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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-1-1 - Contracts Restraining Business Void; Exceptions. - Repealed by Act 2015-465 effective January 1, 2016.
Section 8-1-2 - Written Contract Not Expressing Parties' Intent May Be Revised. - When, through fraud, a mutual mistake of the parties or...
Section 8-1-3 - Receipt or Acknowledgment for Collateral Required. - (a) All banking, insurance and other corporations, private bankers, brokers...
Section 8-1-4 - Reimbursement for Certain Federal Manufacturer's Excise Taxes; Option to Tender Payment One Business Day Before Remittance Due to Internal Revenue Service; Notification and Security; Applicability. - (a) A party to a contract required to reimburse another...
Article 2 - Accord and Satisfaction.
Section 8-1-20 - "Accord" Defined. - An "accord" is an agreement to accept in extinction of...
Section 8-1-21 - Obligation Not Extinguished by Accord Until Executed. - Though the parties to an accord are bound to execute...
Section 8-1-22 - Accepting Accord Consideration Deemed Satisfaction. - Acceptance of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation...
Section 8-1-23 - Obligation Extinguished by New Consideration or Writing. - An obligation is extinguished by a release therefrom given to...
Article 3 - Specific Performance.
Section 8-1-40 - Specific Performance Not Enforced in Certain Cases. - Specific performance cannot be enforced against a party to a...
Section 8-1-41 - Obligations Which Cannot Be Specifically Enforced. - The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced: (1) An obligation...
Section 8-1-42 - Specific Performance Not Enforced for Party Not Fully Performing Conditions Precedent. - Specific performance cannot be enforced in favor of a party...
Section 8-1-43 - Neither Party to Obligation Compelled Specifically to Perform Unless Other Party Performs. - Neither party to an obligation can be compelled specifically to...
Section 8-1-44 - Contract Signed by One Party Only May Be Enforced by Other. - A party who has signed a written contract may be...
Section 8-1-45 - Imposition of Penalty or Liquidation of Damages Not Bar to Specific Performance. - A contract otherwise proper to be specifically enforced may be...
Section 8-1-46 - Obligation on Real Estate Specifically Enforced Against Person Subsequently Claiming Title. - Whenever an obligation in respect to real property would be...
Section 8-1-47 - Presumptions as to Availability of Specific Performance as Remedy. - It is to be presumed that the breach of an...
Article 4 - Hirings.
Section 8-1-60 - Thing Let for Particular Purpose to Be So Used. - When a thing is let for a particular purpose, the...
Section 8-1-61 - Lessee to Use Ordinary Care. - The lessee of a thing must use ordinary care for...
Section 8-1-62 - Lessee to Repair Injuries. - The lessee of a thing must repair all deteriorations or...
Section 8-1-63 - When Lessor May Reclaim Before End of Term. - The lessor of a thing may terminate the hiring and...
Article 6 - Bidding at Public Sales.
Section 8-1-100 - Consideration for Bidding or Not Bidding at Public Sale Prohibited. - No person shall receive, directly or indirectly, any money or...
Section 8-1-101 - Bids on Public Lands Under Agreement to Transfer Same Prohibited. - No person shall bid off any of the public lands...
Section 8-1-102 - Contracts Violating Sections 8-1-100 and 8-1-101 Void. - (a) All contracts in violation of the provisions of Sections...
Section 8-1-103 - Selling Improvements on Public Lands by Person Making Same. - Nothing in Sections 8-1-100 and 8-1-101 must be so construed...
Article 7 - Future Delivery.
Section 8-1-120 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 8-1-121 - Certain Contracts for Future Delivery Void; Exceptions. - (a) All contracts of sale for the future delivery of...
Section 8-1-122 - Failure to Furnish Statement on Future Delivery Prima Facie Evidence of Illegal Contract. - Every person shall furnish, upon demand, to any principal for...
Section 8-1-123 - Failure to Deliver After Deposit of Margins Prima Facie Evidence of Void Contract. - Proof that anything of value agreed to be sold and...
Section 8-1-124 - Contracts for Future Delivery of Cotton Not Made Subject to Federal Statutes Prima Facie Evidence of Void Contract. - Proof of the fact that any contract for the future...
