SB276 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Taylor

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Del Marsh

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Article X, Homestead exemptions, repealed and readopted as a new Article X to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, const. amend.

Summary

SB276 would repeal and replace Article X to create a modern framework for exemptions from forced sale of homesteads and other property, including a way to waive exemptions, effective January 1, 2017.

What This Bill Does

It repeals the current Article X and adds a new Article X (Exemptions from Forced Sale). It authorizes the Legislature to set, by general law, which property—such as homesteads, personal property, and other property—may be exempt from forced sale to pay debts, and it allows those exemptions to be waived in writing. It also removes certain outdated provisions related to laborer’s and mechanic liens and property rights of females.

Who It Affects

• Homeowners and other property owners in Alabama, because the types and amounts of property that can be exempt from forced sale are defined by general law and may be waived in writing.
• Creditors and lenders, because the scope of exemptions from forced sale—and thus what can be seized to satisfy debts—could change, and outdated rules about liens and some gender-specific property rights are removed.

Key Provisions

• Repeals existing Article X and adds a new Article X titled Exemptions from Forced Sale.
• Authorizes the Legislature to provide by general law for exemptions from forced sale of homesteads, personal property, and other property, and for waivers of those exemptions.
• Exemption rights may be waived by a written instrument signed by the grantor and attested by one witness.
• Operative date: January 1, 2017.
• Deletes specific outdated provisions relating to laborer’s and mechanic liens and property rights of females.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments