Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 35-9-80 (2026)
Demand for Premises.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2006-316, p. 668, §3, effective January 1, 2007.
(Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 133, p. 164; Code 1940, T. 31, §35.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1979–2010 · leading case: Horne v. TGM Assocs., L.P., 56 So. 3d 615 (Ala. 2010).
Horne v. TGM Assocs., L.P., 56 So. 3d 615 (Ala. 2010). “Code 1975, and the Sanderson Act, § 35-9-80 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. 5 The unlawful-detainer statutes permit a landlord to recover double the annual rent from a tenant who “forcibly or unlawfully retains possession” of a tenement “after the expiration of his term or refuses to…”
Mut. First, Inc. v. O'Charleys of Gulfport, Inc., 721 F. Supp. 281 (S.D. Ala. 1989). “Plaintiff brought suit against defendants, under Alabama Code § 35-9-80, which is in the nature of an action for unlawful detainer.”
Jimmie Mae King v. The Hous. Auth. of the City of Huntsville, Alabama a Corp., 670 F.2d 952 (11th Cir. 1982). “53(c) to afford appellant, Jimmie Mae King (hereinafter “King”) an administrative grievance hearing prior to proceeding in an action for eviction under Ala. Code §§ 35-9-80 through 88 (1975). For the reasons stated below we find that the Housing Authority is required to provide…”
Echols v. Hous. Auth. of Auburn, 377 So. 2d 952 (Ala. 1979). “Ultimately the Authority initiated possessory actions under the provisions of Code of 1975, § 35-9-80, formerly Tit. 31, § 35, Alabama Code and popularly known as the "Sanderson Act.”
King v. Hous. Auth. Etc., 496 F. Supp. 800 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “Code, § 6-6-310 to -353 (1975) (unlawful detainer action); Alabama Code § 35-9-80 to -88 (1975) (action in the nature of unlawful detainer).”
Thornton v. Butler, 728 F. Supp. 679 (M.D. Ala. 1990). “The second, which is brought under Title 35 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, §§ 35-9-80 through 35-9-88, is a summary proceeding by which the landlord may quickly determine whether it is entitled to repossession of the leased premises.”
Opinion of the Clerk, 381 So. 2d 57 (Ala. 1980). “Tapley, Administrative Director of Courts, has submitted to me, as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Alabama, pursuant to § 12-2-19(d), Code of Alabama 1975, the following inquiry: (1)Should a district court civil filing fee pursuant to Rule 7, Alabama Rules of Judicial…”
Saucer v. Pilgrim, 553 So. 2d 609 (Ala. Civ. App. 1989). “This is an appeal by purchasers of real estate under a lease-sale contract, from a 'judgment of eviction obtained under § 35-9-80, Code 1975. The .terms of the contract provided that vendor receive a sales price of $135,000, to be paid by purchasers as follows: (1) the…”
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