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AL Code § 35-11-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-212 - Building or Improvement on Leased Land.

Section 35-11-212Building or improvement on leased land. (a) When the building or improvement is erected under or by virtue of any contract with a lessee in possession, and the erection thereof is not in violation of the terms or conditions of the lease, the lien shall attach to such building or improvement, and to the unexpired term of the lease, and the holder of the lien shall have the right to avoid a forfeiture of the lease by paying rent to the lessor, as it becomes due and payable, or by the performance of any other act or duty to which the lessee may be bound; and if the lien is enforced by a sale of the building or improvement, the purchaser may, at his election, become entitled to the possession of the demised premises, and to remain therein for the unexpired term, by paying rent to the lessor, or performing any other act or duty to which the lessee was bound, as if he were the assignee of the lease; or he may, within 60 days after the sale, remove such building or improvement from the premises; and if he elects to take possession and to remain therein until the expiration of the term of the lease, he may, within a reasonable time after the expiration of the term, remove such building or improvement from the premises. If, before a sale, the holder of the lien has made any payments of rent, or other pecuniary compensation to the lessor, which ought to have been paid by the lessee, he shall be reimbursed for such payments from the proceeds of the sale. (b) When a lien attaches under subsection (a), the lessor, at any time before a sale of the property, shall have a right to discharge the same, by paying to the holder the amount secured thereby, including costs and all moneys he may have paid to the lessor to prevent a forfeiture of the lease, and, after a sale, he shall have the right to prevent the removal of the building or improvement from the premises by paying to the purchaser the value of such building or improvement; and upon such payment, either to the holder of the lien or to the purchaser, such building or improvement shall become the property of the lessor. (Code 1876, §3443; Code 1886, §§3020, 3021; Code 1896, §§2725, 2726; Code 1907, §§4756, 4757; Code 1923, §§8834, 8835; Code 1940, T. 33, §§39, 40.)
AL Code § 35-11-213 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-213 - Verified Statement - Duty to File; Contents; Form.

Section 35-11-213Verified statement - Duty to file; contents; form. It shall be the duty of every person entitled to such lien to file in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the property upon which the lien is sought to be established is situated, a statement in writing, verified by the oath of the person claiming the lien, or of some other person having knowledge of the facts, containing the amount of the demand secured by the lien, after all just credits have been given, a description of the property on which the lien is claimed in such a manner that same may be located or identified, a description by house number, name of street, and name of city or town being a sufficient description where the property is located in a city or town, and the name of the owner or proprietor thereof; but no error in the amount of the demand or in the name of the owner or proprietor, shall affect the lien. Unless such statement is so filed the lien shall be lost. Said verified statement may be in the following form, which shall be deemed sufficient:  State of Alabama, County of _____ _____ files this statement in writing, verified by the oath of _____, who has personal knowledge of the facts herein set forth: That said _____ claims a lien upon the following property, situated in _____ county, Alabama, to wit: _________________________________ _________________________________ This lien is claimed, separately and severally, as to both the buildings and improvements thereon, and the said land. That said lien is claimed to secure an indebtedness of $____ with interest, from to wit _____ day of _____, 19__, for ____________________ The name of the owner or proprietor of the said property is __________________________________________  _________________, Claimant. Before me, _____, a notary public in and for the county of _____, State of _____, personally appeared _____, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say: That he has personal knowledge of the facts set forth in the foregoing statement of lien, and that the same are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief.  _________________, Affiant. Subscribed and sworn to before me on this the _____ day of _____, 19__, by said affiant.  _________________, Notary Public. (Code 1876, §3444; Code 1886, §3022; Code 1896, §2727; Code 1907, §4758; Code 1923, §8836; Code 1940, T. 33, §41.)
AL Code § 35-11-214 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-214 - Verified Statement - How Oath Administered Out of State.

Section 35-11-214Verified statement - How oath administered out of state. If the oath to such statement is made beyond this state, it may be administered by any officer authorized to take acknowledgements and proof of conveyances beyond the state. (Code 1886, §3023; Code 1896, §2728; Code 1907, §4759; Code 1923, §8837; Code 1940, T. 33, §43.)
AL Code § 35-11-215 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-215 - Verified Statement - Time for Filing.

