15 - Hospitals.
Section 35-11-370 - Lien Declared. - Any person, firm, hospital authority, or corporation operating a hospital...
Section 35-11-371 - Perfection of Lien. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...
Section 35-11-372 - Release or Satisfaction. - (a) During the period of time allowed by Section 35-11-371...
Section 35-11-373 - Jurisdiction to Determine Matters Connected With Lien; Appeals. - In any case where the action, claim, counterclaim or demand...
Section 35-11-374 - Division Not Applicable to Moneys Due Under Workmen's Compensation Act. - The provisions of this division shall not apply to any...
Section 35-11-375 - Hospital Not Given Independent Right to Determine Liability for Injuries. - This division shall not be construed as giving any hospital...
Division 16 - Veterinarians.
Section 35-11-390 - Lien Declared. - Every veterinarian duly licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery...
Section 35-11-391 - Enforcement of Lien. - (a) If the charges due for the services named in...
Division 17 - Improvements on Public Streets, Etc.
Section 35-11-410 - Lien Declared. - Every person, firm or corporation who shall do or perform...
Section 35-11-411 - Priority of Lien. - Such lien as to the land and buildings and improvements...
Section 35-11-412 - Filing of Verified Statement; Limitation of Actions. - (a) It shall be the duty of every person entitled...
Section 35-11-413 - Jurisdiction; How Action Commenced. - Actions for the enforcement of liens under this division may...
Section 35-11-414 - Judgment. - If the court by its finding, or the jury by...
Section 35-11-415 - Actions Against Personal Representatives. - The provisions of this Code prohibiting the bringing of actions...
Section 35-11-416 - Acknowledgment of Satisfaction. - Whenever any such lien has been fully satisfied, the holder...
Section 35-11-417 - Assignment of Claims. - Any claim for which a lien is provided in this...
Division 18 - Appliances, Machinery and Equipment Used for Land Clearing or Improvements.
Section 35-11-430 - Lien Declared. - Every person, firm, or corporation renting or leasing any appliance,...
Section 35-11-431 - Perfection and Enforcement of Lien. - The lien hereby created shall arise, be perfected and enforced...
Division 19 - Broker Compensation for Sale, Lease, or Conveyance of Commercial Real Estate.
Section 35-11-450 - Definitions. - As used in this division the following terms have the...
Section 35-11-451 - Brokers Lien Generally; Recording Notice; Notice Requirements; Enforcement of Lien. - (a) A real estate broker shall have a lien, in...
Section 35-11-452 - Priority of Lien. - All mortgages, other liens recorded prior to the recording of...
Section 35-11-453 - Escrow Accounts. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, whenever a notice...
Section 35-11-454 - Release, etc., of Lien. - (a) Whenever a notice of lien has been filed with...