Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 7-1-206 (2026)
Presumptions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Whenever this title creates a “presumption” with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is “presumed,” the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.
(Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; amended by Acts 1996, No. 96-742, p. 1241, §4; Act 2001-481, p. 647, §2; repealed by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act 2004-524, p. 1070, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–2012 · leading case: Cong. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 98 So. 3d 1165 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
Cong. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 98 So. 3d 1165 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “Instead, § 7-1-206 explains the use of presumptions under the UCC, stating: “Whenever this title creates a 'presumption' with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is ‘presumed,’ the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced…”
Webb v. Martorana, 454 So. 2d 1362 (Ala. 1984). “Section 7-1-206, Code of Alabama 1975 (part of Alabama’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code), provides that: “.”
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