HB20 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Scott StadthagenRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Civil practice, Quiet title actions, recording of certain judgements, further provided, Secs. 6-6-544, 6-6-570 am'd.

Summary

HB20 would require recording judgments in condemnation and other land boundary or title cases in the county probate court within 30 days, just like quiet title judgments.

What This Bill Does

Expands current law so condemnation and other land boundary/title judgments must be filed for record in the county's probate court. The clerk must file a certified copy within 30 days and charge the recording costs as part of the case. The probate judge must record the judgment in the deeds books and index the parties in both direct and reverse indices. The judgment binds all parties, with an effective date determined by the act’s timing.

Who It Affects

• Landowners and other parties involved in condemnation or land boundary/title actions, whose judgments would be recorded and become part of the public land records.
• Plaintiffs and defendants in those actions, whose names will be indexed in the direct and reverse indices and whose judgments will be recorded.

Key Provisions

• Extends the recording requirement from quiet title judgments to condemnation and other land boundary or title judgments.
• Requires filing a certified copy for record in the county probate court within 30 days of judgment and to tax the recording costs as part of the case costs.
• Directs the probate judge to record the judgment in the deeds books and to index the parties in both direct and reverse indexes.
• States the judgment is binding on all persons, and sets the act’s effective date as the first day of the third month after passage/approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

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