Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-143 (2026)
Construction of Attachment Law; Amendments; Dismissal.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The attachment law must be liberally construed to advance the manifest intent of the law; the plaintiff, before or during the trial, must be permitted to amend any defect of form or of substance in the affidavit, bond or attachment; and no attachment must be dismissed for any defect in the affidavit if the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney will make a sufficient affidavit or, for any defect in the bond or for want of a bond, if the plaintiff, his agent or attorney is willing to give or substitute a sufficient bond.
(Code 1852, §2562; Code 1867, §2990; Code 1876, §3315; Code 1886, §2998; Code 1896, §564; Code 1907, §2965; Code 1923, §6213; Code 1940, T. 7, §886.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Radiance Capital Receivables Twelve, LLC v. Bondy's Ford, Inc. (Appeal from Henry Circuit Court: CV-17-1). (Ala. 2024).
Radiance Capital Receivables Twelve, LLC v. Bondy's Ford, Inc. (Appeal from Henry Circuit Court: CV-17-1). (Ala. 2024). “Code 1975, directs that the provisions of § 6-6-143, Ala. Code 1975, are applicable to garnishments; therefore, like attachment law, garnishment law "must be liberally construed to advance the manifest intent of the law.”
East Bay Apts. v. Martin, 412 So. 2d 815 (Ala. Civ. App. 1982). “Both §§ 6-6-143 and 35-9-62 permit “the plaintiff, before or during the trial .”
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