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AL Code § 6-5-216 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13 - Real Property Actions Generally.|Section 6-5-216 - Unlawful Interference With Right-of-Way.

Section 6-5-216Unlawful interference with right-of-way. The unlawful interference with the right-of-way, or of common, is a trespass to the party entitled thereto. (Code 1907, §2458; Code 1923, §5664; Code 1940, T. 7, §88.)
AL Code § 6-5-217 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13 - Real Property Actions Generally.|Section 6-5-217 - Damages for Continuous Trespass.

Section 6-5-217Damages for continuous trespass. Damages for continuous trespass are limited to those which have occurred before and up to the trial. Subsequent damages flowing from a continuance of the trespass give a new cause of action. (Code 1907, §2460; Code 1923, §5666; Code 1940, T. 7, §90.)
AL Code § 6-5-218 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13 - Real Property Actions Generally.|Section 6-5-218 - Rule of Prescription Regarding Damages Arising Out of Improvements to Real Property.

Section 6-5-218Rule of prescription regarding damages arising out of improvements to real property. (a) No action in tort, contract, or otherwise shall be commenced against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction or the construction of an improvement to real property more than seven years after the substantial completion of such improvement for the recovery of damages for: (1) Any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction or construction of such an improvement; or (2) Injury to real or personal property caused by any such deficiency; or (3) Injury to or wrongful death of a person caused by any such deficiency. (b) The prohibition provided in this section shall apply to any action commenced against a person for his own act, or failure to act, or for the act, or failure to act, of his employees; likewise, the prohibition contained in this section shall extend to every demand, whether commenced by direct action or for contribution or indemnity or by third-party practice and whether commenced by an owner of the subject improvement or by any other person. (c) Where an action for damage for wrongful death or injury to a person or damages to property, caused by any deficiency in an improvement to real property, is commenced against a person in actual possession or control as owner, tenant, or otherwise of such improvement, the prohibition prescribed by this section shall not be a defense for such person. (d) This section shall not be construed to extend any applicable statute of limitations or time for commencing civil actions against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction or the construction of an improvement to real property. (e) As used in this section, the word "person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity. (Acts 1969, No. 788, p. 1418, §1.)
AL Code § 6-5-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-222 - Statute of Limitations - Computation of Period.

Section 6-5-222Statute of limitations - Computation of period. Section 6-5-221 shall be subject to all existing provisions of law relating to the computation of statutory periods of limitation for the commencement of actions, set forth in Sections 6-2-1, 6-2-2, 6-2-3, 6-2-5, 6-2-6, 6-2-8, 6-2-9, 6-2-10, 6-2-13, 6-2-15, 6-2-16, 6-2-17, 6-2-30 and 6-2-39(b), as amended. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 6-2-8, no disability set forth in Section 6-2-8 shall extend the period of limitations set forth in Section 6-5-221 so as to allow such action to be commenced more than seven years after the cause of action accrues; provided further, that notwithstanding any provisions of such sections, no relief can be granted for any cause of action which accrued, and any right of action is barred which would have accrued, more than seven years after the substantial completion of construction of such improvement. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §3; Act 2011-519, p. 830, §1.)
AL Code § 6-5-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-223 - Applicability.

Section 6-5-223Applicability. This article shall not apply to civil causes of action in tort, contract, or otherwise, which accrued or arose prior to February 25, 1994. Where construction was completed but no civil cause of action accrued prior to February 25, 1994, this article shall apply to the construction of the improvement on or to real estate, and, for the purposes of the time limitations provided in this article, substantial completion of construction of the improvement on or to real estate shall be deemed to be February 25, 1994, but shall not revive any cause of action barred under existing law. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §4.)
AL Code § 6-5-224 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-224 - Causes of Action Barred Under Existing Law.

Section 6-5-224Causes of action barred under existing law. This article shall not be construed to create any cause of action against, or impose any liability on, or revive any cause of action barred under existing law against any architects, engineers, or builders, or any licensed real estate brokers or salesmen, or any other persons. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §5.)
AL Code § 6-5-226 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-226 - Causes of Action Not Abrogated.