Section 35-11-215Verified statement - Time for filing. The lien declared in this division shall be deemed lost unless the statement referred to in Section 35-11-213 shall be filed by every original contractor within six months and by every journeyman and day laborer within 30 days, and by every other person entitled to such lien within four months, after the last item of work or labor has been performed or the last item of any material, fixture, engine, boiler, or machinery has been furnished for any building or improvement on land or for repairing, altering, or beautifying the same under or by virtue of any contract with the owner or proprietor thereof, or his agent, architect, trustee, contractor, or subcontractor. (Code 1876, §§3444, 3454; Code 1886, §§3022, 3041; Code 1896, §§2727, 2746; Code 1907, §§4758, 4777; Code 1923, §§8836, 8855; Code 1940, T. 33, §42.)
AL Code § 35-11-216 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-216 - Verified Statement - Indorsement by Probate Judge; Recordation; Fee.

Section 35-11-216Verified statement - Indorsement by probate judge; recordation; fee. The judge of probate shall indorse on such statement the date of its filing, and shall record the same in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be properly labeled and indexed, and note thereon the date of filing; for all of which he shall receive $.15 per 100 words, which shall be secured to the party filing the statement by such lien. (Code 1876, §3445; Code 1886, §3024; Code 1896, §2729; Code 1907, §4760; Code 1923, §8838; Code 1940, T. 33, §44.)
AL Code § 35-11-217 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-217 - Selection of Land to Be Charged in Certain Cases.

Section 35-11-217Selection of land to be charged in certain cases. When the land on which the building or improvement is situated is not in a city or town and exceeds in area one acre, any person having a lien, or his personal representative, may at any time prior to his filing his statement in the office of the judge of probate, select one acre in addition to the land upon which the building or improvement is situated which shall also be subject to the lien; such selection to include the land surrounding the said building or improvement, and contiguous thereto, and with the land on which the building or improvement is situated to constitute but one lot or parcel. When the land on which the building or improvement is situated is in a city or town and the improvement consists of two or more buildings united together, situated on the same lot or contiguous or adjacent lots, or of separate buildings upon contiguous or adjacent lots, or where the machinery, material, fixture, engine, boiler, work, or labor has been furnished for improvements or structures which are located on separate tracts or parcels of land but operated as an entire plant or concern, and erected under one general contract, the lien for the labor, materials, fixtures, engines, boiler, or machinery, so furnished, shall attach to all such construction or improvements, together with land upon which they are situated, and it shall not be necessary to file a separate lien for each lot, building, or improvement, but the party claiming the lien may elect to file a separate lien for each lot, building, or improvement. (Code 1886, §3025; Code 1896, §2730; Code 1907, §4761; Code 1923, §8839; Code 1940, T. 33, §45.)
AL Code § 35-11-218 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-218 - Notice of Lien Claimed by Persons Other Than Original Contractor.

Section 35-11-218Notice of lien claimed by persons other than original contractor. Every person, except the original contractor, who may wish to avail himself of the provisions of this division, shall before filing his statement in the office of the judge of probate, give notice in writing to the owner or proprietor, or his agent, that he claims a lien on such building or improvement, setting forth the amount thereof, for what, and from whom it is owing; and after such notice, any unpaid balance in the hands of the owner or proprietor shall be held subject to such lien. But the provisions of this section shall not apply to the case of any material furnished for such building or improvement, of which the owner was notified in advance as provided in Section 35-11-210. (Code 1876, §3457; Code 1886, §3026; Code 1896, §2731; Code 1907, §4762; Code 1923, §8840; Code 1940, T. 33, §46.)
AL Code § 35-11-219 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-219 - List of Materialmen, Laborers, and Employees; Effect of Failure to Pay Materialmen, Etc.

Section 35-11-219List of materialmen, laborers, and employees; effect of failure to pay materialmen, etc. The original contractor shall, when so required, furnish to the owner or proprietor a complete list of all materialmen, laborers, and employees who have furnished any material or have done any labor or performed any service or who may be under any contract or engagement to furnish any material, or to do or perform any service for such contractor for or on such building or improvement, with the terms and price thereof. If he fails or refuses to furnish such list or to give such information, or if he shall fail to pay any materialman, subcontractor, laborer, or employee in accordance with any special contract made with the owner or proprietor, he shall thereby forfeit his right to a lien under this division. (Code 1876, §3458; Code 1886, §3027; Code 1896, §2732; Code 1907, §4763; Code 1923, §8841; Code 1940, T. 33, §47.)
AL Code § 35-11-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-220 - Jurisdiction of Actions for Enforcement of Liens.

