Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-223 (2026)
Construction or Validity of Instruments, Statutes, Ordinances, Contracts, or Franchises.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.
(Acts 1935, No. 355, p. 777; Code 1940, T. 7, §157.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Guy v. Sw. Ala. Council on Alcoholism, 475 So. 2d 1190 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985).
Guy v. Sw. Ala. Council on Alcoholism, 475 So. 2d 1190 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985). “Section 6-6-227 states, in pertinent part, "In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party and shall be entitled to be heard; and if the statute, ordinance or franchise is alleged to be…”
Dgb, LLC v. Michael Hinds, 55 So. 3d 218 (Ala. 2010). “Based on the language of the Declaratory Judgment Act, § 6-6-223, Ala.Code.1975, this Court stated that the petitioners had “standing to seek declaratory relief relating to the option agreement only if they [were] ‘interested under’ or if their ‘rights, status, or other legal…”
Matthews v. Alabama Agr. & Mech. Univ., 787 So. 2d 691 (Ala. 2000). “" Matthews further sought relief pursuant to Alabama's Declaratory Judgments Act, specifically under Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-223. Matthews seeks compensatory and punitive damages and declaratory and injunctive relief.”
1568 Montgomery High., Inc. v. City of Hoover, 45 So. 3d 319 (Ala. 2010). “5(4), Code of Alabama, 1975, [Love Stuff] seeks a declaration by this Court pursuant to § 6-6-223, Code of Alabama, 1975, both facially and as applied by Hoover in this cause, both standing alone and by reference in Section 11-31 of the Municipal Code of the City of Hoover,…”
Hutchinson v. State, 66 So. 3d 220 (Ala. 2010). “Although at oral argument of this case counsel for the petitioners informed this Court that Mobile’s indigent-defense system has been revised to remedy the problems that were the basis for [counsel]’s original petition to the Court of Criminal Appeals, we emphasize that §…”
Donald Richard Terry v. Ron Crawford, 615 F. App'x 629 (11th Cir. 2015). “Specifically, the court found that Terry’s “action as a whole is based entirely on- the premise that his property should not be assessed ad valo-rem taxes,” and that the Alabama Declaratory Judgment Act, Ala.”
Surles v. City of Ashville, 68 So. 3d 89 (Ala. 2011). “” Ala. Code 1975, § 6-6-223 (emphasis added).”
Young's Realty, Inc. v. Brabham, 896 So. 2d 581 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-223. It follows, then, that Brabham, in divesting himself of his interest in the subject matter of the action, waived his right to a declaration of his rights under Summer-chase’s Declaration of Condominium or Alabama statutes governing condominiums and…”
Federated Guar. Life Ins. Co. v. Bragg, 393 So. 2d 1386 (Ala. 1981). “Section 6-6-223 specifically provides that any party to a contract may bring a declaratory judgment action to determine the validity of that contract.”
Young v. Pimperl, 882 So. 2d 828 (Ala. 2003). “[4] Section 6-6-223, Ala.Code 1975, provides, in pertinent part: "Any person interested under a .”
B.W.T. v. Haynes & Haynes, P.C., 20 So. 3d 815 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Section 6-6-223 sets forth the basis for an action seeking a declaratory judgment: “Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal…”
Morton v. Allstate Ins. Co., 486 So. 2d 1263 (Ala. 1986). “Section 6-6-223 specifically provides that any party to a contract may bring a declaratory judgment action to determine the validity of that contract.”
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