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AL Code § 6-10-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-7 - Wages, Salaries, or Other Compensation of Laborers or Employees for Personal Services.

Section 6-10-7Wages, salaries, or other compensation of laborers or employees for personal services. (a) The wages, salaries, or other compensation of laborers or employees, residents of this state, for personal services, shall be exempt from levy under writs of garnishment or other process for the collection of debts contracted or judgments entered in tort in an amount equal to 75 percent of such wages, salaries, or other compensation due or to become due to such laborers or employees, and the levy as to such percentage of their wages, salaries, or other compensation shall be void. The court issuing the writ or levy shall show thereon the amount of the claim of the plaintiff and the court costs in the proceedings. If at any time during the pendency of the proceedings in the court a judgment is entered for a different amount, then the court shall notify the garnishee of the correct amount due by the defendant under the writ or levy. The garnishee shall retain 25 percent of the wages, salaries, or other compensation of the laborer or employee during the period of time as is necessary to accumulate a sum equal to the amount shown as due by the court on the writ or levy. Should the employment of the defendant for any reason be terminated with the garnishee, then the garnishee shall not later than 15 days after the termination of employment, report the termination to the court and pay into court all sums withheld from the defendant's wages, salaries, or other compensation. If the plaintiff in garnishment contests the answer of the garnishee, as now provided by law in such cases, and proves to the court the deficiency or untruth of the garnishee's answer, the court shall enter judgment against the garnishee for such amount as would have been subject to the order of condemnation had the sum not been released to the defendant. (b) The garnishee shall, after a period of 30 days from the first retention of any sum from the defendant's wages, salaries, or other compensation, commence paying the funds into court, as they are deducted or withheld and continue to do so on a monthly or more frequent basis until the full amount is withheld. Upon receipt by the court of a written request by the plaintiff, the court may enter an order of condemnation of said funds received and thereupon disburse the same to the plaintiff. (Code 1876, §2823; Code 1886, §2512; Code 1896, §2038; Code 1907, §4165; Code 1923, §7887; Acts 1939, No. 235, p. 396; Code 1940, T. 7, §630; Acts 1949, No. 541, p. 851; Acts 1957, No. 613, p. 880; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-681, p. 67, §1.)
AL Code § 6-10-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-8 - Rights of Beneficiaries and Assignees Under Life Insurance Policies.

Section 6-10-8Rights of beneficiaries and assignees under life insurance policies. If a policy of insurance, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, is effected by any person on his or her own life or on another life in favor of a person other than himself or herself or, except in cases of transfer with intent to defraud creditors, if a policy of life insurance is assigned or in any way made payable to any such person, the lawful beneficiary or assignee thereof, other than the insured or the person so effecting such insurance, or his or her executors or administrators, shall be entitled to its proceeds and avails against the creditors and representatives of the insured and of the person effecting the same, whether or not the right to change the beneficiary is reserved or permitted and whether or not the policy is made payable to the person whose life is insured if the beneficiary or assignee shall predecease such person; provided, that subject to the statute of limitations, the amount of any premiums for said insurance paid with intent to defraud creditors, with interest thereon, shall inure to their benefit from the proceeds of the policy; but the company issuing the policy shall be discharged of all liability thereon by payment of its proceeds in accordance with its terms unless, before such payment, the company shall have written notice, by or in behalf of a creditor, of a claim to recover for transfer made or premiums paid with intent to defraud creditors, with specifications of the amount claimed. A husband or a wife, in his or her own name or in the name of a trustee, may insure the life of his or her spouse for the benefit of himself or herself, or for the benefit of himself or herself and any child or children of the marriage; or a husband or a wife may insure his or her own life for the benefit of his or her spouse, or for the benefit of his or her spouse and children, or for the benefit of their children, either in the names of such children or in the name of a trustee; and such insurance and the proceeds and avails thereof, whether or not the right to change the beneficiary is reserved or permitted, is exempt from liability for the debts or engagements of the insured, or for the torts of the insured, or for any penalty or damages recoverable of the insured. (Code 1867, §§3539h, 3539i; Code 1876, §§2733, 2734; Code 1886, §2356; Code 1896, §2535; Code 1907, §4502; Code 1923, §8277; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 160, p. 190; Code 1940, T. 7, §624.)
AL Code § 6-10-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-9 - Partnership Property.

