Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 8-6-1 (2026)

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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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This article may be cited as the “Alabama Securities Act.”

(Acts 1959, No. 542, p. 1318, §22; Acts 1990, No. 90-527, p. 772, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases, 1979–2015 · leading case: Ret. Sys. of Alabama v. JP MORGAN CHASE, 285 B.R. 519 (M.D. Ala. 2002).
Ret. Sys. of Alabama v. JP MORGAN CHASE, 285 B.R. 519 (M.D. Ala. 2002). · cites it 2× “RSA’s Amended Complaint alleges that the Defendants 3 violated the Alabama Securities Act, Ala.Code §§ 8-6-1 et seq., the Alabama common law of aiding and abetting, the Alabama statutory and common law of fraud, including Ala.”
Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Honea, 55 So. 3d 1161 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 2× “On March 30, 2006, Honea sued RJFS in the Jefferson Circuit Court, alleging that her losses were the result of abusive brokerage practices, which practices, she alleges, violated the Alabama Securities Act, § 8-6-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and asserting claims of breach of…”
Buist v. Time Domain Corp., 926 So. 2d 290 (Ala. 2005). · cites it 2× “The ASA, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-6-1 et seq., as Buist argues, requires that sellers and sales of securities be registered with the state.”
Altrust Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Adams, 76 So. 3d 228 (Ala. 2011). · cites it 2× “Witcher (“the individual defendants”) 1 (Altrust, the Bank, and the individual defendants will be referred to collectively as “the Altrust defendants”); and Dixon Hughes, PLLC, Al-trust’s and the Bank’s public-accounting firm, on December 4, 2009, asserting a claim against all…”
27001 P'ship v. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., 78 So. 3d 959 (Ala. 2011). “Bruno petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate a separate order by which it denied a motion seeking the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims under the Alabama Securities Act, § 8-6-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the ASA”).”
Ret. Sys. of Alabama v. Merrill Lynch & Co., 209 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “Code § 8-6-1 et seq., the Alabama statutory and common law of fraud, including Ala.”
Blackwell v. Great Am. Fin. Resources, Inc., 620 F. Supp. 2d 1289 (N.D. Ala. 2009). · cites it 2× “The Act is codified at Ala.Code § 8-6-1, et seq. Recovery of reasonable attorney's under the Act is authorized in subsection 19(b).”
Morgan Keegan Co., Inc. v. Cunningham, 918 So. 2d 897 (Ala. 2005). · cites it 2× “” The Cunninghams sought relief on claims of fraud, suppression, conversion, breach of contract, and violation of the Alabama Securities Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-6-1 et seq. The case was tried to a jury in March 2004.”
Regions Bank v. Kramer, 98 So. 3d 510 (Ala. 2012). · cites it 4× “In his complaint, Kramer alleged that the Kramer defendants’ management of the assets held by the Kramer revocable trust constituted a breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, wantonness, breach of contract, fraud, reckless misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation,…”
Ford Motor Co. v. Sperau, 708 So. 2d 111 (Ala. 1997). “The Securities Act designates that a conviction for a knowing violation of the Act is punishable as a Class C felony and also provides for civil liability for damages, costs, and attorney fees.”
Vankineni v. Santa Rosa Beach Dev. Corp. II, 57 So. 3d 760 (Ala. 2010). “The first count alleged that Santa Rosa had violated the Alabama Securities Act, § 8-6-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”).”
Todd v. Modern Woodmen of Am., 620 So. 2d 591 (Ala. 1993). · cites it 2× “The second count, seeking damages under the Securities Act of Alabama, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-6-1 et seq., premises Modern Woodmen's liability on Chambers's authority to sell drop-in contracts.”
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