Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 6-9-1 (2026)

Executions on Judgments; Forms Thereof.

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The party in whose favor a judgment is entered, whether for debt, damages, or costs, for the satisfaction thereof, may, within 10 years thereafter, have a writ of execution against the lands and goods of the party against whom such judgment is entered. When the judgment is for specific property or the alternate value, or for the possession of lands, appropriate writs of execution may issue for the satisfaction thereof. Such writs of execution must substantially conform to the following forms:

(Form of Writ of Execution)

The State of Alabama,

_______ County.

To any Sheriff of the State of Alabama:

You are hereby commanded that of the goods and chattels, lands, and tenements of _____, you cause to be made the sum of _____ dollars, which _____ recovered of him on the _____ day of _____, 2__, by the judgment of the circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____, besides _____ dollars, costs of the action; and have the same to render to the said _____; and make return of this writ and the execution thereof according to law.

Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 2__.

_____ Clerk or Register.

(Form of Writ of Possession and Execution)

The State of Alabama,

_______ County.

To any Sheriff of the State of Alabama:

You are hereby commanded to deliver to _____, possession of the lands and tenements which the said _____ recovered of _____ by the judgment of our circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____ on the _____ day of _____, 2__, viz.: (Describe the land recovered). You are further commanded of the goods and chattels, lands, and tenements of the said _____, you cause to be made the sum of _____ dollars damages adjudged to the said _____, and also the further sum of _____ dollars, costs of the action; and make return of this writ and the execution thereof according to law.

Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 2__.

_____ Clerk or Register.

(Form of Writ for Seizure and Delivery of Specific Property)

The State of Alabama,

_______ County.

To any Sheriff of the State of Alabama:

You are hereby commanded to seize and deliver to _____ the following personal property, viz.: (Describe the property recovered), which the said _____, on the _____ day of _____, 2__, by judgment of our circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____, recovered of _____, if the same can be had; if not, you are hereby commanded that of the goods and chattels, land, and tenements of the said _____, you cause to be made the sum of _____ dollars, the alternate value of the personal property, viz.: (Set out the assessed value of each item of personal property). Also the further sum of _____ dollars for the detention of said property by the said _____, besides _____ dollars, costs of the action; and make return of this writ and the execution thereof according to law.

Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 2__.

_____ Clerk or Register.

(Code 1852, §2422; Code 1867, §2837; Code 1876, §3179; Code 1886, §2882; Code 1896, §1880; Code 1907, §4077; Code 1923, §7793; Code 1940, T. 7, §506.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Nowlin, 542 So. 2d 1190 (Ala. 1989).

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St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Nowlin, 542 So. 2d 1190 (Ala. 1989). · cites it 2× “The Law of Executions: Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-1, provides: "The party in whose favor a judgment is entered, whether for debt, damages or costs, for the satisfaction thereof, may, within 10 years thereafter, have a writ of execution against the lands and goods of the party against…”

Matter of Sandefer, 47 B.R. 133 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1985). · cites it 2× “Ala.Code § 6-9-1, et seq. (1975). The function of the lien is to grasp and hold property of the judgment debtor for subsequent liquidation by levy and sale under execution.”

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Wiggins, 972 F. Supp. 570 (M.D. Ala. 1997). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-9-1 (writs of execution) and 6-9-192 (revival of judgment).”

Campbell Constr. Engineers, Inc. v. Covington, 460 So. 2d 1236 (Ala. 1984). “Under § 6-9-1, a judgment holder can execute at any time within ten years.”

Tiffany Monique Lewis (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2025). · cites it 3× “Under Alabama Code § 6-9-1, judgments are valid for ten years.”

Tiffany Monique Lewis (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2025). · cites it 3× “UnderAlabama Code § 6-9-1, judgments are valid for ten years.”

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