Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-62 (2026)
Levy of Execution After Defendant’s Death.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A writ of execution issued and received by the sheriff during the life of the defendant may be levied after his death or an alias issued and levied within 10 years from the date of the judgment if at the time of his death there was of record, in the county where the property is, a certificate of the judgment on which the execution issued.
(Code 1852, §2459; Code 1867, §2875; Code 1876, §3213; Code 1886, §2897; Code 1896, §1895; Code 1907, §4095; Code 1923, §7810; Code 1940, T. 7, §523.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Ex parte Arvest Bank, 219 So. 3d 620 (Ala. 2016).
Ex parte Arvest Bank, 219 So. 3d 620 (Ala. 2016). “*633 As Arvest notes, there are only two instances by statute under which a writ of execution may issue after a debtor’s death, and these are prescribed in Ala. Code 1975, §§ 6-9-62 and 6-9-63. Iberia does not contend on appeal that § 6-9-62 is applicable in this case, as it…”
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