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AL Code § 35-9A-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 3 - Tenant Obligations.|Section 35-9A-303 - Access.

Section 35-9A-303Access. (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. (b) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant only in the following circumstances: (1) In case of emergency. (2) Pursuant to court order.  (3) As permitted by Sections 35-9A-422 and 35-9A-423(b).  (4) At reasonable times and with prior notice as provided in subsection (c), to show the premises to a prospective tenant or purchaser, if a landlord provides the tenant separate from the rental agreement a general notice signed by the tenant for the right to access for such a purpose within four months of the expiration of the rental agreement, and only in the company of a prospective tenant or purchaser.  (5) When the landlord has reasonable cause to believe the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises. (c) A landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except as provided in this section or unless it is impracticable to do so, the landlord may show the premises at any reasonable time by giving the tenant at least two days' notice of the landlord's intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times. Posting of a note on the primary door of entry to the residence of the tenant stating the intended time and purpose of the entry shall be a permitted method of notice for the purpose of the landlord's right of access to the premises. (d) If a landlord provides separate from the lease in a general notice or an advance schedule in excess of two days for repairs, maintenance, pest control, or for service relating to health or safety, whether such notice is for a specific time or within a designated time period, then no additional day's notice is required to access the premises. A tenant may consent to provide a landlord with access to the premises with less than two days' notice. (e) If a tenant requests repairs or maintenance or improvements to a dwelling unit, the tenant shall be deemed to have granted consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit and make the repairs, maintenance, or improvements as requested by the tenant. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1; Act 2009-633, p. 1939, §1; Act 2011-700, p. 2154, §1.)
AL Code § 35-9A-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 3 - Tenant Obligations.|Section 35-9A-304 - Tenant to Use and Occupy.

Section 35-9A-304Tenant to use and occupy. Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy the dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit. The rental agreement may require that the tenant notify the landlord of any anticipated extended absence from the premises in excess of 14 days no later than the fifth day of the extended absence. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
AL Code § 35-9A-501 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 5 - Retaliatory Conduct.|Section 35-9A-501 - Retaliatory Conduct Prohibited.

Section 35-9A-501Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord may not retaliate by discriminatorily increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because: (1) the tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; (2) the tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under Section 35-9A-204; or (3) the tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization. (b) If a landlord acts in violation of subsection (a), the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided in Section 35-9A-407 and has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant for possession. (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a landlord may bring an action for possession if: (1) the violation of the applicable building or housing code was caused primarily by lack of reasonable care by the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with the tenant's consent; (2) the tenant is in default in rent; (3) compliance with the applicable building or housing code requires alteration, remodeling, or demolition which would effectively deprive the tenant of use of the dwelling unit; or  (4) other material violations of the lease. (d) The maintenance of an action under subsection (c) does not release the landlord from liability under subsection (b) of Section 35-9A-401. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
AL Code § 35-9A-601 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 6 - Effective Date, Savings Clause, Severability.|Section 35-9A-601 - Effective Date.

Section 35-9A-601Effective date. Except for subsection (b) of Section 35-9A-163 which shall become effective January 1, 2008, this chapter shall become effective on January 1, 2007. It applies to rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed on and after that date. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
AL Code § 35-9A-602 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 6 - Effective Date, Savings Clause, Severability.|Section 35-9A-602 - Savings Clause.

Section 35-9A-602Savings clause. Transactions entered into before January 1, 2007, and not extended or renewed on and after that date, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them remain valid and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by this chapter as though the repeal or amendment had not occurred. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
AL Code § 35-9A-603 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 9A - Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.|Article 6 - Effective Date, Savings Clause, Severability.|Section 35-9A-603 - Severability.

Section 35-9A-603Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)
AL Code § 35-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-1 - Power of Sale Constitutes Part of Security; by Whom Executed; Effect of Conveyance; Index of Foreclosure Deeds.

