Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-1-20 (2026)
“Accord” Defined.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
An “accord” is an agreement to accept in extinction of an obligation something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is claiming or entitled.
(Code 1923, §5640; Code 1940, T. 9, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1986–2003 · leading case: Golden v. Bank of Tallassee, 639 So. 2d 1366 (Ala. 1994).
Golden v. Bank of Tallassee, 639 So. 2d 1366 (Ala. 1994). “An “accord” is defined as “an agreement to accept in extinction of an obligation *1369 something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is claiming or entitled.”
Buco Bldg. Constructors, Inc. v. Myrick, 863 So. 2d 1130 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Section 8-1-20, *1135 Ala.Code 1975, defines "accord" as a party's agreement to accept something different from, or less than, what that party claims or to which that party is entitled "in extinction of an obligation.”
Hart v. Fid. & Deposit Co. of Maryland, 494 So. 2d 52 (Ala. 1986). “” Code 1975, § 8-1-20: The instrument does not extinguish Hart’s debt in any way, but in fact confirms it by providing a method of repayment.”
Lebert Brannon Paint & Repair, Inc. v. Lanza, 656 So. 2d 859 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “” § 8-1-20, Ala.Code 1975. Furthermore, under § 8-1-22: “Acceptance of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation and is called satisfaction.”
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