reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AL Code § 35-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 16 - Annuity and Mortality Tables.|Section 35-16-1 - Publication of Annuity Tables.

Section 35-16-1Publication of annuity tables. The superintendent of insurance and the superintendent of banks, jointly, shall, within 30 days after final adjournment of each regular session of the Legislature, cause to be prepared a table showing the current present cash value of an annuity of $100.00 per month, month by month from two to 480 months at two percent, two and one-half percent, three percent, three and one-half percent, four percent, four and one-half percent, five percent, five and one-half percent and six percent, which table shall be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall cause the same to be printed in the bound volume of the acts of the Legislature. (Acts 1953, No. 456, p. 561, §1.)
AL Code § 35-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 16 - Annuity and Mortality Tables.|Section 35-16-2 - Annuity Tables as Evidence.

Section 35-16-2Annuity tables as evidence. Annuity tables computed, compiled, printed, and published as provided in section 35-16-1 shall be received in all courts of this state as evidence of the facts therein stated, but nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the admissibility of other competent evidence when offered in a lawful and proper manner. (Acts 1953, No. 456, p. 561, §2.)
AL Code § 35-16-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 16 - Annuity and Mortality Tables.|Section 35-16-3 - Publication of Mortality Tables.

Section 35-16-3Publication of mortality tables. The superintendent of insurance shall, within 10 days after final adjournment of each regular session of the legislature, cause to be delivered to the secretary of state the then current American experience and commissioners standard ordinary mortality tables, which the secretary of state shall cause to be printed in the bound volume of the acts of the legislature. (Acts 1953, No. 459, p. 562, §1.)
AL Code § 35-16-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 16 - Annuity and Mortality Tables.|Section 35-16-4 - Mortality Tables as Evidence.

Section 35-16-4Mortality tables as evidence. (a) Mortality tables as printed in the bound acts of the legislature pursuant to section 35-16-3 shall be received in all courts of this state as evidence of the facts therein stated. (b) The provisions of section 35-16-3 and subsection (a) of this section are cumulative and shall not prevent any court from taking judicial knowledge of mortality tables, as provided by law, nor affect the admissibility of such tables in evidence when offered in any other lawful and proper manner. (Acts 1953, No. 459, p. 562, §§2, 3.)
AL Code § 35-18-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-1 - Definitions.

Section 35-18-1Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) CONSERVATION EASEMENT. A nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, silvicultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, paleontological, or cultural aspects of real property. (2) HOLDER. Either of the following to whom a conservation easement is conveyed: a. A governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States. b. A charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, silvicultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, paleontological, or cultural aspects of real property. (3) THIRD-PARTY RIGHT OF ENFORCEMENT. A right expressly provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §1.)
AL Code § 35-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-2 - Easement Conveyed, Recorded, Assigned, etc.; Term of Easement; Interest Maintained; Condemnation.

Section 35-18-2Easement conveyed, recorded, assigned, etc.; term of easement; interest maintained; condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements. A conservation easement may not be created or expanded under this chapter by any state, county, or local governmental body through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. (b) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance. (c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 35-18-3, the term of a conservation easement shall be the term stated in the instrument creating the easement or, if no term is stated, the lesser of 30 years or the life of the grantor, or upon the sale of the property by the grantor. (d) An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created, including, but not limited to, any subsurface property interests or leases and any related rights of owners or leaseholders to remove or extract minerals or any mortgages, deeds of trust, security interests, or other liens, shall not be impaired or diminished in any way by a conservation easement unless all owners of the interests are parties to the conservation easement or consent to it and the consent is properly recorded. A conservation easement shall not be construed to impair or diminish in any way interests in adjacent or surrounding properties. (e) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or diminish in any way the rights of any person, entity, or governmental body authorized by the laws of this state or under federal law to acquire property interests through the exercise of eminent domain or condemnation. A conservation easement may be condemned or appropriated through eminent domain in the same manner as any other property interest. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §2.)
AL Code § 35-18-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-3 - Actions Affecting a Conservation Easement.

Section 35-18-3Actions affecting a conservation easement. (a) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by any of the following: (1) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement. (2) A holder of the easement. (3) A person having a third-party right of enforcement only to the extent provided in the instrument creating the easement. (b) This chapter does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity applicable to other easements and specifically including the doctrine of changed conditions. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §3.)
AL Code § 35-18-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-4 - Validity of Easement.

Section 35-18-4Validity of easement. A conservation easement is valid even though any of the following apply: (1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property. (2) It can be or has been assigned to another holder. (3) It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law. (4) It imposes a negative burden. (5) It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder. (6) The benefit does not touch or concern real property. (7) There is no privity of estate or of contract. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §4.)
AL Code § 35-18-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-5 - Creation of Instrument; Other Interests Valid.

Section 35-18-5Creation of instrument; other interests valid. (a) Any instrument intended to create a conservation easement under this chapter shall contain an explicit reference to that effect. (b) This chapter does not invalidate any interest, whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement, or otherwise, that is enforceable under any other law of this state. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §5.)
AL Code § 35-18-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 18 - Conservation Easement.|Section 35-18-6 - Relation to "Forever Wild amendment."