Section 6-10-9Partnership property. No property, real or personal, held or owned by partners as partnership property or purchased with partnership funds for partnership purposes shall be the subject of homestead or other exemption as against copartners or partnership creditors. (Code 1876, §2820; Code 1886, §2513; Code 1896, §2039; Code 1907, §4166; Code 1923, §7888; Code 1940, T. 7, §631.)
AL Code § 6-10-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-10 - County and Municipal Property.

Section 6-10-10County and municipal property. All property, real or personal, belonging to the several counties or municipal corporations in this state and used for county or municipal purposes shall be exempt from levy and sale under any process or judgment whatsoever. (Code 1876, §2845; Code 1886, §2514; Code 1896, §2040; Code 1907, §4167; Code 1923, §7889; Code 1940), T. 7, §632.)
AL Code § 6-10-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-11 - Exemptions in Federal Bankruptcy.

Section 6-10-11Exemptions in federal bankruptcy. In cases instituted under the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, there shall be exempt from the property of the estate of an individual debtor only that property and income which is exempt under the laws of the State of Alabama and under federal laws other than Subsection (d) of Section 522 of Title 11 of the United States Code. (Acts 1980, No. 80-569, p. 879, §1; Act 2015-484, §1.)
AL Code § 6-10-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-10-12 - Adjustments to Exemption Values.

Section 6-10-12Adjustments to exemption values.  On July 1, 2017, and at the end of each 3-year period thereafter, the State Treasurer shall adjust each dollar amount in this article or, for each adjustment after July 1, 2017, each adjusted amount, by an amount determined by the State Treasurer to reflect the cumulative change in the consumer price index, as published by the United States Department of Labor, or, if that index is no longer published, a generally available comparable index, for the 3-year period ending on the December 31 preceding the adjustment date and rounded to the nearest twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The State Treasurer shall publish the adjusted amounts. The adjusted amounts apply to exemptions claimed on or after April 1 following the adjustment date. (Act 2015-484, §2.)
AL Code § 6-10-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-20 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Making and Filing.

Section 6-10-20Declaration of claimed exemptions - Making and filing. Any resident of this state entitled to, and desiring to, claim a homestead or other exemption from levy and sale under execution or other process may, at any time, make and file in the office of the probate judge of the county in which the property is situated, if a homestead, or, if personal property, of the county in which such resident resides, a declaration in writing, subscribed and sworn to by him or her, describing the property selected and claimed by him or her as exempt, item by item, in case of personal property, with its value. Other declarations may, from time to time, as occasion may require, be made and filed. (Code 1876, §2828; Code 1886, §2515; Code 1896, §2041; Code 1907, §4168; Code 1923, §7890; Code 1940, T. 7, §633.)
AL Code § 6-10-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-21 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Recordation; Receipt; Certified Copies.

Section 6-10-21Declaration of claimed exemptions - Recordation; receipt; certified copies. Such declarations of claims of exemptions shall be recorded in a separate book, kept for that purpose, and the probate judge, on request, shall give a receipt therefor and shall furnish a certified copy thereof, when requested, on payment of lawful fees therefor. (Code 1876, §2829; Code 1886, §2516; Code 1896, §2042; Code 1907, §4169; Code 1923, §7891; Code 1940, T. 7, §634.)
AL Code § 6-10-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-22 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Fees for Filing, Etc.

Section 6-10-22Declaration of claimed exemptions - Fees for filing, etc. The fees for filing, recording, copying, and certifying such declarations shall be the same as are allowed by law for filing, recording, copying, and certifying deeds. (Code 1876, §2829; Code 1886, §2518; Code 1896, §2044; Code 1907, §4171; Code 1923, §7893; Code 1940, T. 7, §636.)
AL Code § 6-10-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-23 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Effect as Evidence and Notice.

Section 6-10-23Declaration of claimed exemptions - Effect as evidence and notice. After the filing of such declaration, the claim of exemption therein asserted shall be taken and considered as prima facie correct, and the filing thereof shall operate as notice of its contents. (Code 1876, §§2828, 2831; Code 1886, §2517; Code 1896, §2043; Code 1907, §4170; Code 1923, §7892; Code 1940, T. 7, §635.)
AL Code § 6-10-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-24 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Effect of Waiver or Contest.

