Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-22 (2026)
When Execution to Issue - Prior to Time Prescribed.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Upon the entry of judgment, execution may be issued by leave of the court before the time prescribed in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure for the issuing of executions, the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney showing sufficient cause therefor by affidavit; but the defendant is not prevented thereby from moving for a new trial nor deprived of any right he would otherwise have had.
(Code 1852, §2426; Code 1867, §2841; Code 1876, §3183; Code 1886, §2886; Code 1896, §1884; Code 1907, §4082; Acts 1915, No. 206, p. 270; Code 1923, §7797; Code 1940, T. 7, §510.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2004 · leading case: Pope v. Gordon (In Re Camp), 310 B.R. 634 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2004).
Pope v. Gordon (In Re Camp), 310 B.R. 634 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2004). “4, 8; see also Ala.Code § 6-9-22 (1993), the party holding the domesticated judgment may obtain a certificate of judgment from the clerk of the Alabama court issuing the judgment and record it in the Probate Office of any county in Alabama.”
First S. Dev. Corp. v. Chandler, 494 So. 2d 63 (Ala. 1986). “On February 6, First Southern Development filed a motion for an order of immediate execution pursuant to Code 1975, § 6-9-22, and Rule 62(a), A.R.Civ.P., or, in the alternative, an order compelling delivery of defendants’ assets to court during the automatic stay of execution…”
Ex Parte Mid-Continent Sys., 470 So. 2d 677 (Ala. 1985). “See Code of 1975, §§ 6-9-22, -23. And if, after the 30-day period has expired, the defendant wishes to stay execution pending a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, he may move to stay execution pending the outcome of that motion.”
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