Section 6-5-226Causes of action not abrogated. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abrogate any cause of action for products liability, or for breach of warranty, or for violation of the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine, or bar any cause of action or right of action against any party other than an architect, engineer, or builder as defined in this article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §7.)
AL Code § 6-5-227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-227 - Causes of Action for Breach of Written Express Warranty, Contract, or Indemnity Against Architects, Engineers, and Builders.

Section 6-5-227Causes of action for breach of written express warranty, contract, or indemnity against architects, engineers, and builders. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to bar, prior to the expiration of a written express warranty, contract, or indemnity, causes of action or rights of action in contract against architects, engineers, and builders as defined in this article arising out of breach of contract for written express warranties, contracts, or indemnities which by the written terms thereof shall extend beyond the period of seven years after the substantial completion of construction of an improvement on or to the real property. Any written express warranty, contract, or indemnity for the purposes of an action in contract based upon the written express warranty, contract, or indemnity shall be enforceable for the period of time specified in writing, and all civil actions in contract arising out of the written express warranty, contract, or indemnity against any architect, engineer, or builder who gave the written express warranty, contract, or indemnity must be commenced within two years next after the cause of action accrues or arises, and not thereafter; and no relief can be granted and shall be barred on any cause of action which accrues after the expiration of the term or period of said written express warranty, contract, or indemnity. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §8; Act 2011-519, p. 830, §1.)
AL Code § 6-5-228 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 13A - Actions Against Architects, Contractors, Engineers.|Section 6-5-228 - Actions Relating to Sale or Disposition of Real Estate; Actions Against Persons Other Than Architects, Engineers, or Builders.

Section 6-5-228Actions relating to sale or disposition of real estate; actions against persons other than architects, engineers, or builders. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as affecting any period of limitation for any cause of action arising out of or relating to the sale or disposition of real estate, or against any person other than architects, engineers, and builders as defined in this article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-138, p. 183, §9.)
AL Code § 6-5-247 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-247 - Definitions.

Section 6-5-247Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words defined in this section shall have the following meanings when found in this article: (1) SALE or SOLD. Any execution, judgment, or foreclosure sale, whether the sale is made under any power of sale in any mortgage or deed of trust or statutory power of sale, or by virtue of any judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) 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. (3) JUNIOR MORTGAGE. Any mortgage, deed of trust, or any other instrument intended to secure the payment of money by the transfer of an interest in real property, such as a conveyance which includes a vendor's lien, which are lower in priority than the foreclosed mortgage or lien. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §1.)
AL Code § 6-5-248.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-248.1 - Application of Act 2015-79.

Section 6-5-248.1 Application of Act 2015-79.  (a) The amendments to Sections 6-5-248, 6-5-252, and 8-1-172, by Act 2015-79 are prospective and shall not apply to the following: (1) Sales made under a power of sale contained in any mortgage or junior mortgage dated prior to January 1, 2016. (2) Sales made pursuant to a statutory power of sale with respect to any mortgage or junior mortgage dated prior to January 1, 2016. (3) Sales by virtue of a judgment rendered by a court prior to January 1, 2016. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the amendments in Sections 6-5-248, 6-5-252, and 8-1-172 reducing the period during which a person is required to exercise the right of redemption or file his or her complaint shall apply to all sales of property foreclosed under a mortgage or sold by virtue of a judgment. (Act 2015-79, §2.)
AL Code § 6-5-249 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-249 - Rights Under This Article Extended to Executors and Administrators.

Section 6-5-249Rights under this article extended to executors and administrators. (a) The rights of redemption secured by this article may be asserted, within the time limit provided, by (1) the executor or administrator of any debtor or by the debtor's heirs or devisees; (2) the executor or administrator of any mortgagor or by the mortgagor's heirs or devisees; (3) the executor or administrator of any transferees, assignees, or vendees of the debtors or mortgagors or by their heirs or devisees; or (4) the executor or administrator of any judgment creditor or junior mortgagee of the debtor or their transferees. (b) The rights of redemption, secured by this article may be asserted, within the time limit provided, against (1) the executor or administrator of any junior mortgagee or transferees or assignees of the junior mortgagee; (2) the executor or administrator of any judgment creditor or transferees or assignees of any judgment creditor; (3) the executor or administrator of the purchaser of the land or the executor or administrator of any assignee or transferees of the purchaser. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §3.)
AL Code § 6-5-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-250 - Characterization of Rights of Redemption Under This Article.

