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AL Code § 35-4-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-52 - Petitions, Decrees, or Orders of Bankruptcy.

Section 35-4-52Petitions, decrees, or orders of bankruptcy. (a) A certified copy of the petition, with or without the schedules thereto, of the decree of adjudication or of the order approving the trustee's bond in bankruptcy proceedings under the provisions of the acts of the Congress of the United States may be filed in the office of the judge of probate of every county in this state where the bankrupt owns or has an interest in real property situated in said county, and such filing shall constitute notice of such proceeding as may be provided by law. (b) The judge of probate shall immediately file and record such certified copy in the lis pendens record kept in his office, note on it and in the record the hour and date of the filing and place and date of recording and index the same directly in the name of the bankrupt. (Acts 1953, No. 183, p. 236, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 35-4-51.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-51.1 - Recordation of Memorandum of Lease; Contents; Effect.

Section 35-4-51.1Recordation of memorandum of lease; contents; effect. (a) A memorandum of a lease may be recorded in lieu of the lease itself if the memorandum is executed and acknowledged by the lessor and the lessee and contains: (1) The names of the lessor and lessee; (2) The term of the lease; (3) Any option of the lessee to renew or extend the term of the lease; and (4) The specific legal description of the leased premises, or a survey or plot plan authorized under subsection (c) showing the location of the leased premises. (b) A memorandum recorded under this section may also contain any other agreement made between the lessor and the lessee in the lease. (c) A survey or plot plan may be used in lieu of a specific legal description to describe: (1) Any part of a building on the leased premises, if the specific legal description of the real property on which the building is located is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan; (2) Any part of the leased premises that is part of a larger tract of land, if the specific legal description of the larger tract is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan; or (3) Real property of the lessor, in addition to the leased premises if: a. The use of such additional real property is restricted, benefitted, or otherwise affected by the terms of the lease; and b. The specific legal description of the additional real property is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan. (d) As to the provisions contained in a memorandum recorded under this section, recording the memorandum has the same effect as recording the lease itself. (Acts 1989, No. 89-942, p. 1850, §1.)
AL Code § 35-4-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-53 - Bonds for Title, Etc.

Section 35-4-53Bonds for title, etc. Every bond for title or other written contract for the sale of land, acknowledged or witnessed as required by law, as well as any purchase money note, may be recorded in a similar manner as provided for the conveyances of lands and shall be notice to all subsequent purchasers, lienors, and creditors of the existence of such bond, contract, or note and of the rights of the parties thereto. (Code 1923, §6854; Code 1940, T. 47, §96.)
AL Code § 35-4-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-54 - Conveyances of Personal Property Brought Into State by Tenants for Life or Years.

Section 35-4-54Conveyances of personal property brought into state by tenants for life or years. Whenever any person, having an estate for life or years in personal property removes to this state with such property, the conveyance creating such estate must be recorded in the county to which it was brought within 12 months thereafter; and, if such property is removed to another county, then in such county within four months after its removal thereto, or such property must be taken to vest absolutely in such person, as to purchasers and creditors without notice; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as applying to any leases, including, without limitation, leases under the Uniform Commercial Code. (Code 1852, §1285; Code 1867, §1555; Code 1876, §2164; Code 1886, §1808; Code 1896, §1001; Code 1907, §3378; Code 1923, §6869; Code 1940, T. 47, §112; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-700, p. 92, §604.)
AL Code § 35-4-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-55 - Choses in Action Not "Personal Property" Within Meaning Used in Division.

Section 35-4-55Choses in action not "personal property" within meaning used in division. Choses in action are not included in the words "personal property" in this division. (Code 1852, §1286; Code 1867, §1556; Code 1876, §2165; Code 1886, §1809; Code 1896, §1002; Code 1907, §3379; Code 1923, §6870; Code 1940, T. 47, §113.)
AL Code § 35-4-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-56 - Patents.

Section 35-4-56Patents. Patents from this state or the United States to lands in this state may be recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the lands lie; and a certified copy of such record is evidence in any court of this state. (Code 1852, §1353; Code 1867, §1623; Code 1876, §2231; Code 1886, §1878; Code 1896, §1003; Code 1907, §3380; Code 1923, §6871; Code 1940, T. 47, §114.)
AL Code § 35-4-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-57 - Deeds of Assignment for Benefit of Creditors.