Section 35-10-1Power of sale constitutes part of security; by whom executed; effect of conveyance; index of foreclosure deeds. Where a power to sell lands is given to the grantee in any mortgage, or other conveyance intended to secure the payment of money, the power is part of the security, and may be executed by any person, or the personal representative of any person who, by assignment or otherwise, becomes entitled to the money thus secured; and a conveyance of the lands sold under such power of sale to the purchaser at the sale, executed by the mortgagee, any assignee or other person entitled to the money thus secured, his agent or attorney, or the auctioneer making the sale, vests the legal title thereto in such purchaser. Probate judges shall index foreclosure deeds by the names of the original grantor and grantee in the mortgage, and also by the names of the grantor and grantee in the foreclosure deeds. (Code 1852, §1319; Code 1967, §1589; Code 1876, §2198; Code 1886, §1844; Code 1896, §1040; Code 1907, §4896; Code 1923, §9010; Code 1940, T. 47, §164.)
AL Code § 35-10-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-2 - Sale Under Power Where Instrument Silent as to Place or Terms of Sale.

Section 35-10-2Sale under power where instrument silent as to place or terms of sale. If a deed of trust or mortgage, with power of sale, is silent as to the place or terms of sale, or as to the character or mode of notice, a sale may be made at the courthouse door of the county wherein the land is situated, after condition broken, for cash to the highest bidder, after 30 days' notice of the time, place and terms of sale by publishing such notice once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county wherein said lands or property in said mortgage or deed of trust are situated. (Code 1923, §9011; Code 1940, T. 47, §165.)
AL Code § 35-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-3 - Foreclosure When Instrument Contains No Power of Sale.

Section 35-10-3Foreclosure when instrument contains no power of sale. If no power of sale is contained in a mortgage or deed of trust, the grantee or any assignee thereof, at his option, after condition broken, may foreclose same either in a court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, or by selling for cash at the courthouse door of the county where the property is situated, to the highest bidder, the lands embraced in said mortgage or deed of trust, after notice of the time, place, terms, and purpose of such sale has been given by four consecutive weekly insertions of such notice in some newspaper published in the county wherein said lands, or a portion thereof are situated. (Code 1923, §9012; Code 1940, T. 47, §166.)
AL Code § 35-10-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-4 - Sale of Lands Situated in Two or More Counties.

Section 35-10-4Sale of lands situated in two or more counties. Where the lands embraced in any mortgage or deed of trust are situated in two or more counties and no provision is made in said mortgage for the sale, on condition broken, of all of said lands or any portion thereof, then, at the option of the grantee or of any assignee or owner of said mortgage or deed of trust, said lands may be sold at the courthouse door of any county wherein any portion of said lands is situated, after 30 days' notice of the time, place, terms, and purpose of such sale, by publishing such notice once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county in which said lands or any portion thereof are situated. (Code 1923, §9013; Code 1940, T. 47, §167.)
AL Code § 35-10-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-5 - Foreclosure Deed Conveys Legal Title.

Section 35-10-5Foreclosure deed conveys legal title. In the case of a foreclosure under Sections 35-10-2 through 35-10-4, the foreclosure deed executed by the mortgagee or his transferee, or the owner of the debt secured thereby, or his agent or attorney or personal representative, shall operate to convey the legal title to the lands sold to the purchaser at such sale. (Code 1923 §9014; Code 1940, T. 47, §168.)
AL Code § 35-10-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-6 - Additional Satisfaction Permitted Under Continuing Power of Sale.

Section 35-10-6Additional satisfaction permitted under continuing power of sale. The sale of any part of the property conveyed by mortgage, either under power of sale contained in the mortgage, or by foreclosure, shall operate as a foreclosure of the mortgage only as to the property sold, and if the mortgage indebtedness is not thereby satisfied in full, the other property contained in the mortgage continues as security for the mortgage debt and there may be a further foreclosure of the mortgage, either by sale under power of sale or by foreclosure. Every power of sale contained in the mortgages hereafter executed shall, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, be held to give a continuing power of sale authorizing the mortgagee or his assignee after the law day of the mortgage to sell the mortgaged property from time to time in separate lots or parcels as it comes into his possession. (Code 1923, §9015; Code 1940, T. 47, §169.)
AL Code § 35-10-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-7 - Sale to Be Held in County Where Property Situated.

