Alabama § 35-11-223 Parties

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-11-223 — Parties

Alabama § 35-11-223

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 35Property

Ch. 11Liens

Art. 5Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons

Div. 8Mechanics and Materialmen

This text of Alabama § 35-11-223 (Parties) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ala. Code § 35-11-223 (2026).

Text

(a)In such actions, all persons interested in the matter in controversy, or in the property charged with the lien, may be made parties; but such as are not made parties shall not be bound by the judgment or proceedings therein.

(b)On the death of any party to such action, his personal representative shall be made a party thereto, plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, and it shall not be necessary to make his heirs or devisees parties; but if he has no personal representative, and it is not desired to have one appointed, his heirs or devisees may be made parties.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) In such actions, all persons interested in the matter in controversy, or in the property charged with the lien, may be made parties; but such as are not made parties shall not be bound by the judgment or proceedings therein.
(b) On the death of any party to such action, his personal representative shall be made a party thereto, plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, and it shall not be necessary to make his heirs or devisees parties; but if he has no personal representative, and it is not desired to have one appointed, his heirs or devisees may be made parties.

Legislative History

(Code 1876, §§3447, 3448; Code 1886, §§3030, 3031; Code 1896, §§2735, 2736; Code 1907, §§4766, 4767; Code 1923, §§8844, 8845; Code 1940, T. 33, §§50, 51.)