Alabama § 35-9-62 Affidavit and Bond

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-9-62 — Affidavit and Bond

Alabama § 35-9-62

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 35Property

Ch. 9Landlord and Tenant

Art. 2Liens of Landlord

Div. 2Liens for Rent of Buildings

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Ala. Code § 35-9-62 (2026).

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Before such attachment is issued, the plaintiff, or his agent or attorney, must make affidavit, setting forth the amount that is, or will be, due for the rent, that one of the causes for issuing an attachment prescribed in Section 35-9-61 exists, and that the attachment is not sued out for the purpose of vexing or harassing the defendant; and must also execute a bond in double the amount claimed, payable to the defendant, with sufficient surety, and with condition that the plaintiff will prosecute the attachment to effect, and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain from the wrongful or vexatious suing out of such attachment.

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Before such attachment is issued, the plaintiff, or his agent or attorney, must make affidavit, setting forth the amount that is, or will be, due for the rent, that one of the causes for issuing an attachment prescribed in Section 35-9-61 exists, and that the attachment is not sued out for the purpose of vexing or harassing the defendant; and must also execute a bond in double the amount claimed, payable to the defendant, with sufficient surety, and with condition that the plaintiff will prosecute the attachment to effect, and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain from the wrongful or vexatious suing out of such attachment.