Section 35-10-7Sale to be held in county where property situated. All sales of real estate, under powers of sale contained in mortgages and deeds of trust shall be held in the county where all or part of said real estate is situated. (Acts 1923, No. 494, p. 658; Code 1923, §9016; Code 1940, T. 47, §170.)
AL Code § 35-10-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-8 - How Notice of Sale Given.

Section 35-10-8How notice of sale given. Notice of said sale shall be given in the manner provided in such mortgage or deed of trust or in this Code in the county where the mortgagor resides and the land, or a part thereof, is located; but, if said mortgagor does not reside in the county where the land or any part thereof is located, then such notice must be published in the county where said land, or any material part thereof, is located; provided, that notice of all sales under powers of sale contained in mortgages and deeds of trust executed after July 1, 1936, where the amount secured is $500.00 or more, shall be given by publication once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which such land or any portion thereof is situated, and said notice of sale must give the time, place and terms of said sale, together with a description of the property to be sold. (Acts 1923, No. 494, p. 658; Code 1923, §9017; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 123, p. 82; Code 1940, T. 47, §171.)
AL Code § 35-10-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-9 - Sales Contrary to Article Null and Void.

Section 35-10-9Sales contrary to article null and void. All sales of real estate, made under powers contained in mortgages or deeds of trust contrary to the provisions of this article, shall be null and void, notwithstanding any agreement or stipulation to the contrary. (Code 1923, §9018; Code 1940, T. 47, §172.)
AL Code § 35-10-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1 - Powers Contained in Mortgages.|Section 35-10-10 - Sections 35-10-7 Through 35-10-9 Not Applicable to Mortgages or Deeds of Trust Executed Before September 29, 1923.

Section 35-10-10Sections 35-10-7 through 35-10-9 not applicable to mortgages or deeds of trust executed before September 29, 1923. The provisions of sections 35-10-7 through 35-10-9 shall not apply to mortgages or deeds of trust executed before September 29, 1923. (Code 1923, §9019; Code 1940, T. 47, §173.)
AL Code § 35-10-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-11 - Definitions.

Section 35-10-11Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words defined in this section shall have the following meanings when they appear in this article: (1) MORTGAGE. Any mortgage, deed of trust, or any other instrument intended to secure the payment of money, such as an instrument which includes a vendor's lien. (2) MORTGAGEE. All mortgagees, grantees or creditors in any mortgages, any trustees under deeds of trust, or any persons entitled to the money secured by any instrument intended to secure the payment of money such as an instrument which includes a vendor's lien. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479, §1.)
AL Code § 35-10-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-12 - Execution of Foreclosure by Power of Sale; Effect; Indexing of Deeds.

Section 35-10-12Execution of foreclosure by power of sale; effect; indexing of deeds. Where a power to sell lands is given in any mortgage, the power is part of the security and may be executed by any person, or the personal representative of any person who, by assignment or otherwise, becomes entitled to the money thus secured. A conveyance of the lands sold under such power of sale to the purchaser at the sale may be executed by the mortgagee, their agents, attorneys or any person making the sale. Such conveyance vests the legal title of the lands sold under the power of sale to the purchaser at the sale. Probate judges shall index foreclosure deeds by the name of the original grantor and grantee in the mortgage, deed of trust, or other conveyance intended to secure the payment of money, and also by the names of the grantor and grantee in the foreclosure deed. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479 §2.)
AL Code § 35-10-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-13 - Notice of Sale; Minimum Standards.

Section 35-10-13Notice of sale; minimum standards. Notice of said sale shall be given in the county where said land is located. Notice of all sales under this article shall be given by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county or counties in which such land is located. If there is land under the mortgage in more than one county the publication is to be made in all counties where the land is located. The notice of sale must give the time, place and terms of said sale, together with a description of the property. If no newspaper is published in the county where the lands are located, the notice shall be placed in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. The notice shall be published in said adjoining county for three successive weeks. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479, §3.)
AL Code § 35-10-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-14 - Place and Time for Conducting Foreclosure by Power of Sale.