Section 8-1-125 - Making or Assisting in Making Contract for Future Delivery When Actual Delivery Not Intended - Profit Intended to Be Paid in Money on Day of Delivery. - If any person shall become a party to any contract...
Section 8-1-126 - Making or Assisting in Making Contract for Future Delivery When Actual Delivery Not Intended - Price Based on Bona Fide Sales on Exchange or Board of Trade Without Making Execution on Exchange or Board of Trade. - (a) Any person, either as agent or principal, who enters...
Section 8-1-127 - Futures Contracts Made in Another State. - If any person shall consent while in this state to...
Section 8-1-128 - Establishing Office to Engage in Business of "Futures". - If any person, corporation or other association of persons, either...
Section 8-1-129 - Proof of Establishment of Place to Publish Commodities Information Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt. - Proof that any person, corporation, or other association of persons,...
Section 8-1-130 - Persons Involved in Futures Contracts Not Excused From Testifying; Participation Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt. - (a) No person shall be excused on any prosecution under...
Section 8-1-131 - Money Paid on Illegal Contract May Be Recovered. - Any money or thing paid or delivered to any person...
Article 8 - Gaming and Wagering.
Section 8-1-150 - Contracts Founded Upon Gambling Consideration Void; Recovery of Money Paid or Things of Value Delivered. - (a) All contracts founded in whole or in part on...
Section 8-1-151 - Creditor of Losing Party Under Gambling Contract May Garnish Winner. - (a) Any creditor of a losing party under a gambling...
Section 8-1-152 - Answers in Actions Under Article Not to Be Used in Criminal Prosecutions. - In any action brought under the provisions of this article...
Article 9 - Insane Persons.
Section 8-1-170 - Contracts of Insane Person Void; Exceptions; Liability for Necessaries Furnished. - Except as provided in Sections 8-1-171 and 8-1-172, and contracts...
Section 8-1-171 - Conveyance of Real Estate by Insane Person Not Void if Made in Good Faith. - (a) Whenever any person shall purchase in good faith and...
Section 8-1-172 - Mortgage Taken in Good Faith on Real Estate of Insane Person Not Void. - (a) When any person shall in good faith take a...
Article 10 - Restrictive Covenants,
Section 8-1-190 - Void Contracts; Contracts Allowed to Preserve Protectable Interests. - (a) Every contract by which anyone is restrained from exercising...
Section 8-1-191 - Protectable Interests. - (a) A protectable interest includes all of the following: (1)...
Section 8-1-192 - Requirements. - In order to be valid, any contract or agreement executed...
Section 8-1-193 - Voidable Restraints. - If a contractually specified restraint is overly broad or unreasonable...
Section 8-1-194 - Burden of Proof. - The party seeking enforcement of the covenant has the burden...
Section 8-1-195 - Remedies and Defenses. - (a) The remedies available for breach of an agreement subject...
Section 8-1-196 - Professional Exemptions. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to eliminate any...
Section 8-1-197 - Legislative Intent; Application. - It is hereby declared that this article expresses fundamental public...
Article 11 - Alabama Non-Disparagement Obligations Contract.
Section 8-1-220 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 8-1-221 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 8-1-222 - Validity and Enforceability of Non-Disparagement Obligations. - (a) Non-disparagement obligations in covered contracts, whether unilateral, bilateral, or...
Section 8-1-223 - Contracts to Be in Writing, Signed, and Supported by Adequate Consideration. - In order to be valid and enforceable, a covered contract...
Section 8-1-224 - Liability for Breach of Non-Disparagement Obligation. - In order to be enforceable, a covered contract shall state...
Section 8-1-225 - Enforcement Requirements; Sealing of Pleadings and Motions. - (a) A covered contract containing a non-disparagement obligation in writing...
Section 8-1-226 - Severability of Unenforceable Provisions. - In the event any provision or provisions of a covered...
Section 8-1-227 - Applicability of Article. - (a) Nothing in this article affects any defense or immunity...
Section 8-1-228 - Affirmative Defenses. - (a) In an action for breach of a contract governed...
Section 8-1-229 - Remedies. - Upon a finding of whether there has been a breach...
Section 8-1-230 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective January 1, 2022 This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - Nothing in this article shall affect any agreement executed prior...