Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-3-11 (2026)
Surety Paying Debt Subrogated to Rights of Creditor.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A surety who has paid the debt of his principal is subrogated to all the rights of the creditor and, in a controversy with other creditors, ranks in dignity the same as the creditor whose claim is paid.
(Code 1907, §5394; Code 1923, §9553; Code 1940, T. 9, §87.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2002 · leading case: Am. Liberty Ins. Co. v. Amsouth Bank, 825 So. 2d 786 (Ala. 2002).
Am. Liberty Ins. Co. v. Amsouth Bank, 825 So. 2d 786 (Ala. 2002). “" Ala.Code 1975, § 8-3-11 (emphasis added).”
Criddle v. C.I.T. Fin. Servs. (In Re Hubbard), 89 B.R. 920 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1988). “384 , "Subrogation of purchaser who discharges superior lien as part of purchase price as against recorded junior lien"; Annot., 113 A.L.R. 958 , "Subrogation of purchaser who discharges superior lien as part of purchase price, as against recorded junior lien”; 50 Am.”
Tanton v. Morgan Distrib. Co. (In re Cauley), 50 B.R. 458 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 1985). “351 (1935), Alabama Code (1975) Section 8-3-11. It is the conclusion of this court that the transfer of certain personalty described above ought to be set aside.”
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