Section 35-4-57Deeds of assignment for benefit of creditors. All deeds of assignment executed by debtors for the benefit of creditors shall, as soon as executed, be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the property is situated, and such deeds are operative in all respects as other deeds from the day of the delivery to the judge. (Code 1896, §1004; Code 1907, §3381; Code 1923, §6872; Code 1940, T. 47, §115.)
AL Code § 35-4-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-58 - Mode of Recording Generally; Time Stamp; Fees.

Section 35-4-58Mode of recording generally; time stamp; fees. Judges of probate are to procure, at the expense of their counties, large and well-bound books, in which must be recorded in a fair hand, or by printing the same, or by the use of a typewriter or other writing or printing, photograph or photostat machine, word for word, conveyances of property and all other instruments authorized to be recorded, with the acknowledgments, proofs, schedules, plats, surveys, etc., belonging thereto; and, at the foot or in the margin of the record of each conveyance or other instrument, the day of the month and year of the delivery of the same for record must be specified. The judge making the record of any conveyance or other instrument must certify on the same when it was received and recorded and in what book and page the same is recorded and must deliver it to the party entitled thereto, or his order, on the payment of the fees of registration; but the judge of probate may refuse to indorse "filed" on any conveyance or other instrument or to record the same until such fees of registration are paid and unless the conveyance or other instrument is witnessed, probated, or acknowledged as required by this Code; provided, that in counties wherein a photostat machine or other similar photograph machine is used and an electric time clock or time stamp is used, the judge of probate may make the certificate required by this section by having same stamped upon the instrument with the electric time stamp to read as follows: "STATE OF ALABAMA ______ COUNTY I CERTIFY THIS INSTRUMENT WAS FILED ON THE ____ DAY OF _____ (Month), _____ (Year) at (time). Recorded book and page as shown above.  (Signed) _____, Judge of Probate." For making the certificate required by this section the judge of probate shall not be entitled to any additional fee for his service, other than that now provided for in Section 12-19-90. (Code 1852, §1269; Code 1867, §1538; Code 1876, §2148; Code 1886, §1792; Code 1896, §986; Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 56, p. 80; Code 1907, §3368; Code 1923, §6855; Acts 1927, No. 130, p. 89; Code 1940, T. 47, §97; Acts 1953, No. 281, p. 346.)
AL Code § 35-4-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-59 - Conveyance Operative as Record From Date of Delivery; Receipt.

Section 35-4-59Conveyance operative as record from date of delivery; receipt. The conveyance or other instrument is operative as a record from the day of the delivery to the judge; and anyone delivering a conveyance or other instrument for registration may require a receipt for same, describing it by date, parties thereto and property conveyed or described. (Code 1852, §1270; Code 1867, §1539; Code 1876, §2149; Code 1886, §1793; Code 1896, §987; Code 1907, §3369; Code 1923, §6856; Code 1940, T. 47, §98.)
AL Code § 35-4-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-60 - Access to Books; Transcripts.

Section 35-4-60Access to books; transcripts. Such judge must permit all persons to have free access to such books during office hours and furnish transcripts therefrom, with certificates when required, upon the payment of lawful fees. (Code 1852, §1271; Code 1867, §1540; Code 1876, §2150; Code 1886, §1794; Code 1896, §988; Code 1907, §3370; Code 1923, §6857; Code 1940, T. 47, §99.)
AL Code § 35-4-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-61 - Liability of Probate Judge for Failure to Perform Duties Generally.

Section 35-4-61Liability of probate judge for failure to perform duties generally. If any judge of probate neglects or refuses to perform any of the duties required by this division, he is liable to a civil action for damages to the party injured and also to a penalty of $200.00, which may be sued for by the county treasurer for the use of the county or in his own name by the party aggrieved, for the joint use of himself and the county. (Code 1852, §1272; Code 1867, §1541; Code 1876, §2151; Code 1886, §1795; Code 1896, §989; Code 1907, §3371; Code 1923, §6858; Code 1940, T. 47, §100.)
AL Code § 35-4-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-62 - Locations for Recording Conveyances in Real Property, Deeds, Mortgages, Etc.

