Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 27-42-4 (2026)
Construction of Chapter.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose under Section 27-42-2 which will constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-806, p. 1639, §4.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1992–2013 · leading case: Alabama Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Mercy Med. Ass'n, 120 So. 3d 1063 (Ala. 2013).
Alabama Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Mercy Med. Ass'n, 120 So. 3d 1063 (Ala. 2013). “Additionally, § 27-42-4, Ala.Code 1975, states: “This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose under Section 27-42-2 which will constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.”
Gibson v. Alabama Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 601 So. 2d 416 (Ala. 1992). “” § 27-42-4. As previously noted, § 27-42-12(a) provides: “Any person having a claim against an insurer under any provision in an insurance policy other than a policy of an insolvent insurer which is also a covered claim, shall be required to exhaust first his rights under such…”
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