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§ 6-2-40 — Commencement of Actions - Six Months

Alabama § 6-2-40
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 6Civil Practice
Ch. 2Limitation of Actions
Art. 2Time Provisions

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Bluebook
Ala. Code § 6-2-40 (2026).

Text

No action shall be commenced to test the validity of any election held by any municipality of this state for the purpose of issuing bonds or levying taxes, nor to attack the issuance of bonds pursuant to such election, unless commenced within six months from the date of declaring the result of said election.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1919, No. 54, p. 57; Code 1923, §8950; Code 1940, T. 7, §27.)

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