Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-2-1 (2026)
Applicability of Chapter - Generally.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall apply to and govern claims in all courts, and shall apply whether the claim upon which an action is commenced is based upon a debt or obligation of either legal or equitable nature.
(Acts 1915, No. 487, p. 547; Code 1923, §8955; Code 1940, T. 7, §31.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1997–2017 · leading case: Barnett v. Sylacauga Autoplex, 973 F. Supp. 1358 (N.D. Ala. 1997).
Barnett v. Sylacauga Autoplex, 973 F. Supp. 1358 (N.D. Ala. 1997). “Code of 1975 §§ 6-2-1, et seq. (setting limitations periods on commencement of actions).”
Bekken v. Greystone Residential Ass'n, 227 So. 3d 1201 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “See § 6-2-1, Ala. Code. 1975 (“This chapter shall apply to and govern claims in .”
Foster v. Hacienda Nirvana, Inc., 32 So. 3d 1256 (Ala. 2009). “Code 1975, provides, however, that “[t]his chapter [§ 6-2-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975,] shall not apply to negotiable instruments which are governed by Sections 7-3-118 and 7-4-111.”
Traywick v. Kidd, 186 So. 3d 454 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Namely, Section 6-2-1 and 6-2-3 provided that notwithstanding any provision of such sections, no action shall be commenced more than four years after, the act, omission, or failure complained of.”
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