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AL Code § 6-11-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-25 - Ability of Court to Set Aside Damages Not Limited.

Section 6-11-25Ability of court to set aside damages not limited. Nothing in this article is intended to limit the ability of a trial or appellate court to set aside or reverse an award of punitive damages, or to order a new trial. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §6.)
AL Code § 6-11-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-26 - No Punitive Damages Awarded Against State or Agency Thereof.

Section 6-11-26No punitive damages awarded against state or agency thereof. Punitive damages may not be awarded against the State of Alabama or any county or municipality thereof, or any agency thereof, except any entity covered under the Medical Liability Act now codified as Section 6-5-480 et seq., or any acts amendatory thereto. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §7.)
AL Code § 6-11-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-27 - Principal, Master, etc., Not Liable for Punitive Damages for Conduct of Agent, Servant, etc.; Exceptions.

Section 6-11-27Principal, master, etc., not liable for punitive damages for conduct of agent, servant, etc.; exceptions. (a) A principal, employer, or other master shall not be liable for punitive damages for intentional wrongful conduct or conduct involving malice based upon acts or omissions of an agent, employee, or servant of said principal, employer, or master unless the principal, employer, or master either: (i) knew or should have known of the unfitness of the agent, employee, or servant, and employed him or continued to employ him, or used his services without proper instruction with a disregard of the rights or safety of others; or (ii) authorized the wrongful conduct; or (iii) ratified the wrongful conduct; or unless the acts of the agent, servant, or employee were calculated to or did benefit the principal, employer, or other master, except where the plaintiff knowingly participated with the agent, servant, or employee to commit fraud or wrongful conduct with full knowledge of the import of his act. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent recovery of punitive damages against a retail vendor of alcoholic beverages arising out of the acts of its agents, servants, or employees acting within the line and scope of their employment. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §8.)
AL Code § 6-11-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-28 - No Cause of Action Created.

Section 6-11-28No cause of action created. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to grant or create a cause of action or right to recover punitive damages. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §9.)
AL Code § 6-11-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-29 - Wrongful Death Actions Not Affected.

Section 6-11-29Wrongful death actions not affected. This article shall not pertain to or affect any civil actions for wrongful death pursuant to Sections 6-5-391 and 6-5-410, as amended. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §10.)
AL Code § 6-11-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 2 - Punitive Damages.|Section 6-11-30 - Effective Date.

Section 6-11-30Effective date. This article shall not affect the rights of any person if such rights accrued prior to June 11, 1987. (Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §12.)
AL Code § 6-11-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-50 - Short Title.

Section 6-11-50Short title. This article shall be known and referred to as the "Structured Settlement Protection Act." (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §1.)
AL Code § 6-11-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-52 - Disclosure Statement.

Section 6-11-52Disclosure statement. Not less than three days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than 14 points, setting forth all of the following: (1) The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred. (2) The aggregate amount of the payments. (3) The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities," and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value. (4) The gross advance amount. (5) An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorneys' fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of the fees and disbursements. (6) The net advance amount. (7) The amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee. (8) A statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §3.)
AL Code § 6-11-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-53 - Advanced Approval by Court Required; Hearing.

Section 6-11-53Advanced approval by court required; hearing. No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order or order of a responsible administrative authority based on express findings by the court or responsible administrative authority, determined after a factual hearing, of all of the following: (1) The transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents. (2) The payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received such advice or knowingly waived such advice in writing. (3) The transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §4.)
AL Code § 6-11-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-54 - Effects of Transfer of Rights.

Section 6-11-54Effects of transfer of rights. (a) Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this article: (1) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments. (2) The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer in the following cases:  a. If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any federal or state income taxes, interest, fees, and penalties incurred by the parties, including the annuity issuer and structured settlement obligor, as a consequence of the transfer.  b. For any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys' fees, arising from compliance by the parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee's failure to comply with this article. (b) Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees. (c) Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of this article. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §5.)
AL Code § 6-11-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-55 - Application for Approval of Transfer; Notice.

Section 6-11-55Application for approval of transfer; notice.  (a) An application under this article for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement. (b) Not less than 20 days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under Section 6-11-53, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization. Such notice and application shall include all of the following: (1) A copy of the transferee's application. (2) A copy of the transfer agreement. (3) A copy of the disclosure statement required under Section 6-11-52. (4) A listing of each of the payee's dependents, together with each dependent's age. (5) Notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting a written response to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing. (6) Notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed, which shall be not less than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice, in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority. (c) The notice and application required by subsection (b) shall be served on all interested parties in the manner provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §6.)
AL Code § 6-11-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-56 - Waiver; Choice of Law; Procedures for Life-Contingent Rights; Liability.