Section 6-5-250Characterization of rights of redemption under this article. The statutory rights of redemption given or conferred by this article are mere personal privileges and not property or property rights. The privileges must be exercised in the mode and manner prescribed by statute and may not be waived in a deed of trust, judgment, or mortgage, or in any agreement before foreclosure or execution sale. The right of privilege conferred under this article is not subject to levy and sale under execution or attachment nor is it subject to alienation except in the cases provided for in this article; but if the right or privilege is perfected by redemption as provided in this article, then, and not until then, it becomes property or rights of property subject to levy, sale, alienation, or other disposition, except as is expressly authorized by statute. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §4.)
AL Code § 6-5-251 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-251 - Delivery of Possession to Purchaser on Demand.

Section 6-5-251Delivery of possession to purchaser on demand. (a) The possession of the land must be delivered to the purchaser or purchaser's transferees by the debtor or mortgagor if in their possession or in the possession of anyone holding under them by privity of title, within 10 days after written demand for the possession has been made by, or on behalf of, the purchasers or purchaser's transferees. (b) If the land is in the possession of a tenant, written notice must be given to the debtor or mortgagor, and the debtor or mortgagor must direct the tenant to deliver possession or recognize the purchaser as his or her landlord in the event the lease antedates the mortgage, judgment, or levy. If the debtor or mortgagor cannot be found, notice to the tenant is sufficient and he must deliver possession within 10 days. (c) Failure of the debtor or mortgagor or anyone holding possession under him or her to comply with the provisions of this section forfeits the right of redemption of the debtor or one holding possession under the debtor. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §5.)
AL Code § 6-5-252 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-252 - Demand for Statement of Debt and Lawful Charges by Person Entitled to Redeem.

Section 6-5-252Demand for statement of debt and lawful charges by person entitled to redeem. Anyone desiring and entitled to redeem may make written demand of the purchaser or his or her transferees for a statement in writing of the debt and all lawful charges claimed by him or her, and the purchaser or their transferees shall, within 10 days after the written demand, furnish the person making the demand with a written, itemized statement of all lawful charges claimed by him or her. The redeeming party must then tender all lawful charges to the purchaser or his or her transferee. If the purchaser or his or her transferee fails to furnish a written, itemized statement of all lawful charges within 10 days after demand, he or she shall forfeit all claims or right to compensation for improvements, and the party so entitled to redeem may, on the expiration of the 10 days, file his or her complaint without a tender to enforce his or her rights under this article and file a lis pendens with the probate court. Tender or suit shall be made or filed within 180 days from foreclosure for residential property on which a homestead exemption was claimed in the tax year during which the foreclosure occurred, or within one year from foreclosure for all other property. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §6; Act 2015-79, §1.)
AL Code § 6-5-254 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-254 - Payment of Value of Permanent Improvements; How Value of Improvements Ascertained.

Section 6-5-254Payment of value of permanent improvements; how value of improvements ascertained. (a) Any person offering to redeem must pay to the then holder of the legal title the value of all permanent improvements made on the land since the sale, and if the holder of the legal title cannot be ascertained, payment may be made to the circuit court of the county having jurisdiction of the subject matter when the complaint is filed to redeem. In response to written demand made under Section 6-5-252, the then holder of the legal title shall, within 10 days from the receipt of such demand, furnish the proposed redemptioner with the amount claimed as the value of such permanent improvements; and within 10 days after receipt of such response, the proposed redemptioner either shall accept the value so stated by the then holder of the legal title or, disagreeing therewith, shall appoint a referee to ascertain the value of such permanent improvements and in writing notify the then holder of the legal title of his or her disagreement and of the fact and name of the referee appointed by him or her. Within 10 days after the receipt of such notice, the then holder of the legal title shall appoint a referee to ascertain the value of the permanent improvements and advise the proposed redemptioner of the name of the appointee. The two referees shall, within 10 days after the then holder of the legal title has appointed his or her referee, meet and confer upon the award to be made by them. If they cannot agree, the referees shall at once appoint an umpire, and the award by a majority of such body shall be made within 10 days after the appointment of the umpire and shall be final between the parties. (b) If a person offering to redeem fails or refuses to nominate a referee as provided in subsection (a) of this section, he or she must pay the value put upon the improvements by the then holder of the legal title. If the then holder of the legal title fails or refuses to appoint a referee, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the then holder of the legal title shall forfeit his or her claim to compensation for such improvements. The failure of the referees, or either of them, to act or to appoint an umpire shall not operate to impair or to forfeit the right of either the proposed redemptioner or of the then holder of the legal title in the premises; and, in the event of failure without fault of the parties to effect an award, the appropriate court shall proceed to ascertain the true value of such permanent improvements and enforce the redemption accordingly. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §8.)
AL Code § 6-5-255 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-255 - Failure or Refusal of Purchaser to Reconvey Title.

