Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-190 (2026)
Revival Barred After 20 Years.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20 years from its entry.
(Code 1852, §2421; Code 1867, §2833; Code 1876, §3175; Code 1886, §2924; Code 1896, §1931; Code 1907, §4155; Code 1923, §7872; Code 1940, T. 7, §583.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Willey v. Willey, 203 So. 3d 875 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).
Willey v. Willey, 203 So. 3d 875 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Specifically, he asserts that “[t]he statute requires that the date of the judgment entry .”
Davis Int'l, Inc. ex rel. Patel v. Berryman, 730 So. 2d 242 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999). “Patel argues that his motion to revive was “timely filed” and that the trial court erred in holding that the judgment had lapsed.”
Austin v. Austin, 364 So. 2d 301 (Ala. 1978). “§ 6-9-190 Code 1975; Armstrong v. Green, 260 Ala.”
United States v. Fiorella, 869 F.2d 1425 (11th Cir. 1989). “5 Further, Alabama Code § 6-9-190 provides that a judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20 years from its entry.”
Powles v. Kandrasiewicz, 886 F. Supp. 1261 (W.D.N.C. 1995). “llified as a judgment creditor could, for example, register the judgment in North Carolina in the ninth year and then have ten additional years within which to execute that judgment (resulting in a nineteen year period from the date of rendition) or if a judgment creditor from…”
Tiffany Monique Lewis (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2025). “On April 21, 2025, the Debtor filed the Objection to Claim, asserting that the HMC Claim is satisfied, or, in the alternative, that the HMC Claim is stale under Alabama Code § 6-9-190. [Doc. No. 16]. On May 19, 2025, HMC filed its Response, arguing that Alabama Code § 6-9-190 is…”
Tiffany Monique Lewis (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2025). “OnApril 21, 2025, the Debtor filedthe Objection to Claim, asserting that the HMC Claim is satisfied, or, in the alternative, that the HMC Claim is staleunderAlabamaCode§6-9-190. [Doc.No.16]. OnMay19,2025,HMCfileditsResponse, arguing that Alabama Code § 6-9-190 is inapplicable.”
Allen v. First Alabama Bank (In re Sintz), 162 B.R. 572 (Bankr. S.D. Ala. 1993). “, Alabama Code § 6-9-190 (1977) (“A judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20 years from its entry.”
Allie Constr., Inc. v. Debra Mosier, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Willard Mosier (Ala. 2023). “) In the order, the circuit court cited § 6-9-190, Ala. Code 1975, for the proposition that " '[a] judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20 years from its entry.”
Stubbs v. Parcel 1 (M.D. Ala. 2021). “See Ala. Code § 6-9-190 (“A judgment cannot be revived after the lapse of 20 years from its entry.”
Gloor v. BancorpSouth Bank, 216 So. 3d 444 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code 1975 (Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-190 et seq.); that motion was supported by an affidavit of one of the Bank’s recovery officers, who averred that he was familiar with the record pertaining to the recovery of the debt and judgment owed by Gloor, that the judgment remained unpaid,…”
Radiance Capital Receivables Twelve, LLC v. Campbell (S.D. Ala. 2024). “Alabama Code § 6-9-190 allows a judgment to be revived within 20 years from the entry of the judgment.”
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