Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 7-1-102 (2026)
Scope of Article.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of this title.
(Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1984–2004 · leading case: Skelton v. Druid City Hosp. Bd., 459 So. 2d 818 (Ala. 1984).
Skelton v. Druid City Hosp. Bd., 459 So. 2d 818 (Ala. 1984). “) § 7-1-102, Code 1975. For guidance in disposing of the issues presented by the factual circumstances of *821 this case, we have considered the above and other provisions of the Commercial Code and cases which have arisen out of similar factual circumstances.”
Rent-A-Ctr. v. Shelby (In Re Shelby), 127 B.R. 682 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1991). “Section 1-102(2), Ala. Code § 7-1-102 (2): (1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.”
Hughes Developers, Inc. v. Montgomery, 903 So. 2d 94 (Ala. 2004). “§ 7-1-102, Ala.Code 1975. While it is true that, under § 7-1-103, application of the UCC is to be supplemented with the principles of law and equity, we conclude that the drafters of § 7-8-210 intended it to be the sole remedy in the case of an overissue.”
Moseley v. Washington Cnty. State Bank, 491 So. 2d 229 (Ala. 1986). “The agreements may not disclaim a bank’s responsibility for its own lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care and may not limit the measure of damages for such lack of failure, but this subsection like Section 7-1-102(3) approves the practice of parties determining…”
Brown v. Regal Nissan, Inc., 558 So. 2d 931 (Ala. Civ. App. 1989). “The first count asserted a violation of § 7-1-102, Ala. Code 1975, by Regal and NMAC, alleging that their actions relating to the lease agreement did not reflect good faith, diligence, and reasonable care.”
— Ala. Code § 7-1-102(3) — 1 case
Moseley v. Washington Cnty. State Bank, 491 So. 2d 229 (Ala. 1986). “The agreements may not disclaim a bank’s responsibility for its own lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care and may not limit the measure of damages for such lack of failure, but this subsection like Section 7-1-102(3) approves the practice of parties determining…”
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