Section 35-4-62Locations for recording conveyances in real property, deeds, mortgages, etc. (a) Conveyances of real property shall be recorded in the county in which the property is situated. (b) A deed, mortgage, certificate of judgment, state or federal tax lien, lis pendens, or financing statement filed pursuant to Article 9A (commencing with Section 7-9A-101) of Title 7, conveying or affecting an interest in real property in counties divided into divisions, in counties that maintain more than one courthouse, or in counties that maintain one or more courthouse annexes, may be recorded in either division of the county, in any courthouse located within the county, or in any courthouse annex located within the county when conveyances of real property recorded within the county are electronically stored and indexed so that retrieval of all recordings, after August 1, 2004, may be accomplished from any courthouse or courthouse annex within the county. (Code 1852, §1273; Code 1867, §1542; Code 1876, §2152; Code 1886, §1796; Code 1896, §990; Code 1907, §3372; Code 1923, §6859; Code 1940, T. 47, §101; Act 2004-628, p. 1432, §1.)
AL Code § 35-4-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-63 - Recording Effective as Notice of Contents of Conveyance.

Section 35-4-63Recording effective as notice of contents of conveyance. The recording in the proper office of any conveyance of property or other instrument which may be legally admitted to record operates as a notice of the contents of such conveyance or instrument without any acknowledgment or probate thereof as required by law. (Code 1852, §1274; Code 1867, §1543; Code 1876, §2153; Code 1886, §1797; Code 1896, §991; Code 1907, §3373; Code 1923, §6860; Code 1940, T. 47, §102.)
AL Code § 35-4-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-64 - Purchasers Protected in Dealing With Record Owner as Owner of Indebtedness.

Section 35-4-64Purchasers protected in dealing with record owner as owner of indebtedness. Purchasers of real property against which there are recorded mortgages, vendor's liens, judgments, and other liens shall be protected in assuming that the record owner of such liens is the owner of the indebtedness secured by the same and in dealing with such record owner as the owner of such indebtedness. Cancellation of the record of mortgages, vendor's liens, judgments, and other liens by the record owner of the same shall be valid as to purchasers of the real property affected by liens of such character. (Acts 1927, No. 452, p. 503; Code 1940, T. 47, §103.)
AL Code § 35-4-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-65 - When Conveyance Receivable in Evidence.

Section 35-4-65When conveyance receivable in evidence. Conveyances of property, real or personal, or any interest therein, whether absolute or on condition, which are acknowledged or proved according to law and recorded may be received in evidence in any court without further proof; and, if it appears to the court that the original conveyance has been lost or destroyed or that the party offering a transcript had not the custody or control thereof, the court must receive the transcript, duly certified, in the place of the original, unless the reputed maker is in bona fide possession of the property and makes and files an affidavit that the said conveyance is a forgery. (Code 1852, §1275; Code 1867, §1544; Code 1876, §2154; Code 1886, §1798; Code 1896, §992; Code 1907, §3374; Acts 1909, No. 9, p. 14; Code 1923, §6861; Code 1940, T. 47, §104.)
AL Code § 35-4-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-66 - Recording Certified Copies of Instruments.

Section 35-4-66Recording certified copies of instruments. It shall be lawful to record certified copies of deeds, mortgages, maps and other papers affecting the title to property in any probate office in this state in which the same should have been recorded when such mortgages, deeds, maps or other papers have heretofore been or may hereafter be recorded in any probate office in this state. When a certified copy of any deed, mortgage, map or other paper affecting title to property has been recorded as provided for in this section, such recording shall in all things be considered as and shall be given the effect of the original paper if so recorded. (Acts 1935, No. 70, p. 156; Code 1940, T. 47, §105.)
AL Code § 35-4-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-67 - Proof of Conveyances Executed in Name of Corporation.

Section 35-4-67Proof of conveyances executed in name of corporation. (a) Any deed, mortgage or other conveyance of property which purports on its face to have been executed in the name of any corporation by any person as its president, vice-president, or secretary, or by any one or more of said persons, shall, when attested by one or more witnesses or acknowledged by such person or persons before any officer authorized by the laws of this state to take and certify acknowledgments, be prima facie evidence that such conveyance was executed in the name of said corporation by such person or persons as such officer or officers and that said person or persons were such officer or officers of said corporation and duly authorized by said corporation to execute said conveyance in its name. (b) All conveyances of real property, or any interest therein, whether absolute or on condition, which have been executed and acknowledged as provided by subsection (a) of this section, or attested and proved as conveyances of real property by individuals are proved, shall, when recorded, be received in evidence in any court of this state without further proof. (c) If it appears to the court that the original conveyance has been lost or destroyed or that the party offering a transcript has not the custody or control thereof, the court must receive the transcript, duly certified, in place of the original unless said corporation is in bona fide possession of the property and one of its officers makes affidavit that said conveyance is a forgery. (Acts 1911, No. 44, p. 31; Code 1923, §§6862-6864; Code 1940, T. 47, §§106-108.)
AL Code § 35-4-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-68 - Form of Proof or Acknowledgment of Conveyances.