Section 6-5-255Failure or refusal of purchaser to reconvey title. If the purchaser or his or her vendee or transferee fails or refuses to reconvey to such party entitled and desiring to redeem such title as the party acquired by the sale and purchase, such party so paying or tendering payment shall thereupon have the right to file in the circuit court having jurisdiction thereof a complaint to enforce his or her rights of redemption. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §9.)
AL Code § 6-5-256 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-256 - Settlement and Adjustment of Rights and Equities by Circuit Court When Complaint Filed.

Section 6-5-256Settlement and adjustment of rights and equities by circuit court when complaint filed. Upon the filing of any complaint as provided in these sections and paying into court the amount of purchase money and the interest necessary for redemption and all lawful charges, if the written statement thereof has been furnished or, if not furnished, offering to pay such debt or purchase price and all lawful charges, the circuit court shall take jurisdiction thereof and settle and adjust all the rights and equities of the parties, as provided in this article. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §10.)
AL Code § 6-5-257 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 14A - Redemption of Real Estate.|Section 6-5-257 - Applicability.

Section 6-5-257Applicability. This article applies only to mortgages foreclosed after January 1, 1989. (Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §11.)
AL Code § 6-5-260 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 15 - Personal Property Actions.|Section 6-5-260 - Deprivation of Owner of Possession.

Section 6-5-260Deprivation of owner of possession. The owner of personalty is entitled to possession thereof. Any unlawful deprivation of or interference with such possession is a tort for which an action lies. (Code 1907, §2461; Code 1923, §5667; Code 1940, T. 7, §91.)
AL Code § 6-5-261 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 15 - Personal Property Actions.|Section 6-5-261 - Interference With Mere Possession.

Section 6-5-261Interference with mere possession. Mere possession of a chattel, if without title or wrongfully, will give a right of action for any interference therewith, except as against the true owner or the person wrongfully deprived of possession. (Code 1907, §2462; Code 1923, §5668; Code 1940, T. 7, §92.)
AL Code § 6-5-262 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 15 - Personal Property Actions.|Section 6-5-262 - Trespass - Generally.

Section 6-5-262Trespass - Generally. Any abuse of or damage done to the personal property of another unlawfully is a trespass for which damages may be recovered. (Code 1907, §2463; Code 1923, §5669; Code 1940, T. 7, §93.)
AL Code § 6-5-263 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 15 - Personal Property Actions.|Section 6-5-263 - Trespass - Bailments.

Section 6-5-263Trespass - Bailments. In case of bailments where the possession is in the bailee, a trespass committed during the existence of the bailment will give a right of action to the bailee for the interference with his special property and a concurrent right of action to the bailor for the interference with his general property. (Code 1907, §2464; Code 1923, §5670; Code 1940, T. 7, §94.)
AL Code § 6-5-264 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 5 - Actions.|Article 15 - Personal Property Actions.|Section 6-5-264 - Rights of Remainderman or Reversioner.

Section 6-5-264Rights of remainderman or reversioner. A remainderman or reversioner of personalty may commence an action against a wrongdoer for any injury going to destroy the existence or ultimate value of the property. In such cases, the tenant in possession and remainderman or reversioner may sue jointly for the injury to the entire estate, the recovery being held under like limitations. (Code 1907, §2465; Code 1923, §5671; Code 1940, T. 7, §95.)