Alabama Code 40-22-11. Tax upon recording transfer of instrument recorded by exempt institution – Waiver of exemption from payment of recording tax
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-22-11
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
Any corporation, organization, or institution now or hereafter exempt from the recording privilege tax imposed by Section 40-22-2 may, at the time of presenting for record any mortgage, deed of trust, contract of conditional sale or other instrument of like character executed to it, waive its exemption from payment of such recording privilege tax with respect to such instrument and pay the tax imposed by said section at the time such instrument is presented to the judge of probate for filing, and no transfer of the indebtedness thereby secured, thereafter presented for recording, shall be subject to any recording privilege tax, but shall be filed for record by the judge of probate upon the payment of the recording fees to the judge of probate.