Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-21-99

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

The recitals in a sheriff’s deed of a judgment, an execution, a levy and a sale thereunder, or of any one or more of such facts or proceedings, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or proceeding recited. Such sheriff’s deed, when properly executed, shall be received in evidence without independent proof of such fact or proceeding recited.