Section 35-11-220Jurisdiction of actions for enforcement of liens. When the amount involved exceeds $50.00, actions for the enforcement of liens under this division may be brought in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county in which the property is situated. In all other cases actions to enforce such liens shall be brought before the district court in the county in which the property is situated. (Code 1886, §§3028, 3048; Code 1896, §2733; Code 1907, §4764; Code 1923, §8842; Code 1940, T. 33, §48.)
AL Code § 35-11-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-221 - Limitation of Actions.

Section 35-11-221Limitation of actions. Any action for the enforcement of the lien declared in this division must be commenced within six months after the maturity of the entire indebtedness secured thereby, except as otherwise provided in this division. (Code 1876, §§3444, 3454; Code 1886, §§3022, 3041; Code 1896, §§2727, 2746; Code 1907, §§4758, 4777; Code 1923, §§8836, 8855; Code 1940, T. 33, §42.)
AL Code § 35-11-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-222 - How Action Commenced; Pleadings, Practice, and Proceedings.

Section 35-11-222How action commenced; pleadings, practice and proceedings. Such actions, when brought in the circuit court, shall be commenced by summons and complaint. The complaint shall contain a description of the property on which the lien is claimed, and shall allege the facts necessary to entitle the plaintiff to the lien and the enforcement thereof; in all other respects, the pleadings, practice and proceedings shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions. (Code 1876, §3446; Code 1886, §3029; Code 1896, §2734; Code 1907, §4765; Code 1923, §8843; Code 1940, T. 33, §49.)
AL Code § 35-11-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-223 - Parties.

Section 35-11-223Parties. (a) In such actions, all persons interested in the matter in controversy, or in the property charged with the lien, may be made parties; but such as are not made parties shall not be bound by the judgment or proceedings therein. (b) On the death of any party to such action, his personal representative shall be made a party thereto, plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, and it shall not be necessary to make his heirs or devisees parties; but if he has no personal representative, and it is not desired to have one appointed, his heirs or devisees may be made parties. (Code 1876, §§3447, 3448; Code 1886, §§3030, 3031; Code 1896, §§2735, 2736; Code 1907, §§4766, 4767; Code 1923, §§8844, 8845; Code 1940, T. 33, §§50, 51.)
AL Code § 35-11-224 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-224 - Issues; Finding or Verdict; Judgment Generally.

Section 35-11-224Issues; finding or verdict; judgment generally. Any defendant, by appropriate plea, may put in issue the fact of indebtedness or the existence of the lien, or both, and may interpose any other defense applicable to the action; and if the court by its finding, or the jury by their verdict, as the case may be, ascertain that the plaintiff has a lien as claimed, judgment shall be entered for the amount secured thereby, interest and costs, against the party liable for the same, and establishing the lien, and condemning the property to sale for the satisfaction thereof; but if the finding or verdict is for the plaintiff only on the issue of indebtedness, a judgment shall be entered in his favor for the amount thereof as in other cases. (Code 1886, §3034; Code 1896, §2739; Code 1907, §4770; Code 1923, §8848; Code 1940, T. 33, §52.)
AL Code § 35-11-225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-225 - Judgment by Default.

Section 35-11-225Judgment by default. Judgment by default may be entered against any defendant, except infants and persons non compos mentis, who, after service has been perfected on him, fails to appear within the time required by law in other cases. (Code 1876, §3450; Code 1886, §3035; Code 1896, §2740; Code 1907, §4771; Code 1923, §8849; Code 1940, T. 33, §53.)
AL Code § 35-11-226 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-226 - Enforcement of Judgments.

Section 35-11-226Enforcement of judgments. (a) Judgments establishing the lien, and ordering the property sold for the satisfaction thereof, may be enforced by writs of fieri facias or venditioni exponas; but if by fieri facias, the clerk shall indorse thereon the fact that the lien has been established, and a description of the property. (b) Upon the entry of such judgment by the district court, all the papers and a certified transcript of the judgment shall be transmitted to the clerk of the circuit court; and thereupon such clerk shall enter the action on the execution docket, record the judgment, and issue a writ of fieri facias or venditioni exponas, as on judgments entered in that court. (Code 1886, §§3036, 3037; Code 1896, §§2741, 2742; Code 1907, §§4772, 4773; Code 1923, §§8850, 8851; Code 1940, T. 33, §§54, 55.)
AL Code § 35-11-227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-227 - Actions by Employees, etc.; Defense by Contractor.

