Alabama § 6-10-126 Exceptions

Alabama Statutes

§ 6-10-126 — Exceptions

Alabama § 6-10-126

Title 6Civil Practice

Ch. 10Exemptions

Art. 3Waiver of Right to Exemptions

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Ala. Code § 6-10-126 (2026).

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(a)No waiver of exemption in any written instrument shall be held to apply to or include or authorize the levy of an execution or attachment on any of the following property for any debt contracted:

(1)Cooking utensils, cooking stoves, table, tableware, chairs, bed and bed clothing in actual use by the family;

(2)Wearing apparel;

(3)A vehicle used by and essential to the debtor’s business;

(4)Tools used personally by and essential to the debtor’s business;

(5)The library of the debtor.

(b)Any levy upon such property is absolutely void.

(c)This section shall not apply to such property set out in subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (a) pledged in a consensual security agreement.

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(a) No waiver of exemption in any written instrument shall be held to apply to or include or authorize the levy of an execution or attachment on any of the following property for any debt contracted:
(1) Cooking utensils, cooking stoves, table, tableware, chairs, bed and bed clothing in actual use by the family;
(2) Wearing apparel;
(3) A vehicle used by and essential to the debtor’s business;
(4) Tools used personally by and essential to the debtor’s business;
(5) The library of the debtor.
(b) Any levy upon such property is absolutely void.
(c) This section shall not apply to such property set out in subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (a) pledged in a consensual security agreement.