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35-18-5
Section 35-18-5 Creation of instrument; other interests valid. (a) Any instrument intended
to create a conservation easement under this chapter shall contain an explicit reference to
that effect. (b) This chapter does not invalidate any interest, whether designated as a conservation
or preservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement, or
otherwise, that is enforceable under any other law of this state. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715,
p. 1483, §5.)...
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35-19-5
Section 35-19-5 Validity and enforceability of environmental covenants. (a) An environmental
covenant that complies with this chapter runs with the land. (b) An environmental covenant
that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if any one or more of the following
conditions apply: (1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property. (2) It can be
or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder. (3) It is not of a character
that has been recognized traditionally at common law. (4) It imposes a negative burden. (5)
It imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real property or
on the holder. (6) The benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property. (7) There
is no privity of estate or contract. (8) The holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is
replaced. (9) The owner of an interest subject to the environmental covenant and the holder
are the same person. (c) An instrument that creates restrictions or obligations...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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35-18-2
Section 35-18-2 Easement conveyed, recorded, assigned, etc.; term of easement; interest maintained;
condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may
be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered
or affected in the same manner as other easements. A conservation easement may not be created
or expanded under this chapter by any state, county, or local governmental body through the
exercise of the power of eminent domain. (b) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder
and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a
conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 35-18-3, the term of a conservation easement
shall be the term stated in the instrument creating the easement or, if no term is stated,
the lesser of 30 years or the life of the grantor, or upon...
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35-18-1
Section 35-18-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) CONSERVATION EASEMENT. A nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property
imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or
protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability
for agricultural, silvicultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural
resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural,
archaeological, paleontological, or cultural aspects of real property. (2) HOLDER. Either
of the following to whom a conservation easement is conveyed: a. A governmental body empowered
to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States. b.
A charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers
of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or...
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35-18-3
Section 35-18-3 Actions affecting a conservation easement. (a) An action affecting a conservation
easement may be brought by any of the following: (1) An owner of an interest in the real property
burdened by the easement. (2) A holder of the easement. (3) A person having a third-party
right of enforcement only to the extent provided in the instrument creating the easement.
(b) This chapter does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation
easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity applicable to other easements
and specifically including the doctrine of changed conditions. (Acts 1997, No. 97-715, p.
1483, §3.)...
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19-3D-15
Section 19-3D-15 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. TRUST LIMITATION ON
DECANTING. (a) An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to the extent
the first-trust instrument expressly prohibits exercise of: (1) the decanting power; or (2)
a power granted by state law to the fiduciary to distribute part or all of the principal of
the trust to another trust or to modify the trust. (b) Exercise of the decanting power is
subject to any restriction in the first-trust instrument that expressly applies to exercise
of: (1) the decanting power; or (2) a power granted by state law to a fiduciary to distribute
part or all of the principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust. (c) A general
prohibition of the amendment or revocation of a first trust, a spendthrift clause, or a clause
restraining the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's...
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19-3D-14
Section 19-3D-14 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. PROTECTION OF CHARITABLE
INTEREST. (a) In this section the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DETERMINABLE
CHARITABLE INTEREST. A charitable interest that is a right to a mandatory distribution currently,
periodically, on the occurrence of a specified event, or after the passage of a specified
time, and which is unconditional or will be held solely for charitable purposes. (2) UNCONDITIONAL.
Not subject to the occurrence of a specified event that is not certain to occur, other than
a requirement in a trust instrument that a charitable organization be in existence or qualify
under a particular provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
on the date of the distribution, if the charitable organization meets the requirement on the
date of determination. (b) If a first trust...
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35-8A-316
Section 35-8A-316 Lien for assessments. (a) The association has a lien on a unit for any assessment
and any other moneys due the association for special assessments or services or charges, such
as water or repairs, levied against that unit or fines imposed against its unit owner from
the time the assessment or fine becomes due. The association's lien may be foreclosed in like
manner as a mortgage on real estate provided the declaration is in conformity with Article
1A of Chapter 10 of this title and subject to the rights under Article 14A of Chapter 5 of
Title 6. The association shall send reasonable advance notice of its proposed action to the
unit owner and all lienholders of record of the unit. Unless the declaration otherwise provides,
fees, charges, late charges, fines, and interest charged pursuant to Section 35-8A-302(a)(10),
(11), and (12) are enforceable as assessments under this section. If an assessment is payable
in installments, the full amount of the assessment is a lien...
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43-8-1
Section 43-8-1 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent
articles which are applicable to specific articles or divisions, and unless the context otherwise
requires, in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFICIARY.
As it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has any present or future interest,
vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer
and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust.
(2) CHILD. Includes any individual entitled to take as a child under this chapter by intestate
succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is only
a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. (3) COURT. The court
having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. This court in Alabama
is known as the probate court. (4) DAYS. That...
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