Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 8-2-1 (2026)

Authority of Agents Generally.

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

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Every agent has actually such authority as is defined by this chapter, unless specially deprived thereof by his principal, and has even then such authority ostensibly, except as to persons who have actual or constructive notice of the restrictions upon his authority.

(Code 1923, §9534; Code 1940, T. 9, §68.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1994–1999 · leading case: Waikar v. Royal Ins. Co. of Am., 765 So. 2d 11 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999).

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Waikar v. Royal Ins. Co. of Am., 765 So. 2d 11 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “rejected the insurer’s argument that the policy should be reformed pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 8-2-1, based on a unilateral clerical error.”

Cheriogotis v. White (In Re Cheriogotis), 188 B.R. 996 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 1994). “See generally § 8-2-1, et seq., Code of Alabama (1975).”

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