Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 6-2-2 (2026)

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(a) This chapter shall not affect Section 43-2-113 insofar as it relates to claims against the heir, legatee, or devisee.

(b) The limitations provided in this chapter do not apply to such actions as concern the trade of merchandise between merchants and merchants, or their agents and factors, while the accounts between them are current.

(c) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to actions to enforce the payment of bills, notes, or other evidences of debt issued or put in circulation as money.

(d) This chapter shall not apply to any liens to secure the payment of taxes or liens arising out of the signing of any bond by any public official.

(e) This chapter shall not apply to negotiable instruments which are governed by Sections 7-3-118 and 7-4-111.

(Code 1852, §§2488, 2901; Code 1867, §§2912, 2925; Code 1876, §§3238, 3251; Code 1886, §§2626, 2639; Code 1896, §§2809, 2824; Code 1907, §§4848, 4863; Acts 1915, No. 487, p. 547; Code 1923, §§8954, 8956, 8962, 8977; Code 1940, T. 7, §§32, 38, 49, 52; Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §4.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1980–2010 · leading case: Foster v. Hacienda Nirvana, Inc., 32 So. 3d 1256 (Ala. 2009).
Foster v. Hacienda Nirvana, Inc., 32 So. 3d 1256 (Ala. 2009). · cites it 8× “2008), made the same argument to the Court of Civil Appeals that the Fosters make here, and after noting and quoting our decision in Street , that court correctly observed: “Subsection (e) of § 6-2-2, which was enacted as § 4 of Act No.”
McKerall v. Kaiser, 60 So. 3d 288 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 4× “First, we must consider whether the note constitutes a negotiable instrument, because § 6-2-2(e), Ala.Code 1975, provides that provisions within Chapter 2 of Title 6 “shall not apply to negotiable instruments which are governed by Sections 7-3-118 and 7-4-11.”
Roberts v. M & R Props., Inc., 612 So. 2d 432 (Ala. 1992). · cites it 2× “See also Ala.Code 1975, § 6-2-2(d) (general limitations-of-actions provisions "shall not apply to any liens to secure the payment of taxes").”
Eagerton v. Perry, 390 So. 2d 660 (Ala. Civ. App. 1980). · cites it 3× “In support of its argument, the State relies on § 6-2-2(d), Code of Alabama 1975 which provides in part, “This chapter shall not apply to any liens to secure the payment of taxes.”
— Ala. Code § 6-2-2(d) — 2 cases
Roberts v. M & R Props., Inc., 612 So. 2d 432 (Ala. 1992). “See also Ala.Code 1975, § 6-2-2(d) (general limitations-of-actions provisions "shall not apply to any liens to secure the payment of taxes").”
Eagerton v. Perry, 390 So. 2d 660 (Ala. Civ. App. 1980). “In support of its argument, the State relies on § 6-2-2(d), Code of Alabama 1975 which provides in part, “This chapter shall not apply to any liens to secure the payment of taxes.”
— Ala. Code § 6-2-2(e) — 2 cases
Foster v. Hacienda Nirvana, Inc., 32 So. 3d 1256 (Ala. 2009). “2008), made the same argument to the Court of Civil Appeals that the Fosters make here, and after noting and quoting our decision in Street , that court correctly observed: “Subsection (e) of § 6-2-2, which was enacted as § 4 of Act No.”
McKerall v. Kaiser, 60 So. 3d 288 (Ala. 2010). “First, we must consider whether the note constitutes a negotiable instrument, because § 6-2-2(e), Ala.Code 1975, provides that provisions within Chapter 2 of Title 6 “shall not apply to negotiable instruments which are governed by Sections 7-3-118 and 7-4-11.”
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