Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-8-69 (2026)
Postponement of Sale; Publication of Original Notice.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Whenever it becomes necessary to postpone any sale that has been advertised to occur on a certain day, the same may be postponed by the auctioneer or attorney announcing, at the time set for sale, the date to which said sale is postponed; and the original notice shall be published once again, with a statement at the bottom that said sale has been postponed and the date when it will occur.
(Code 1923, §9266; Code 1940, T. 7, §722.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1983–2001 · leading case: Hogan v. Carter, 431 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1983).
Hogan v. Carter, 431 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1983). “" The appellants contend that the sheriff should have published a postponement notice under Code 1975, § 6-8-69. Appellants maintain that these irregularities, in combination with the insufficient purchase price (Carter paid about onefourth of the market value of the property),…”
Stanley v. Robinson, 822 So. 2d 406 (Ala. 2001). “First, he argues that the October 19 foreclosure sale was not properly conducted because, Stanley says, Robinson had not satisfied the notice requirement of § 6-8-69, Ala.Code 1975, when he failed to hold the foreclosure sale on September 28.”
Scott v. Williams (In re Scott), 281 B.R. 48 (Bankr. S.D. Ala. 2001). “Code § 6-8-69 (1975) which states: Whenever it becomes necessary to postpone any sale that has been advertised to occur on a certain day, the same may be postponed by the auctioneer or attorney announcing, at the time set for sale, the date to which said sale is postponed; and…”
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