Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-10-6.1 (2026)
Exclusions from Personal Property.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) Wages, salaries, or other compensation of a resident are not personal property for the purposes of exemption from garnishment, levy, sale under execution, or other process for the collection of debt.
(b) It is the intent of this section to exclude from the meaning of personal property the wages, salaries, or other compensation of a resident for the purposes of the personal property exemption under Section 6-10-6 and Section 204 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
(Act 2015-484, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2015–2018 · leading case: N. Ala. Real Est. Grp., LLC v. Pineda, 266 So. 3d 719 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018).
N. Ala. Real Est. Grp., LLC v. Pineda, 266 So. 3d 719 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “He also submitted a trial brief to the circuit court, in which he argued that § 6-10-6.1, Ala. Code 1975, was unconstitutional.”
N. Ala. Real Est. Grp., LLC v. Pineda, 266 So. 3d 719 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “He also submitted a trial brief to the circuit court, in which he argued that § 6-10-6.1, Ala. Code 1975, was unconstitutional.”
Merrida v. Credit Acceptance Corp., 238 So. 3d 1249 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Section 204 provides, in pertinent part, that "[t]he personal property of any resident of this state to the value of one thousand dollars, to be selected by such resident, shall be exempt from sale or execution, or other process of any court, issued for the collection of any…”
Alabama Telco Credit Union v. Gibbons, 195 So. 3d 1012 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “2015-:484, Ala; Acts 2015, enacted on June 11, 2015, and codified, in pertinent part, at § 6-10-6.1, Ala.Code 1975, excludes wages from the personal-property exemption under Ala.”
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