Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-237 (2026)
Recording of Judgment in Probate Office.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in the manner described in Section 6-9-232 and filed in the circuit court may be recorded in the probate office as provided for judgments of the circuit courts of this state, and its being so filed shall have the same force and effect as the filing of a certificate of a judgment obtained in a circuit court of this state.
(Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-713, p. 127, §8.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2005 · leading case: Pope v. Gordon, 922 So. 2d 893 (Ala. 2005).
Pope v. Gordon, 922 So. 2d 893 (Ala. 2005). “The Bankruptcy Court did note, however, that it was unclear whether the Gordons had properly secured a lien under Ala.Code 1975, § 6-9-237, which the Bankruptcy Court believes is ambiguous.”
Pope v. Gordon (In Re Camp), 310 B.R. 634 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2004). “2003) (hereinafter “the AUEFJA”), that which is set forth in what is a non-uniform portion of the AUEFJA, Ala.Code § 6-9-237, 1 it has multiple readings for what is required to be recorded to create and perfect a lien against Alabama properties based on a domesticated judgment.”
Pope v. Gordon (In Re Camp), 336 B.R. 820 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2005). “(ii) Domesticated Judgment Coupled with Filing What? With the Probate Court, Alabama Code § 6-9-237 The second Alabama means for enforcement of a domesticated foreign judgment under the AUEFJA is set forth in Ala.”
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