Section 35-4-68Form of proof or acknowledgment of conveyances. All conveyances admitted to record on proof must be attested by two witnesses, and the proof or acknowledgment must comply substantially with the foregoing forms or the conveyances lose the privileges conferred by section 35-4-65. (Code 1852, §1261; Code 1867, §1550; Code 1876, §2160; Code 1886, §1804; Code 1896, §3375; Code 1907, §3375; Code 1923, §6866; Code 1940, T. 47, §109.)
AL Code § 35-4-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-69 - Affidavits - Record as Notice of Facts Recited; by Whom Made.

Section 35-4-69Affidavits - Record as notice of facts recited; by whom made. Affidavits heretofore recorded or that may hereafter be recorded showing the relationship of parties or other persons to conveyances of lands, the relationship of any parties to any conveyances with other parties whose names are shown in the chain of title to lands, whether or not any person or persons connected with the chain of title were married at the time of the execution of any conveyances, the ages of any person or persons connected with the chain of title, whether the lands embraced in any conveyance constituted a part of the homestead of any grantor, whether the lands embraced in any conveyance have been in the actual possession of any parties connected with the chain of title to either the surface or mineral rights of lands, or any other persons; and affidavits relating to the identity of parties whose names may be shown differently in chains of title; and affidavits showing the ownership and adverse possession of lands, that other persons have not owned such lands nor been in possession of same, that there is no outstanding dower interest in said lands; and affidavits stating any other fact or circumstance affecting title to land or any right, title, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon land, when so recorded, the record of said affidavits shall be notice of the facts therein recited; and any such affidavit may be made by any person whether connected with the chain of title or not. This section shall apply to affidavits heretofore or hereafter made whether the same were made in connection with any particular transaction or merely to perfect title to land. (Acts 1915, No. 805, p. 919; Code 1923, §6873; Code 1940, T. 47, §116; Acts 1945, No. 343, p. 559.)
AL Code § 35-4-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-70 - Affidavits - Admissibility as Evidence.

Section 35-4-70Affidavits - Admissibility as evidence. In any litigation over any of the lands referred to and described in any of such affidavits, in any court in the state of Alabama or in any proceedings in any such court involving the title to such lands, wherein the facts recited in such affidavits may be material, the said affidavits or certified copies of the record thereof shall be admissible as evidence of the facts therein recited and shall be sufficient to prima facie establish such facts. The said affidavits or certified copies thereof shall only be admissible as evidence in the event the parties making the affidavits are deceased, are nonresidents of the state, their residence is unknown to the parties offering the affidavits, or such parties are too old, infirm, or sick to attend court. (Acts 1915, No. 805, p. 919; Code 1923, §6874; Code 1940, T. 47, §117; Acts 1945, No. 343, p. 559.)
AL Code § 35-4-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-71 - Affidavits - Filing and Recordation by Probate Judge.

Section 35-4-71Affidavits - Filing and recordation by probate judge. The affidavits referred to in Sections 35-4-69 and 35-4-70 shall be filed by the probate judge of the county where offered for filing and by him recorded and indexed in deed records as conveyances of lands are recorded and indexed, and he shall receive the same compensation therefor as for recording deeds to lands. (Acts 1915, No. 805, p. 919; Code 1923, §6875; Code 1940, T. 47, §118; Acts 1945, No. 343, p. 559.)
AL Code § 35-4-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 4 - Conveyances and Creation of Estates.|Article 3 - Recordation and Registration in General.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 35-4-72 - Improperly Acknowledged or Recorded Instruments as Evidence.

Section 35-4-72Improperly acknowledged or recorded instruments as evidence. When a validly executed instrument, not properly acknowledged and recorded, has for 10 years been of record in the office of the judge of probate, the original or a duly certified transcript thereof shall have the same force and effect as evidence as such original or transcript would have had had such instrument been duly acknowledged and recorded. (Code 1907, §3382; Code 1923, §6876; Code 1940, T. 47, §119.)