Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-9-87 (2026)
Sale of Levied Property - Notice.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
In sales of personal property, notice must be given by advertisement at the courthouse door and also by publication in a newspaper, if one is published in the county, for 10 days previous to such sale, but only one insertion in such newspaper shall be necessary. In sales of real property, the publication in such newspaper must be once a week for three successive weeks and by posting up notice for 30 days at the courthouse door previous to the sale.
(Code 1852, §2447; Code 1867, §2861; Code 1876, §3199; Code 1886, §2908; Code 1896, §1906; Code 1907, §4110; Code 1923, §7825; Code 1940, T. 7, §536.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1983–2017 · leading case: Browning v. Palmer, 4 So. 3d 524 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).
Browning v. Palmer, 4 So. 3d 524 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “The notice of sale was not posted on the county courthouse door for 30 days prior to the sale as required by § 6-9-87, Ala.Code 1975. [2] The record does not disclose whether Browning's mortgagee was aware of the sale.”
Hogan v. Carter, 431 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1983). “Notice of Collins's sale was posted for less than 30 days, in violation of Code 1975, § 6-9-87. The sale was *1163 held on a Tuesday, contrary to Code 1975, § 6-9-86, which provides: "Lands, when levied on under execution from any court of record, must be sold on any Monday.”
Sharp v. Horton, 236 So. 3d 854 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Code [1975,] § 6-9-87"; 3 and that Horton did not return the excess money or property to Sharp in violation of Ala.”
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