Alabama § 35-4-96 Conveyances of Personalty to Minors

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-4-96 — Conveyances of Personalty to Minors

Alabama § 35-4-96

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 § 35-4-96 (2026).

Text

All conveyances of personal property in favor of minor children, except by will, where the custody, control, and visible possession thereof is suffered to remain by the donor with the father or mother of such children, vest an absolute estate in such father or mother so in possession, in favor of the purchasers from, and creditors of, such father or mother, without notice, unless the conveyance is recorded within three years after such possession commenced in this state in the county of the residence of such father or mother.

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All conveyances of personal property in favor of minor children, except by will, where the custody, control, and visible possession thereof is suffered to remain by the donor with the father or mother of such children, vest an absolute estate in such father or mother so in possession, in favor of the purchasers from, and creditors of, such father or mother, without notice, unless the conveyance is recorded within three years after such possession commenced in this state in the county of the residence of such father or mother.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1296; Code 1867, §1566; Code 1876, §2175; Code 1886, §1819; Code 1896, §1014; Code 1907, §3391; Code 1923, §6895; Code 1940, T. 47, §128.)