(a) Conveyances of real property shall be recorded in the county in which the property is situated.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-4-62

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments. 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
(b) A deed, mortgage, certificate of judgment, state or federal tax lien, lis pendens, or financing statement filed pursuant to Article 9A (commencing with Section 7-9A-101) of Title 7, conveying or affecting an interest in real property in counties divided into divisions, in counties that maintain more than one courthouse, or in counties that maintain one or more courthouse annexes, may be recorded in either division of the county, in any courthouse located within the county, or in any courthouse annex located within the county when conveyances of real property recorded within the county are electronically stored and indexed so that retrieval of all recordings, after August 1, 2004, may be accomplished from any courthouse or courthouse annex within the county.
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