Terms Used In Alabama Code 5-10A-16

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

No bank nor any surety or guarantor of any bank shall suffer any penalty or liability for damages or increase of liability or be in default, nor shall any maker, endorser, guarantor or other party or person be released from liability or obligation or be in default by reason of a bank’s compliance with any action of any state official authorized or ratified by this chapter or compliance with any act of Congress of the United States now or hereafter enacted or with any rule or regulation promulgated by duly constituted officials of the United States.