Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-220 (2026)
“Person” Defined.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The word “person,” wherever used in this article, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association, or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever.
(Acts 1935, No. 355, p. 777; Code 1940, T. 7, §168.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 130
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Alabama State Univ. v. Danley, 212 So. 3d 112 (Ala. 2016).
Alabama State Univ. v. Danley, 212 So. 3d 112 (Ala. 2016). “tegories of actions that do not come within the prohibition of § 14: (1) actions brought to compel State officials to perform their legal duties; (2) actions brought to enjoin State officials from enforcing an unconstitutional law; (3) actions to compel State officials to…”
Ex Parte Alabama Dept. of Transp., 978 So. 2d 17 (Ala. 2007). “(4) Actions brought under the Declaratory Judgments Act, [Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq.], seeking construction of a statute and how it should be applied in a given situation.”
Ex Parte State Ex Rel. James, 711 So. 2d 952 (Ala. 1998). “See the Declaratory Judgment Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-6-220 to -232, and Berman v.”
Perdue ex rel. Perdue v. Green, 127 So. 3d 343 (Ala. 2012). “Thus, the PACT board requested, pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq. 6 and § 19-3B-101 et seq.”
Stamps v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 642 So. 2d 941 (Ala. 1994). “That issue is whether an action brought by special education teachers against their employers seeking a judgment construing the NPA and declaring that their duties subject them to prosecution by the board of nursing for the unlicensed practice of nursing presents a controversy…”
Raley v. Main, 987 So. 2d 569 (Ala. 2007). “(4) Actions brought under the Declaratory Judgments Act, [Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq.], seeking construction of a statute and how it should be applied in a given situation.”
Franks v. Hampton, 189 So. 3d 14 (Ala. 2015). “actions brought against State officials - under the Declaratory Judg *18 ments Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq., seeking construction of a statute and its application in a given situation; (5) valid inverse condemnation actions brought against State officials in their…”
Frost v. Dangerfield, 49 So. 3d 675 (Ala. 2010). “Also not regarded as prohibited actions are those “brought under the Declaratory Judgments Act [Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq.], seeking construction of a statute and how it should be applied in a given situation.”
Alabama Dept. of Transp. v. Harbert Intern., Inc., 990 So. 2d 831 (Ala. 2008). “one of six exceptions that have been recognized: "`A state official is not immune from an action that (1) seeks to compel a state official to perform his or her legal duties, (2) seeks to enjoin a state official from enforcing unconstitutional laws, (3) seeks to compel a state…”
Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. Melissa Adair, 181 So. 3d 1033 (Ala. 2014). “[BMIC] seeks a determination from this Court pursuant to Alabama Code [1975,] § 6-6-220 et seq., as to the following issues: "(1) Whether the [insureds] may properly demand an appraisal, where, as is the case here, the [insureds] (1) have failed to identify the claims or losses…”
Etowah Baptist Ass'n. v. Entrekin, 45 So. 3d 1266 (Ala. 2010). “The Declaratory Judgment Act, § 6-6-220 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, is not a vehicle for obtaining legal advice from the courts: “The Declaratory Judgment Act, §§ 6-6-220 through -232, Ala.”
Surles v. City of Ashville, 68 So. 3d 89 (Ala. 2011). “4 First, there appears to be no dispute that, under the plain language of the Declaratory Judgment Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq., a municipality may test the validity of an ordinance through a declaratory-judgment action: “[a]ny person .”
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