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Ala. Code § 35-4-135 (2026)

Bona Fide Purchasers, Etc., Protected Upon Failure to Record Notice.

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If the notice required by Sections 35-4-131 and 35-4-132 shall not be entered in the lis pendens record, the action, proceeding, or application shall not affect the rights of a bona fide purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee of any interest in such land or any person then or thereafter asserting a lien against such land unless he or they have actual notice of the action, proceeding, levy, or application.

(Acts 1915, No. 77, p. 122; Code 1923, §6881; Code 1940, T. 47, §69; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 181, p. 4441, §3.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case: State Dep't of Revenue v. Wyatt Oil Co., 886 So. 2d 817 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).
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State Dep't of Revenue v. Wyatt Oil Co., 886 So. 2d 817 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Section 35-4-135 protects bona fide purchasers of real property if the notice required in § 35^1-131 or § 35-4-132 is not recorded, unless that person has actual notice of the action, proceeding, levy, or application.”
Ellis v. City of Montgomery, 460 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (M.D. Ala. 2006). “Under Alabama law, upon commencement of any civil action involving an interest in real property, the party instituting the action must file notice of it in the probate office. 1975 Ala.Code § 35-4-131.”
Thompson v. Yuan (In re Yuan), 178 B.R. 273 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1995). · cites it 2× “If the notice is not entered in the lis pendens record, the action, proceeding, or application shall not affect the rights of a bona fide purchaser or mortgagee of any interest in such land unless he or they have actual notice of the action, proceeding, levy, or application,…”
Ex Parte Musa Props., LLC Petition for Writ of Mandamus: Civil (Ala. 2023). “" Section 35-4-135, Ala. Code 1975, states that, "[i]f the notice required by [§] 35-4-131 … shall not be entered in the lis pendens record, the action, proceeding, or application shall not affect the rights of a bona fide purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee of any interest in such…”
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