Section 35-10-14Place and time for conducting foreclosure by power of sale. The power to sell lands under this article must be exercised at the appropriate courthouse door considered the front or main door to the courthouse, of the county where the mortgaged land or a substantial and material part thereof, is located. The sale shall be held between the hours of 11 A.M. and 4 P.M. on the day designated for the exercise of the power to sell the land. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479, §4.)
AL Code § 35-10-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-15 - Successive Sales Under Power Permitted.

Section 35-10-15Successive sales under power permitted. The sale of any part of the property conveyed by mortgage, deed of trust, or other instruments intended to secure the payment of money, either under a power of sale contained in a mortgage, or by a judicial foreclosure, shall operate as a foreclosure of the mortgage only as to the property sold, and if the mortgage indebtedness is not thereby satisfied in full, the other property contained in the mortgage continues as security for the mortgage debt and there may be a further foreclosure of the mortgage, either by sale under power of sale or by foreclosure. Every power of sale contained in mortgages unless otherwise expressly provided therein, is held to give a continuing power of sale authorizing the mortgagee or his assignee after default, to sell the mortgaged property from time to time in separate lots or parcels. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479, §5.)
AL Code § 35-10-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 1A - Foreclosure by Power of Sale for Mortgages Executed After December 31, 1988.|Section 35-10-16 - Law Governing Applicability.

Section 35-10-16Law governing applicability. Mortgages executed prior to January 1, 1989, shall be governed by article 1 of chapter 10, Title 35. This law shall apply only to mortgages executed after December 31, 1988. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-906, p. 479, §6.)
AL Code § 35-10-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 2 - Satisfaction of Mortgage Liens.|Section 35-10-20 - When Indebtedness Presumed to Have Been Paid.

Section 35-10-20When indebtedness presumed to have been paid. As to third parties without actual notice or knowledge to the contrary, the indebtedness secured by any recorded mortgage, or reservation of vendor's lien, either in deed of conveyance or note, bond or contract of purchase covering real estate 20 years past due according to the original maturity date, or some new date fixed by a duly recorded extension agreement, shall be conclusively presumed to have been paid unless the record of such mortgage or lien shows a credit by the mortgagee, or lienee, or owner of the debt, or his assignee of one or more payments upon such indebtedness within the 20 years last passed. And if the final maturity date of the debt is not shown by the mortgage or lien, or a recorded extension agreement, or cannot be determined by calculation from the recitals contained therein, then the time shall run from the date of the mortgage or lien. The notation of credits mentioned in the next preceding paragraph may be made upon the record of any such mortgage, or vendor's lien, by the owner of the indebtedness, or someone holding a duly recorded power of attorney authorizing it. Such notation must show the date of the payment made, the date the entry was made upon the record, and be witnessed by the probate judge of the county, or his duly authorized clerk. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as changing existing laws as to the rights of parties, or their devisees, or heirs-at-law to such mortgagees and lienholders as among themselves. This section shall not apply to mortgages and deeds of trust executed by corporations and political subdivisions securing bonds and in which the maturity dates of the respective series of bonds which are permitted to be issued thereunder are not fixed in the mortgage or deed of trust. (Acts 1939, No. 190, p. 347; Code 1940, T. 47, §174.)
AL Code § 35-10-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 10 - Mortgages.|Article 2 - Satisfaction of Mortgage Liens.|Section 35-10-21 - When Payment Required to Be Entered in Record.

Section 35-10-21When payment required to be entered in record. The owner or holder of any recorded lien other than those specified in section 35-10-22, who has received payment in full or partial payments of the debt so secured by the recorded lien, must, upon request in writing, enter on the margin of the record of such recorded lien, the amount and date of such payment and the amount of the debt which remains unpaid at that date which was so secured by the recorded lien. (Code 1923, §9021; Code 1940, T. 47, §176.)