Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-3-9 (2026)
Contribution by Cosureties.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
All the foregoing provisions of this article shall apply to cases where there are more than one surety, so as to enable a surety discharging a joint debt, in whole or in part, either pending the action or after joint or several judgments, to control the same against his cosureties for the purpose of compelling them to contribute their respective shares of the amount so paid by him.
(Code 1907, §5392; Code 1923, §9551; Code 1940, T. 9, §85.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1998–2001 · leading case: Cochran v. Pated, 712 So. 2d 1099 (Ala. Civ. App. 1998).
Cochran v. Pated, 712 So. 2d 1099 (Ala. Civ. App. 1998). “” With regard to the contribution aspect, Cochran relies on § 8-3-9, Ala.Code 1975, which states: “All the foregoing provisions of this article shall apply to cases where there are more than one surety, so as to enable a surety discharging a joint debt, in whole or in part,…”
Harris v. Shelton, 837 So. 2d 276 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “The Harrises and the Lovells appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, which transferred the case to this court, pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.”
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