Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 35-6-102 (2026)
Payment of Appraised Value into Court; Time Period; Transfer of Title.
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After the report of the appraisers or commissioners, the tenants in common or joint owners seeking to purchase the interests of those filing the petition shall have 30 days to pay into the court the price set as the value of those interests to be purchased. Upon such payment and approval of same by the court, the clerk shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered the proper instruments transferring title to the purchasers.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-334, p. 532, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1983–2016 · leading case: Jolly v. Knopf, 463 So. 2d 150 (Ala. 1985).
Jolly v. Knopf, 463 So. 2d 150 (Ala. 1985). “Pursuant to § 35-6-102, Ala. Code 1975 (1984 Supp.), the defendants timely paid into the court the amount of the purchase price for Mrs.”
Barrow v. Myhand, 205 So. 3d 1261 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “After a hearing on April 29, 2015, the trial court entered a judgment on May 12, 2015, finding that Taurus was the only party that had timely deposited the full amount of the appraised value of the property pursuant to § 35-6-102, Ala.Code 1975, and ordering, in pertinent part,…”
Few v. Few, 681 So. 2d 142 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “The petitioners alleged that the trial court’s interpretation of Ala.Code 1975, § 35-6-102, was erroneous, and they requested that the trial court modify its February 28, 1994, order to allow the petitioners to compete with Reynolds in a bidding process for the subject real…”
Madison v. Lambert, 428 So. 2d 25 (Ala. 1983). “The complaint in this case dealt separately with the two parcels of land. Further, the proportionate interests of the various owners differed in relation to the two parcels.”
Ruf v. Ruf, 769 So. 2d 923 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999). “Pursuant to § 35-6-102, the Rufs paid into court $34,351.”
Cupps v. Pruitt, 694 So. 2d 1346 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “The trial court noted that more than 30 days had expired between the hearing it conducted on November 18, 1995, and the one it conducted on December 20, 1995, yet the defendants had not deposited any moneys with the clerk pursuant to § 35-6-102, Ala.Code 1975. Section 35-6-103,…”
Wicks v. Wicks, 67 So. 3d 88 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “§ 35-6-102. In the present case, Jay styled his complaint a “petition for declaratory judgment,” and, for all that appears in the complaint, he sought only a declaration as to the parties’ rights in the property.”
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