Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-1-22 (2026)
Accepting Accord Consideration Deemed Satisfaction.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Acceptance of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation and is called satisfaction.
(Code 1923, §5642; Code 1940, T. 9, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1994–2003 · 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). “" Likewise, § 8-1-22 defines "satisfaction" as the acceptance of the consideration of accord and states that that acceptance extinguishes the underlying obligation.”
Lebert Brannon Paint & Repair, Inc. v. Lanza, 656 So. 2d 859 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “Furthermore, under § 8-1-22: “Acceptance of the consideration of an accord extinguishes the obligation and is called satisfaction.”
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