Section 6-11-56Waiver; choice of law; procedures for life-contingent rights; liability. (a) The provisions of this article may not be waived by any payee. (b) Any transfer agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2006, by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. Such a transfer agreement shall not authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee. (c) No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for (1) periodically confirming the payee's survival, and (2) giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death. (d) No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of this article. (e) Nothing contained in this article shall be constructed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into prior to July 1, 2006, is valid or invalid. (f) Compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 6-11-52 and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 6-11-53 shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with the requirements or failure to fulfill the conditions. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §7.)
AL Code § 6-11-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-57 - Applicability.

Section 6-11-57Applicability. This article shall apply to any transfer of structured settlement payment rights under a transfer agreement entered into on or after the 30th day after July 1, 2006; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement reached prior to such date is either effective or ineffective. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §8.)
AL Code § 6-11-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-58 - Relation to Workers' Compensation Provisions.

Section 6-11-58Relation to workers' compensation provisions. Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to any settlement under the Alabama Workers' Compensation Law. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §9.)
AL Code § 6-11-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 11 - Damages.|Article 3 - Structural Settlement Protection Act.|Section 6-11-59 - Confidentiality of Settlement Terms.

Section 6-11-59Confidentiality of settlement terms. Nothing in this article is intended to, or shall, require or allow the disclosure, publication, or dissemination of the terms of a settlement which is confidential, whether the confidentiality is created by agreement of the parties or by order of the court, or by both. (Act 2006-628, p. 1714, §10.)
AL Code § 7-1-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-101 - Short Titles.

Section 7-1-101Short titles. (a) This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code. (b) This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code - General Provisions. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-102 - Scope of Article.

Section 7-1-102Scope of article. This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of this title. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-103 - Construction of Uniform Commercial Code to Promote Its Purposes and Policies; Applicability of Supplemental Principles of Law.

Section 7-1-103Construction of Uniform Commercial Code to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law. (a) This title must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are: (1) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions; (2) To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and (3) To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-104 - Construction Against Implied Repeal.

Section 7-1-104Construction against implied repeal. This title being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-105 - Severability.

Section 7-1-105Severability. If any provision or clause of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are severable. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; amended by Acts 1981, No. 81-312, p. 399; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-700, §601; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-701, p. 145, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-742, p. 1241, §4; Acts 1997, No. 97-702, p. 1427, §2; Act 2001-481, p. 647, §2; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-106 - Use of Singular and Plural; Gender.

Section 7-1-106Use of singular and plural; gender. In this title, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: (1) Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and (2) Words of any gender also refer to any other gender. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-107 - Section Captions.

Section 7-1-107Section captions.  Section captions are part of this title. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-108 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Section 7-1-108Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.  This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., except that nothing in this article modifies, limits, or supersedes Section 7001(c) of that act or authorizes electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 7003(b) of that act. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-109 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, Application and Subject Matter of the Title.|Section 7-1-109 - Section Captions.

Section 7-1-109Section captions. Repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, effective January 1, 2005.  (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)
AL Code § 7-1-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 2 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation.|Section 7-1-202 - Notice; Knowledge.

Section 7-1-202Notice; knowledge. (a) Subject to subsection (f), a person has "notice" of a fact if the person: (1) Has actual knowledge of it; (2) Has received a notice or notification of it; or (3) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, has reason to know that it exists. (b) "Knowledge" means actual knowledge. "Knows" has a corresponding meaning. (c) "Discover," "learn," or words of similar import refer to knowledge rather than to reason to know. (d) A person "notifies" or "gives" a notice or notification to another person by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it. (e) Subject to subsection (f), a person "receives" a notice or notification when: (1) It comes to that person's attention; or (2) It is duly delivered in a form reasonable under the circumstances at the place of business through which the contract was made or at another location held out by that person as the place for receipt of such communications. (f) Notice, knowledge, or a notice or notification received by an organization is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction and, in any event, from the time it would have been brought to the individual's attention if the organization had exercised due diligence. An organization exercises due diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the person conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Due diligence does not require an individual acting for the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.  (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
AL Code § 7-1-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Part 2 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation.|Section 7-1-204 - Value.

Section 7-1-204Value. Except as otherwise provided in Articles 3, 4, and 5, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them: (1) In return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge-back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection; (2) As security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim; (3) By accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase; or (4) In return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. (Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)