Section 6-10-24Declaration of claimed exemptions - Effect of waiver or contest. After such declaration of claim has been filed for record, the property therein embraced shall not be subject to levy unless there is endorsed on the process the fact that there has been a waiver of exemption as to the kind of property on which the levy is sought to be made or the claim is contested. (Code 1876, §2830; Code 1886, §2519; Code 1896, §2045; Code 1907, §4172; Code 1923, §7894; Code 1940, T. 7, §637.)
AL Code § 6-10-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-25 - Declaration of Claimed Exemptions - Contesting of Claims.

Section 6-10-25Declaration of claimed exemptions - Contesting of claims. A plaintiff, in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may contest a claim of exemption after a declaration thereof has been filed by making and filing with the officer holding the process an affidavit that, in his belief, either the claim is invalid entirely or it is invalid in part or is excessive, specifying wherein such invalidity or excess consists, and if excessive, also specifying the property alleged to be in excess, to be, in all cases, the last named in the claim. If the claim is of personal property, he or she must also deliver to the officer a bond in double the value of the property sought to be levied on, with sureties to be approved by the officer, payable to the defendant claiming the exemption and conditioned that if the plaintiff fails in the contest, he or she will pay the defendant all such costs and damages as he or she may sustain by reason of the wrongful institution of the contest. Thereupon, the officer shall proceed to make a levy and, within three days thereafter, shall notify the defendant in writing of the same. (Code 1876, §2830; Code 1886, §2520; Code 1896, §2046; Code 1907, §4173; Code 1923, §7895; Code 1940, T. 7, §638.)
AL Code § 6-10-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-26 - Claim of Exemption After Levy and Prior to Sale; Contesting of Such Claim.

Section 6-10-26Claim of exemption after levy and prior to sale; contesting of such claim. The right of homestead or other exemption shall not be waived or lost by a failure, before the levy of process, to file for record a declaration claiming the same; but the defendant, in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may, at any time after the levy and prior to a sale, file with the officer making the levy a claim in writing, verified by oath, to such property, or any part thereof, as exempt and, if of a part, describing the same; and, within three days thereafter, such officer must give to the plaintiff or his or her agent or attorney written notice of the filing of the claim. Thereupon, the plaintiff, in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may contest the claim in the mode provided in Section 6-10-25; except, that no bond need be executed; and on the institution of such contest, the officer shall, within three days thereafter, give the defendant written notice of the same. If the plaintiff does not institute such contest within 10 days after notice of the claim, the levy shall be discharged, the property, if personal, shall be returned to the defendant and the plaintiff shall be taxed with the costs of making the levy and keeping the property. When the levy has been made on personal property, the defendant must file with his or her claim the statement of personal property, choses in action and money, with the value and location thereof, as required by the provisions of Section 6-10-29. (Code 1876, §2834; Code 1886, §2521; Code 1896, §2047; Code 1907, §4174; Code 1923, §7896; Code 1940, T. 7, §639.)
AL Code § 6-10-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-27 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Delivery of Personalty to Defendant Upon Executing Bond; Proceedings When Bond Not Forthcoming.

Section 6-10-27Contest of exemption claim - Delivery of personalty to defendant upon executing bond; proceedings when bond not forthcoming. (a) When any contest of a claim of exemption to personal property has been instituted, the defendant claiming the exemption may, within five days after service of notice of the contest, deliver to the officer making the levy a bond in double the amount of the value of the property, to be fixed by, and with sureties to be approved by, the officer, payable to the plaintiff and conditioned that if the defendant is not successful in the contest, he or she will, within 30 days thereafter, deliver the property to such officer and will pay all costs and damages that may result from its detention. Thereupon, the property shall be delivered to the defendant. (b) If the defendant fails to deliver such bond within the five days allowed him or her and the plaintiff shall, within five days thereafter, deliver to the officer a bond in the amount, and with the sureties, provided in subsection (a) of this section, conditioned that if the plaintiff is not successful in the contest, he or she will, within 30 days thereafter, deliver the property to the defendant and pay all costs and damages that may result from the detention thereof, the property shall be delivered to the plaintiff; but if the plaintiff fails to deliver such bond within the five days allowed, the property must be returned to the defendant without bond. (Code 1876, §2836; Code 1886, §§2522, 2523; Code 1896, §§2048, 2049; Code 1907, §§4175, 4176; Code 1923, §§7897, 7898; Code 1940, T. 7, §§640, 641.)
AL Code § 6-10-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-28 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Return of Levying Officer.

