Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 7-9-106 (2026)
Definitions: “Account”; “General Intangibles.”
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2001-481, p. 647, § 4, effective January 1, 2002.
(Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; Acts 1981, No. 81-312, p. 399; Acts 1996, No. 96-742, p. 1241, §2; Acts 1997, No. 97-702, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1979–2003 · leading case: The Merchants Nat'l Bank of Mobile v. Robert H. Ching, Jr., Etc., 681 F.2d 1383 (11th Cir. 1982).
The Merchants Nat'l Bank of Mobile v. Robert H. Ching, Jr., Etc., 681 F.2d 1383 (11th Cir. 1982). “Pertinent Statute The terms involved are defined in Ala. Code § 7-9-106 (1975) as follows: “Account” means any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered which is not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper.”
REALTY GROWTH INV. v. Com. & Indus. Bank, 370 So. 2d 297 (Ala. Civ. App. 1979). “" Code of Alabama 1975, § 7-9-306 (1). This assertion is without foundation.”
Morgan v. Farmers & Merchants Bank, 856 So. 2d 811 (Ala. 2003). “Likewise, we decline to undertake an analysis of "general intangibles" under the catchall provisions of § 7-9-106. Lastly, we do not address the respective arguments of the bank and the association to the effect that the bank has a prioritized interest to the funds represented…”
Atl. States Constr., Inc. v. Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, 892 F.2d 1530 (11th Cir. 1990). “Inasmuch as P & S had no right to payment, the district court concluded that the funds at issue could not be considered an account of P & S under 1975 Ala.Code § 7-9-106 until such time that the Navy paid Atlantic States for delay expenses.”
Halstead Contractors, Inc. v. C & C Excavating, Inc. (In Re C & C Excavating, Inc.), 288 B.R. 251 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2002). “Code § 7-9-106. As evidenced above, the Debtor has breached each of the Contracts by failing to remit payment to the Sub-subcontractors.”
Merchants Nat'l Bank of Mobile v. Ching, 24 B.R. 900 (S.D. Ala. 1982). “2d 1383 , the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a judgment affirming this court save and except this court’s decision interpreting rework as a general intangible and held that this claim came against the defendant as an “account” under Ala.Code § 7-9-106 (1975) and…”
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