Title 35

All conveyances of land owned or claimed by the state made by the Governor in the name of the state prior to August 17, 1924, are hereby ratified and confirmed as valid conveyances of such lands to the purchasers or grantees thereof. (Acts 1923, No. 44, p. 26; Code 1923, §6852; C…

When it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, by the owner or claimant of any land owned or claimed by the state, that such land has been previously conveyed by the state, and the original conveyance or a duly certified copy thereof cannot be located or o…

(a) WHEREAS, on December 13, 1982, the state issued to the university a patent to certain lands in Mobile County, herein called “the patent,” covering the following described property in Mobile County, Alabama, to wit: Beginning at Alabama West Zone Coordinates Y = 118,606.82; X …

The governing bodies of counties, cities, towns, and other subdivisions of the state shall have full power and authority to alienate public parks and playgrounds, other public recreational facilities and public housing projects on such terms as may be agreeable to them, provided …

When the county commission, or the council or like governing body of a city or town, or governing body of any other subdivision determines to alienate any public improvement described in Section 35-4-410, it shall adopt a resolution or ordinance to that effect, describing the nat…

The county or municipal governing body shall provide for a referendum election to be held on the proposal made in the resolution or ordinance, and the resolution or ordinance shall be effective only in the event the proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified electors of …

The Legislature finds and declares that the public policy of this state favors the marketability of real property and the transferability of interests in real property free of title defects or unreasonable restraints on alienation. The Legislature further finds and declares that …

(a) As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. An association or unit owners’ association, as defined in Section 35-8A-103 of the Alabama Uniform Condominium Act of 1991; an association as defined in Section 35-8-2 of the Condominiu…

A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this state on or after May 25, 2011, does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in real p…

(a) Any person who records or enters into an agreement imposing a private transfer fee obligation in his or her favor after May 25, 2011, shall be liable for: (1) Any and all damages resulting from the imposition of the private transfer fee obligation on the transfer of an intere…

(a) Any contract for the sale of real property subject to a private transfer fee obligation shall include a provision disclosing the existence of that obligation, a description of the obligation, and a statement that private transfer fee obligations are subject to certain prohibi…

(a) The payee of a private transfer fee obligation imposed prior to May 25, 2011, shall record, prior to December 31, 2011, against the real property subject to the private transfer fee obligation, a separate document in the office of the judge of probate for each county in which…

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. (Act 2011-532, p. 880, §1.)

(a) A nonvested property interest is invalid unless: (1) when the interest is created, it is certain to vest or terminate no later than 21 years after the death of an individual then alive; or (2) the interest either vests or terminates within 100 years after its creation. (b) A …

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and in Section 35-4A-5, the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law. (b) For purposes of this chapter, if there is a person who alone…

Upon the petition of an interested person, a circuit court shall reform a disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor’s manifested plan of distribution and is within the 100 years allowed by Section 35-4A-2(a)(2), (b)(2), or (c)(2) or the 360 years all…

Section 35-4A-2, the statutory rule against perpetuities, does not apply to: (1) a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of a nondonative transfer, except a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of (i) a premarital or postma…

This chapter applies to a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment that is created on or after January 1, 2012. For purposes of this section, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment created by the exercise of a power of appointment is created when the…

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. (Act 2011-532, p. 880, §1.)

This chapter supersedes the rule of the common law known as the rule against perpetuities. (Act 2011-532, p. 880, §1.)

This chapter may be cited as the “Alabama Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.” (Acts 1986, No. 86-453, p. 819, §24.)

(a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever: (1) An uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either: a. Registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by…

A transfer may be made only for one minor, and only one person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this chapter by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship. (Acts 1986, No. 86-453, p. 819, §10.)

(a) The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed in this chapter is not affected by: (1) Failure of the transferor to comply with section 35-5A-10(c) concerning possession and control; (2) Designation of an ineligible custodian, except designation of the transferor in t…

(a) A custodian shall: (1) Take control of custodial property; (2) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and (3) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property. (b) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard…

(a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only. (b) This section do…

(a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to (1) the duty or ability of the custodian person…

(a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian’s duties. (b) Except for one who is a transferor under Section 35-5A-5, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to …

A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining: (1) The va…

(a) A claim based on (1) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, (2) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or (3) a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by proce…

(a) A person nominated under section 35-5A-4 or designated under section 35-5A-10 as custodian may decline to serve by delivering a valid disclaimer to the person who made the nomination or to the transferor or the transferor’s legal representative or by effecting a valid disclai…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. An individual who has attained the age of 21 years. (2) BENEFIT PLAN. An employer’s plan for the benefit of an employee or part…

(a) A minor who has attained the age of 14 years, the minor’s guardian of the person or legal representative, an adult member of the minor’s family, a transferor, or a transferor’s legal representative may petition the court (1) for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian…

The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor’s estate upon the earlier of: (1) The minor’s attainment of 21 years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under section 35-5A-5 or 35-5A-6; (2) The minor’s a…

This chapter applies to a transfer within the scope of section 35-5A-3 made after October 1, 1986, if: (1) The transfer purports to have been made under the Alabama Uniform Gifts to Minors Act; or (2) The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substan…

(a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made before October 1, 1986, is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Alabama Uniform Gifts to Minors Act for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer fr…

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. (Acts 1986, No. 86-453, p. 819, §23.)

(a) This chapter applies to a transfer that refers to this chapter in the designation under section 35-5A-10(a) by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, the minor, or the custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is locat…

(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in substanc…

A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to Section 35-5A-10. (Acts 1986, No. 86-453, p. 819, §4.)

(a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to Section 35-5A-10 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust. (b) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under Section 35-5A-4 to receive…

(a) Subject to subsection (c), a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to Section 35-5A-10, in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not contain an …

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a person not subject to Section 35-5A-6 or 35-5A-7 who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a minor not having a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to Section 35-5A-10…

A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this chapter. An acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian, who believes in good faith that the transfer does not exc…

(a) When a sale of premises is made, and no person appears to claim such portion of the money as may belong to any nonresident or person whose name is unknown, the court shall require such money to be deposited in the county treasury, subject to the further order of the court. Al…

In any judgment concerning real property under the chapter, the judgment shall be recorded in the same manner as provided under Section 6-6-544. (Act 2023-520, §2.)