Section 6-10-28Contest of exemption claim - Return of levying officer. In case of such contest, the officer making the levy must, within 15 days after the institution of the contest, return the process and other papers to the court to which the process is returnable, accompanied with a full statement of the facts. (Code 1876, §2836; Code 1886, §2524; Code 1896, §2050; Code 1907, §4177; Code 1923, §7899; Code 1940, T. 7, §642.)
AL Code § 6-10-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-29 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Filing of Inventory by Defendant; Effect of Failure to File.

Section 6-10-29Contest of exemption claim - Filing of inventory by defendant; effect of failure to file. On any contest of a claim of exemption to personal property, on the plaintiff's written demand, made at any time, the defendant claiming the exemption shall, within 10 days, file a full and complete inventory, duly verified by oath, of all his or her personal property, except the wearing apparel, portraits, pictures, and books specifically exempted from levy and sale, with the value and location of each item of such property, of all money belonging to him or her, whether in his or her possession or held by others for him or her, and of all debts and choses in action belonging to him or her or in which he or she is beneficially interested, with the value of each of them. If such inventory is not filed within the time prescribed, the plaintiff shall not be required to tender an issue on the claim, but the court must enter judgment by default against the defendant, unless good and sufficient cause is shown to the contrary. (Code 1876, §2837; Code 1886, §2525; Code 1896, §2051; Code 1907, §4178; Code 1923, §7900; Code 1940, T. 7, §643.)
AL Code § 6-10-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-30 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Trial of Issues.

Section 6-10-30Contest of exemption claim - Trial of issues. The contest of any claim of exemptions shall be a preferred case, and after the return of the process, if both parties appear, an issue or issues shall be formed under the direction of the court as to whether the property in contest, or any and what part of it, is exempt as claimed. Such issue or issues shall be tried as other cases are tried. In all cases, the party in whose favor the levy was made shall be deemed the plaintiff, upon whom shall rest the burden of proof, and both parties shall be entitled to the same right of objection, exception, and of appeal as in other cases. (Code 1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2526; Code 1896, §2052; Code 1907, §4179; Code 1923, §7901; Code 1940, T. 7, §644.)
AL Code § 6-10-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-31 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Trial by Jury in Probate Court.

Section 6-10-31Contest of exemption claim - Trial by jury in probate court. When a contest of a claim of exemption is triable in the probate court, either party shall be entitled to a trial by jury on demand therefor, made by the contestant at the time of filing the contest and by the contestee within 10 days after notice of the contest is filed by the claimant; but if not then made, the right of trial by jury shall be waived. (Code 1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2527; Code 1896, §2053; Code 1907, §4180; Code 1923, §7902; Code 1940, T. 7, §645.)
AL Code § 6-10-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-32 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Judgment.

Section 6-10-32Contest of exemption claim - Judgment. If the plaintiff fails to appear in support of his contest or if on the trial all the property in contest is found exempt, judgment must be entered against the plaintiff for the costs of the levy and contest and releasing the property from the levy, but if the defendant fails to appear in support of his or her claim of exemption or if on the trial any of the property is found liable to the process, judgment must be entered against the defendant for costs and condemning the property to sale. (Code 1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2528; Code 1896, §2054; Code 1907, §4181; Code 1923, §7903; Code 1940, T. 7, §646.)
AL Code § 6-10-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 10 - Exemptions.|Article 1 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale Under Process.|Division 2 - Claim and Contest of Exemptions.|Section 6-10-33 - Contest of Exemption Claim - Proceedings When Claim of Personalty Found Excessive.

Section 6-10-33Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when claim of personalty found excessive. When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to personal property, the issue is whether or not the claim is excessive and such issue is found in favor of the plaintiff, it must also be ascertained by the finding of the court or the verdict of the jury, as the case may be, how much and what portion of the property is exempt, describing the same with its value, approximating in value as nearly as practicable $3,000, and the residue of the property shall be sold, and out of the proceeds of sale there shall be paid to the defendant an amount which, when added to the value of the property found to be exempt, will make the exemption equal to $3,000, and the balance shall be applied to the payment of the costs and satisfaction of the process. (Code 1876, §2839; Code 1886, §2529; Code 1896, §2055; Code 1907, §4182; Code 1923, §7904; Code 1940, T. 7, §647; Acts 1980, No. 80-569, p. 879, §4.)