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Ala. Code § 6-5-255 (2026)

Failure or Refusal of Purchaser to Reconvey Title.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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If the purchaser or his or her vendee or transferee fails or refuses to reconvey to such party entitled and desiring to redeem such title as the party acquired by the sale and purchase, such party so paying or tendering payment shall thereupon have the right to file in the circuit court having jurisdiction thereof a complaint to enforce his or her rights of redemption.

(Acts 1988, No. 88-441, p. 647, §9.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2024 · leading case: Ross v. Rogers, 25 So. 3d 1160 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009).
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Ross v. Rogers, 25 So. 3d 1160 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “If [Ross]’s complaint is construed to be a complaint brought pursuant to Alabama Code Section 6-5-255, Section 6-5-256 requires the Court to settle and adjust the equities of the parties.”
Ross v. West Wind Condo. Ass'n, 153 So. 3d 29 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “As the grounds of his motion, London asserted that Ross was not entitled to redeem Unit J from London pursuant to § 6-5-255, Ala.Code 1975, 1 because, London said, Ross had not paid or tendered payment of any money to London and that Ross was not entitled to redeem Unit J from…”
Alabama Historical Comm'n v. City of Birmingham, 769 So. 2d 317 (Ala. Civ. App. 2000). “Further, we note that the “corrective redemption deed” complies fully with § 6-5-255, Ala.Code 1975, requiring a complete conveyance of Turnipseed’s interest to the City, and this court has already concluded under Bailey, supra, that Turnipseed’s foreclosure terminated the…”
Steven Mark Hayden, Jr. v. Newsome Law, LLC, & William B. Cashion (Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court: CV-23-92). (Ala. 2024). “On September 25, 2023, Hayden filed a complaint in the trial court pursuant to § 6-5-255, Ala. Code 1975, which is one of Alabama's redemption statutes, see § 6-5-247 et seq.”
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