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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 6-9-1 - Executions on Judgments; Forms Thereof. - The party in whose favor a judgment is entered, whether...
Section 6-9-2 - Right of Surety Paying Judgment or Execution. - The surety paying off such judgment or execution shall have...
Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.
Section 6-9-20 - Who May Issue. - The judge of any court may frame, or cause to...
Section 6-9-21 - When Execution to Issue - Generally. - Within 90 days from the entry of a judgment, the...
Section 6-9-22 - When Execution to Issue - Prior to Time Prescribed. - Upon the entry of judgment, execution may be issued by...
Section 6-9-23 - When Execution to Issue - Fraudulent Disposal or Removal of Property by Defendant. - After the entry of judgment and before the expiration of...
Section 6-9-24 - Alias Writs. - (a) More than one writ of execution may be issued...
Section 6-9-25 - Execution by Coroner or Special Coroner. - When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his...
Section 6-9-26 - Certification of Total Court Costs and Fees to Accompany Execution. - At the foot, or on some part, of the execution,...
Section 6-9-27 - Execution Against Plaintiff for Costs. - When execution against the defendant is returned "no property found,"...
Article 3 - Property Subject to Execution.
Section 6-9-40 - Real and Personal Property; Equity of Redemption Therein. - Executions may be levied: (1) On real property to which...
Section 6-9-41 - Growing or Ungathered Crops. - No execution or other legal process must be levied upon...
Article 4 - Lien of Execution.
Section 6-9-60 - When Writ of Execution Becomes Lien. - A writ of execution is a lien only within the...
Section 6-9-61 - Destruction of Lien Upon Execution of Bond for Appeal, Etc. - The execution of a bond for an appeal by which...
Section 6-9-62 - Levy of Execution After Defendant's Death. - A writ of execution issued and received by the sheriff...
Section 6-9-63 - Execution Where Defendant Dead. - After six months from the date of the grant of...
Article 5 - Levy, Sale and Return.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 6-9-80 - Time for Execution and Return. - The sheriff or other officer receiving an execution must execute...
Section 6-9-81 - Indemnity Bond. - (a) When a reasonable doubt exists whether the personal property...
Section 6-9-82 - Notice Where Levy on Real Estate. - When the levy is on real estate, personal notice thereof...
Section 6-9-83 - Levy on Property of Principal First if Execution Against Sureties. - When execution issues against two or more persons, any of...
Section 6-9-84 - Charging of Subjected Property Sold by Debtor. - When property is subject to a lien and part of...
Section 6-9-85 - Levy and Sale on Undivided Interest in Property. - When a defendant in execution shall own, or be entitled...
Section 6-9-86 - Sale of Levied Property - Time and Place; Continuances. - Lands, when levied on under execution from any court of...
Section 6-9-87 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice. - In sales of personal property, notice must be given by...
Section 6-9-88 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Generally. - When goods and chattels are levied on which in their...
Section 6-9-89 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Strawberries. - When strawberries are levied on or seized under any writ...
Section 6-9-90 - Sale of Levied Property - Rights of Debtor - Designation of Property to Be Sold First. - When a defendant in execution shall point out any of...
Section 6-9-91 - Sale of Levied Property - Rights of Debtor - Substitution of Other Property. - The debtor has the right, on the day of the...
Section 6-9-92 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice to Plaintiff of Money Made. - When the money, or any part thereof, has been made...
Section 6-9-93 - Sale of Levied Property - Payment to Debtor. - When, at an execution sale, the amount of the sale...
Section 6-9-94 - Death of Party After Execution Issued. - The death of any plaintiff or defendant after the issuance...
Section 6-9-95 - Levying Officer to Provide Sustenance for Unsold Livestock. - When livestock is levied on and remains in the hands...
Section 6-9-96 - Return - Unexecuted Writ. - If the writ is not executed or only executed in...
Section 6-9-97 - Return - Sheriff of Another County. - The return of an execution or other process by a...
Section 6-9-98 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Time and Order of Receipt. - The sheriff or other officer receiving an execution must endorse...
Section 6-9-99 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Description of Property Levied and Date Thereof. - When a levy is made on real or personal property,...
Section 6-9-100 - Endorsements on Execution Writs 12-1-14.2 12-10a-1.1 Description of Land Sold and Price. - When land is sold under execution, a description of the...
Section 6-9-101 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Amount of Money Collected; Receipt for Defendant. - When money is collected on an execution, the officer collecting...
Division 2 - Venditioni Exponas.
Section 6-9-120 - Return Showing Goods Levied on Unsold; Issuance of Writ; Form of Writ. - When goods levied on remain in the hands of the...
Section 6-9-121 - Death of Levying Officer Prior to Sale; Proceedings if Property Not Delivered by Representatives of Deceased Officer. - (a) When the officer taking property under execution shall die...
Division 3 - Conveyance.
Section 6-9-140 - Conveyance of Title by Sale Under Judicial Process. - A sale regularly made by virtue of judicial process issuing...
