Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-80 (2026)
Time for Execution and Return.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The sheriff or other officer receiving an execution must execute the writ with diligence and, if practicable, perform the mandate thereof and make return of his acts to the clerk or register, as soon as practicable and not later than 90 days from the date of the execution.
(Code 1852, §2437; Code 1867, §2852; Code 1876, §3190; Code 1886, §2899; Code 1896, §1897; Code 1907, §4098; Code 1923, §7813; Code 1940, T. 7, §526.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2021 · leading case: Sharp v. Horton, 236 So. 3d 854 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017).
Sharp v. Horton, 236 So. 3d 854 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Specifically, Sharp argues that Horton personally seized the property and that he failed to make a "return of execution" in violation of Ala. Code 1975, § 6-9-80 ; 1 that Horton "transported the property away from the neighborhood where it was seized and sold it at another…”
McDowell v. Price (MAG+) (M.D. Ala. 2021). “CODE §6-9-80, “[t]he sheriff or other officer receiving an execution must execute .”
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