Alabama Code 40-12-101. Fire, closing out, etc., sales
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-101
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- license tax: as used in this title , shall be deemed to include any tax prescribed by a license tax schedule, but shall not exclude any license tax otherwise prescribed. See Alabama Code 40-12-344
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. 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
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Each person, other than the original bona fide owners, selling goods, wares, or merchandise as an insurance, bankruptcy, mortgage, insolvent, assignee’s, executor‘s, administrator’s, receiver’s, trustee‘s, removal, or closing out sale, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, shall pay a license tax of $100. The provisions of this section shall not apply to sheriffs, constables, or other public or court officers or to any other persons acting under the license, discretion, or authority of any court, state or federal, selling goods, wares, or merchandise in the course of their official duties.