Section 6-9-141 - Written Note or Memorandum Unnecessary. - No note or memorandum in writing shall be necessary to...
Section 6-9-142 - Caveat Emptor; When Officer Personally Bound. - The purchaser must look for himself as to the title...
Section 6-9-143 - Liability of Purchaser for Not Complying With Terms of Sale; Form of Action Against Purchaser. - (a) Any person who may become the purchaser of any...
Section 6-9-144 - Purchaser Owner of Stock, etc., Sold. - The purchaser of any stock, share, interest, or judgment of...
Section 6-9-145 - Enforcement of Covenants Running With Land. - The purchaser at judicial sale may enforce any covenants of...
Section 6-9-146 - Void or Irregular Mortgage Foreclosure. - A purchaser at a void or irregular judicial sale under...
Section 6-9-147 - Setting Aside of Sales by Courts. - Courts have full power over their officers making execution or...
Section 6-9-148 - When Debtor Bound by Void Sale. - Where property is sold under void process and the proceeds...
Section 6-9-149 - Execution and Delivery of Deed to Real Estate Sold by Sheriff. - When real estate or any interest therein has been sold...
Section 6-9-150 - Conveyance by Sheriff of Lands Sold by Predecessor. - When any sheriff authorized by law to sell real estate...
Article 6 - Forthcoming Bonds.
Section 6-9-160 - Restoration of Property Levied on to Debtor Upon Executing Bond; Execution on Forfeiture of Bond; Exception. - (a) When personal property is levied on by the sheriff,...
Section 6-9-161 - Tendering Value of Restored Property by Bond Obligors Where Same Dead or Destroyed. - When property is restored to the defendant on the execution...
Article 7 - Satisying or Setting Aside of Judgments.
Section 6-9-180 - Jury Trial on Issues of Fact. - If the motion or application is to enter satisfaction of...
Article 8 - Revival of Judgments.
Section 6-9-190 - Revival Barred After 20 Years. - A judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20...
Section 6-9-191 - Judgment Presumed Satisfied 10 Years After Entry or Execution. - If 10 years have elapsed from the entry of the...
Section 6-9-192 - Revival of Judgment of District or Circuit Court When Execution Did Not Issue. - No execution shall issue on a judgment of the district...
Section 6-9-193 - Issuance of Execution in Favor of Personal Representative or Successor Without Revival. - When a plaintiff dies after the entry of a judgment...
Section 6-9-194 - Revival in Favor of Personal Representative. - When the plaintiff in any judgment dies, the same may...
Section 6-9-195 - Execution in Favor of Surviving Plaintiffs. - The death of one or more of several plaintiffs in...
Section 6-9-196 - Transfer of Judgment; Right of Assignee Thereof to Have Execution; Action or Reviver Thereon. - (a) When the transfer is made by any agent or...
Article 9 - Registration of Judgments.
Section 6-9-210 - Certificate of Clerk or Register to Be Filed With Probate Judge; Registration and Indexing by Probate Judge. - The owner of any judgment entered in any court of...
Section 6-9-211 - Judgment Constitutes Lien on Property of Defendant. - Every judgment, a certificate of which has been filed as...
Section 6-9-212 - Failure of Probate Judge to Register or Index. - Any judge of probate who shall fail to make the...
Article 10 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
Section 6-9-230 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as the "Uniform Enforcement of...
Section 6-9-231 - "Foreign Judgment" Defined. - As used in this article, the term "foreign judgment" shall...
Section 6-9-232 - Filing Judgment With Clerk of Circuit Court; Effect of Judgment. - A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with...
Section 6-9-233 - Filing Requirements; Notice of Filing; When Execution May Issue. - (a) At the time of filing, the judgment creditor, or...
Section 6-9-234 - Stay of Enforcement of Foreign Judgment. - (a) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit court that...
Section 6-9-235 - Fees. - Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the...
Section 6-9-236 - Right of Action to Enforce Judgment Unimpaired. - The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action...
Section 6-9-237 - Recording of Judgment in Probate Office. - A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in the manner...
Section 6-9-238 - Construction of Article. - This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
Article 11 - Alabama Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Section 6-9-250 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Foreign-Country...
Section 6-9-251 - Definitions. - In this article: (1) "Foreign country" means a government other...
Section 6-9-252 - Applicability of Article. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this article...
Section 6-9-253 - Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgments. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c),...
Section 6-9-254 - Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; Recognition Sought. - (a) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for...
Section 6-9-255 - Action Seeking Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgment. - (a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as...
Section 6-9-256 - Judgment Conclusive and Enforceable. - If the court in a proceeding under Section 6-9-255 finds...
Section 6-9-257 - Stay of Proceedings on Appeal. - If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country...
Section 6-9-258 - Commencement of Action. - An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced...
Section 6-9-259 - Construction and Application of Article. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
Section 6-9-260 - Comity. - This article does not prevent the recognition under principles of...
Section 6-9-261 - Date of Commencement. - This article applies to all actions commenced on or after...