Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-2-12 (2026)
Computation of Time - Stays by Injunction or Statutory Prohibition.
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When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition is not computed as a part of the limitation time.
(Code 1852, §2497; Code 1867, §2921; Code 1876, §3247; Code 1886, §2635; Code 1896, §2820; Code 1907, §4859; Code 1923, §8973; Code 1940, T. 7, §45.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Johnson v. Macon Cnty., 447 So. 2d 157 (Ala. 1984).
Johnson v. Macon Cnty., 447 So. 2d 157 (Ala. 1984). “Because Code 1975, § 6-5-20, requires that an action may not be commenced against a county until the claim is first presented to and denied by the county commission, 1 the time period between presentment and denial is not computed as a part of the limitation time, in accordance…”
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