Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-70-7

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Prior to the circuit court hearing on the expedited quiet title and foreclosure action, the municipality shall file with the clerk of the circuit court proof of notice to the interested parties by certified and regular mail and of the posting on the property under subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) of Section 11-70-5, along with proof of notice by publication under Section 11-70-6, if applicable. An interested party who desires to contest the petition shall file written objections with the clerk of the circuit court and serve those objections on the municipality at least two weeks prior to the date of the hearing. If the court denies the petition, the denial shall not preclude the municipality from filing another petition for expedited quiet title and foreclosure on that parcel. No injunction shall issue to stay an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action under this chapter.