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Terms Used In Alabama Code 18-1B-3

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Nothing in Act 2015-39 shall be construed to limit the power of a governmental entity to condemn through powers of eminent domain property that may be encumbered by a mortgage or deed of trust if there is a public use for the property as authorized under Alabama’s constitution and the laws of this state; provided, however, that under no circumstances shall condemnation of a mortgage or deed of trust exclusively be deemed a public use.