Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 3 - Suretyship.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 8-3-1 - Relationship of Joint Makers of Notes, Bills, Etc. - Joint makers of notes, bills, bonds, or contracts for the...

Section 8-3-2 - Rights of Surety Who Has Paid Debt. - A surety who has paid his principal's debt is entitled...

Section 8-3-3 - Remedies Given Sureties Not Exclusive. - The remedies given sureties and cosureties in this chapter are...

Section 8-3-4 - Tender by Surety Discharges Surety. - The surety may tender to the creditor the amount of...

Section 8-3-5 - Rights of Surety Against Principal Upon Payment of Debt. - Payment by a surety or endorser of a debt past...

Section 8-3-6 - Suretyship May Be Proved by Parol. - If the fact of suretyship does not appear on the...

Section 8-3-7 - Rights of Surety Sued Separately and Paying Judgment. - If the surety is sued separately from his principal, on...

Section 8-3-8 - Payments by Surety Pending Action. - If the surety pays off the debt pending an action...

Section 8-3-9 - Contribution by Cosureties. - All the foregoing provisions of this article shall apply to...

Section 8-3-10 - Control of Judgment by Endorser Upon Payment of Debt. - (a) Every endorser who shall pay off and discharge the...

Section 8-3-11 - Surety Paying Debt Subrogated to Rights of Creditor. - A surety who has paid the debt of his principal...

Section 8-3-12 - When Surety Not to Confess Judgment. - No surety, when sued, can confess judgment or suffer judgment...

Section 8-3-13 - Surety May Require Creditor to Bring Action Against Principal; Discharge of Surety Upon Failure to Bring Action. - (a) A surety upon any contract for the payment of...

Section 8-3-14 - Provisions of Chapter Inure to Benefit of Personal Representatives. - All the provisions of this chapter inure to the benefit...

Section 8-3-15 - Court in Which Complaints Filed. - In cases not otherwise provided for in this chapter, complaints...

Article 2 - Replevy Bonds.

Section 8-3-30 - When Surety on Replevy Bond May Demand Collateral Security; Seizure of Property if Collateral Not Given; Disposition of Seized Perishable Property. - (a) When the principal in any replevy bond is wasting...

Article 3 - Judgments.

Section 8-3-40 - Transfer of Judgment to Surety Upon Payment of Same by Surety. - (a) Whenever a judgment is obtained by a creditor on...

Section 8-3-41 - Issuance of Execution on Judgment Paid by Surety; Collection of Money From Principal Debtor or Cosureties. - (a) If a judgment is entered by any court against...

Section 8-3-42 - Sureties Entitled to Summary Judgment Against Principal and Between Each Other. - Sureties, whether bound on the contract or instrument with the...