Section 35-18-6Relation to "Forever Wild Amendment." The provisions of this chapter are intended to be cumulative and supplemental to the provisions of Amendment No. 543 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, commonly known as the "Forever Wild Amendment," and any other provisions of law, and shall not be construed to repeal any law or part of law except for those in direct conflict herewith. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p. 1483, §7.)
AL Code § 35-19-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-1 - Short Title.

Section 35-19-1Short title. This act may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Environmental Covenants Act. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §1.)
AL Code § 35-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-2 - Definitions.

Section 35-19-2Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. (2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her designated representative. (5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations. (6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT. A plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted under any of the following programs or situations: a. Under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including Chapter 30E of Title 22, but not including Chapter 36 of Title 22. b. Incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency. c. Under a state voluntary clean-up program authorized in Chapter 30E of Title 22. (7) HOLDER. The grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in subsection (a) of Section 35-19-3. (8) PERSON. An individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (9) RECORD. Used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (10) STATE. The State of Alabama. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §2; Act 2012-317, p. 716, §1.)
AL Code § 35-19-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-3 - Requirements for Environmental Covenants.

Section 35-19-3Requirements for environmental covenants.  (a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, an agency, or a municipality or other unit of local government, may be a holder. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. The interest of a holder is an interest in real property. (b) A right of an agency under this chapter or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in real property. (c) An agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than this chapter except as provided in the covenant. (d) The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an environmental covenant is created or amended: (1) An interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant. (2) This chapter does not require a person that owns a prior interest to subordinate that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant. (3) A subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant covering real property or in a separate record. If the environmental covenant covers commonly owned property in a common interest community, the record may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board of the owners' association. (4) An agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental covenant affects the priority of that person's interest but does not by itself impose any affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §3.)
AL Code § 35-19-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-4 - Interest Holders; Rights of Holders and Agencies; Priority.

Section 35-19-4Interest holders; rights of holders and agencies; priority. (a) An environmental covenant must meet all of the following requirements: (1) State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to this chapter. (2) Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant. (3) Describe the activity and use limitations on the real property. (4) Identify every holder. (5) Be signed by the director, every holder, and unless waived by the agency, every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant. (6) Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant. (b) In addition to the information required by subsection (a), an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any of the following: (1) Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant. (2) Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant. (3) Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant. (4) A brief narrative description of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination. (5) Limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those contained in Sections 35-19-9 and 35-19-10. (6) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant to Section 35-19-11. (c) In addition to other conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant, the agency may require those persons specified by the agency who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §4.)
AL Code § 35-19-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-5 - Validity and Enforceability of Environmental Covenants.

Section 35-19-5Validity and enforceability of environmental covenants. (a) An environmental covenant that complies with this chapter runs with the land. (b) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if any one or more of the following conditions apply: (1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property. (2) It can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder. (3) It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law. (4) It imposes a negative burden. (5) It imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real property or on the holder. (6) The benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property. (7) There is no privity of estate or contract. (8) The holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced. (9) The owner of an interest subject to the environmental covenant and the holder are the same person. (c) An instrument that creates restrictions or obligations with respect to real property which would qualify as activity and use limitations except for the fact that the instrument was recorded before January 1, 2008, is not invalid or unenforceable because of any of the limitations on enforcement of interests described in subsection (b) or because it was identified as an easement, servitude, deed restriction, or other interest. This chapter does not apply in any other respect to such an instrument. (d) This chapter does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable under the law of this state. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §5.)
AL Code § 35-19-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-6 - Relation to Zoning and Other Laws Regulating Use.

Section 35-19-6Relation to zoning and other laws regulating use. This chapter does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than this chapter regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §6.)
AL Code § 35-19-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-7 - To Whom Copies Must Be Provided.

Section 35-19-7To whom copies must be provided. (a) A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the agency to each of the following persons or entities: (1) Each person that signed the covenant. (2) Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant. (3) Each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant. (4) Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property subject to the covenant is located. (5) Any other person the agency requires. (b) The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the covenant as required under this section. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §7.)
AL Code § 35-19-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-8 - Recording of Environmental Covenants.

Section 35-19-8Recording of environmental covenants.  (a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of Section 35-19-9, an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of the state governing recording and priority of interests in real property. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §8.)
AL Code § 35-19-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 35 - Property.|Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.|Section 35-19-9 - Duration of Environmental Covenants.

Section 35-19-9Duration of environmental covenants. (a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless any of the following conditions apply: (1) The covenant is limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event. (2) The covenant is terminated or modified by consent pursuant to Section 35-19-10. (3) The covenant is terminated or modified pursuant to subsection (b). (4) The covenant is terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental covenant. (5) The covenant is terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if each of the following requirements are satisfied: a. The department is a party to the proceeding. b. All persons identified in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 35-19-10 are given notice of the pendency of the proceeding. c. The court determines, after hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health or the environment. (b) If the department has determined that the intended benefits of the covenant can no longer be realized, or are no longer protective of human health and the environment, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 35-19-10 have been given notice, may terminate or modify the covenant or reduce its burden on the real property subject to the covenant. The departments's determination or its failure to make a determination upon request is subject to review pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b), an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or acquiescence, or a similar doctrine. (d) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by application of any law relating to marketable title or dormant mineral interests. (Act 2007-464, p. 972, §9.)