Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 7-3-114 (2026)

Contradictory Terms of Instrument.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026

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If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)

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Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Blasco v. Money Servs. Ctr. (In Re Blasco), 352 B.R. 888 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2006).

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Blasco v. Money Servs. Ctr. (In Re Blasco), 352 B.R. 888 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2006). · cites it 5× “Ala. Code § 7-3-114 now provides, “[i]f an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.”

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