Section 35-11-227Actions by employees, etc.; defense by contractor. (a) If the action is by an employee of the contractor, or by any person who has furnished to him material for the building or improvement, the contractor shall be a necessary party defendant thereto; and in such action on motion of the plaintiff, the owner or proprietor may be cited to answer under oath how much was owing by him to the contractor on his contract with such contractor, at the time of the service on him of the notice required by Section 35-11-218; and such answer may be controverted, and proceedings had and judgment entered as in garnishment cases. (b) When the lien is sought to be enforced by any person other than the contractor, it shall be the duty of the contractor to defend the action at his own expense; and after notice of an intention to file a statement of the lien, and pending the action, the owner or proprietor may withhold from the contractor money sufficient to cover the amount claimed, and the probable costs and expense of the action; and in case of recovery against the owner or proprietor, or his property, he shall be entitled to deduct from the amount owing by him to the contractor the amount of such judgment, costs, and expense; and if he shall have settled with the contractor, he shall be entitled to recover from the contractor the amount recovered of, and paid by him; and such recovery may be had in the same court, on motion, on three days' notice. (Code 1876, §3459; Code 1886, §§3038, 3039; Code 1896, §§2743, 2744; Code 1907, §§4774, 4775; Code 1923, §§8852, 8853; Code 1940, T. 33, §§56, 57.)
AL Code § 35-11-228 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-228 - Liens Stand on Equal Footing; Exception; Distribution of Proceeds.

Section 35-11-228Liens stand on equal footing; exception; distribution of proceeds. All liens arising under this division, except in favor of the original contractor, shall stand on an equal footing, and be first paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the property, or money collected from the owner or proprietor; and if such proceeds and money are insufficient to satisfy such liens in full, the same shall be distributed pro rata among the holders thereof; but no person shall be entitled to participate in such distribution until he has obtained judgment establishing his lien. (Code 1876, §3461; Code 1886, §3040; Code 1896, §2745; Code 1907, §4776; Code 1923, §8854; Code 1940, T. 33, §58.)
AL Code § 35-11-229 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-229 - Actions by Personal Representatives.

Section 35-11-229Actions by personal representatives. If any person entitled to a lien under this division shall die before the time has elapsed for filing his statement in the office of the judge of probate without filing it, his personal representative may file the same within three months after the grant of letter; and if such person shall die before commencing an action for the enforcement of his lien, and the lien is not lost at the time of his death, his personal representative may bring an action for the enforcement thereof at any time within six months after the grant of letters. (Code 1886, §3042; Code 1896, §2747; Code 1907, §4778; Code 1923, §8856; Code 1940, T. 33, §59.)
AL Code § 35-11-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-230 - Actions Against Personal Representatives.

Section 35-11-230Actions against personal representatives. The provisions of this Code prohibiting the bringing of actions against personal representatives within six months after the grant of letters shall not apply to actions brought under the provisions of this division. (Code 1886, §3043; Code 1896, §2748; Code 1907, §4779; Code 1923, §8857; Code 1940, T. 33, §60.)
AL Code § 35-11-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-231 - Acknowledgment of Satisfaction.

Section 35-11-231Acknowledgment of satisfaction. (a) Whenever any such lien has been fully satisfied, the holder thereof must acknowledge satisfaction of the same on the margin of the record in the office of the judge of probate. (b) Any holder of such lien, who, after having been fully paid fails for 30 days after demand in writing to so acknowledge satisfaction thereof, shall be liable to any person thereby injured to the amount of such injury, which shall not be less than $200.00. (Code 1876, §§3455, 3456; Code 1886, §§3044, 3045; Code 1896, §§2749, 2750; Code 1907, §§4780, 4781; Code 1923, §§8858, 8859; Code 1940, T. 33, §§61, 62.)
AL Code § 35-11-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 11 - Liens.|Article 5 - Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons.|Division 8 - Mechanics and Materialmen.|Section 35-11-232 - "Owner or Proprietor" Defined.

Section 35-11-232"Owner or proprietor" defined. Every person, including cestuis que trust, for whose use, benefit, or enjoyment any building or improvement shall be made, is embraced within the words "owner or proprietor, " as used in this division. (Code 1876, §3460; Code 1886, §3046; Code 1896, §2751; Code 1907, §4782; Code 1923, §8860; Code 1940, T. 33, §63.)