Alabama § 6-10-3 Homestead Exemption - Alienation by Married Person

Alabama Statutes

§ 6-10-3 — Homestead Exemption - Alienation by Married Person

Alabama § 6-10-3

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 6Civil Practice

Ch. 10Exemptions

Art. 1Exemptions from Levy and Sale Under Process

Div. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 6-10-3 (2026).

Text

No mortgage, deed or other conveyance of the homestead by a married person shall be valid without the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed, or other conveyance, which certificate must be substantially in the form of acknowledgment for individuals prescribed by Section 35-4-29.

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No mortgage, deed or other conveyance of the homestead by a married person shall be valid without the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed, or other conveyance, which certificate must be substantially in the form of acknowledgment for individuals prescribed by Section 35-4-29.

Legislative History

(Code 1876, §2822; Code 1886, §2508; Code 1896, §2034; Code 1907, §4161; Code 1923, §7883; Acts 1931, No. 116, p. 183; Code 1940, T. 7, §626; Acts 1951, No. 83, p. 300.)