Alabama § 35-4-93 Marriage Settlements

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-4-93 — Marriage Settlements

Alabama § 35-4-93

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 35Property

Ch. 4Conveyances and Creation of Estates

Art. 3Recordation and Registration in General

Div. 2Recordation Necessary as to Purchasers, Mortgagees, and Judgment Creditors

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 35-4-93 (2026).

Text

Personal property conveyed in consideration of marriage, when the possession remains with the husband or the husband and wife, must be taken as the property of the husband, in favor of purchasers without notice and creditors, unless such conveyance is recorded in the county of the husband’s residence, within 12 months after such possession commenced in this state; and, if the husband removes to another county, within four months after such removal.

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Personal property conveyed in consideration of marriage, when the possession remains with the husband or the husband and wife, must be taken as the property of the husband, in favor of purchasers without notice and creditors, unless such conveyance is recorded in the county of the husband’s residence, within 12 months after such possession commenced in this state; and, if the husband removes to another county, within four months after such removal.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1293; Code 1867, §1563; Code 1876, §2172; Code 1886, §1816; Code 1896, §1011; Code 1907, §3388; Code 1923, §6892; Code 1940, T. 47, §125.)