Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-10-6 (2026)
Personalty.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The personal property of such resident, except for wages, salaries, or other compensation, to the extent of the resident’s interest therein, to the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in value, to be selected by him or her, and, in addition thereto, all necessary and proper wearing apparel for himself or herself and family, all family portraits or pictures and all books used in the family shall also be exempt from levy and sale under execution or other process for the collection of debts. No wages, salaries, or other compensation shall be exempt except as provided in Section 5-19-15 or Section 6-10-7.
(Code 1876, §§2820, 2823; Code 1886, §2511; Code 1896, §2037; Code 1907, §4164; Code 1923, §7886; Code 1940, T. 7, §629; Acts 1980, No. 80-569, p. 879, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-294, p. 454, §2; Act 2015-484, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 53
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Stewart v. Jones, 35 B.R. 392 (S.D. Ala. 1983).
Stewart v. Jones, 35 B.R. 392 (S.D. Ala. 1983). “The sole question on appeal is whether the Bankruptcy Judge erred in holding that Code of Alabama 1975, Section 6-10-126 2 *393 does not create personal exemptions separate from and in addition to those established in Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 6-10-6 3 . This Court is of…”
First Nat'l Bank of Jasper v. Robinson (In Re Robinson), 240 B.R. 70 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1999). “Robinson relied upon the statutory personal property exemption of three thousand dollars set forth in Ala.Code § 6-10-6 (1993) (State Person *74 alty Exemption) to attempt to have monies paid by Altec to the Clerk as garnished funds further excluded from the garnishment process,…”
Shepard v. Morris (In Re Morris), 30 B.R. 392 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1983). “00 limitation on personal property exemption contained in Section 6-10-6, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended in 1980.”
In Re Bulger, 91 B.R. 129 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 1988). “Code § 6-10-6 (1975). The property exempted by the debtor in Schedule B-4 includes wearing apparel, $200; family portraits, $25; and 75 percent of wages, $380.”
In Re Peterson, 280 B.R. 886 (Bankr. S.D. Ala. 2001). “Pursuant to Ala. Code § 6-10-6 (1975), a debtor is entitled to an exemption in her personal property “except for wages, salaries, or other compensation, to the extent of [debtor’s] interest therein, to the amount of $3,000 in value, to be selected by him or her, and, in addition…”
Ex Parte Avery, 514 So. 2d 1380 (Ala. 1987). “I agree with the Court of Civil Appeals that future wages cannot be claimed as exempt under Ala. Code 1975, § 6-10-6, and with its reasoning that "property" as defined under § 6-10-6 does not include future wages without specific legislative authority.”
In Re Satterwhite, 28 B.R. 178 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 1983). “) The debtor may certainly claim the pulpwood equipment as exempt under Section 6-10-6, Code of Alabama, 1975. That section exempts to a debtor the personal property of each resident to the extent of the resident’s interest therein to the amount of $3,000 in value to be selected…”
First Alabama Bank of Montgomery v. Mims, 66 B.R. 20 (M.D. Ala. 1986). “” 1 Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court held that § 6-10-126 creates exemption rights that are separate and distinct from those rights granted under CODE OF ALABAMA [1975], § 6-10-6. 2 It is from this ruling that Appellant appeals.”
In Re Rester, 46 B.R. 194 (S.D. Ala. 1984). “Only one debt pre-dates Ala.Code § 6-10-6, a S.B.A. loan for $2,510.”
Crider v. Misty Acres, Inc., 893 So. 2d 1165 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “" In Schedule C, the Criders claimed that the lawsuit was exempt from the bankruptcy estate and, thus, was protected from their creditors, pursuant to § 6-10-6, Ala.Code 1975. In Schedule C, the Criders valued the lawsuit at $2,500.”
In Re Shoemaker, 155 B.R. 552 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1992). “Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 522(b)(2)(A), Alabama has chosen its own exemption scheme rather than the federal exemptions allowed by Bankruptcy Code Section 522(d).”
Dionne v. Harless (In Re Harless), 187 B.R. 719 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1995). “Code § 6-10-6 and $1,800.00 claimed under Ala.”
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