Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 7-2-511 (2026)
Tender of Payment by Buyer; Payment by Check.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(1) Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the seller’s duty to tender and complete any delivery.
(2) Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner current in the ordinary course of business unless the seller demands payment in legal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably necessary to procure it.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this title on the effect of an instrument on an obligation (Section 7-3-310), payment by check is conditional and is defeated as between the parties by dishonor of the check on due presentment.
(Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §4.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Spencer v. West Alabama Props., Inc., 564 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1990).
Spencer v. West Alabama Props., Inc., 564 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1990). “See § 7-2-511(3). It follows, then, that to allow West Alabama’s check to serve as payment gives no unfair advantage to either party.”
— Ala. Code § 7-2-511(3) — 1 case
Spencer v. West Alabama Props., Inc., 564 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1990). “See § 7-2-511(3). It follows, then, that to allow West Alabama’s check to serve as payment gives no unfair advantage to either party.”
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