35-9A-205
Section 35-9A-205 Limitation of liability. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys
premises that include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to
a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter
as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the conveyance. However, the
landlord remains liable to the tenant for all security recoverable by the tenant under Section
35-9A-201 and all prepaid rent. (b) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises that include
a dwelling unit is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter as to
events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of management by the
manager. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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35-9A-501
Section 35-9A-501 Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in this section, a
landlord may not retaliate by discriminatorily increasing rent or decreasing services or by
bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because: (1) the tenant has complained
to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing
code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; (2)
the tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under Section 35-9A-204; or (3) the
tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization. (b) If
a landlord acts in violation of subsection (a), the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided
in Section 35-9A-407 and has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant for possession.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a landlord may bring an action for possession
if: (1) the violation of the applicable building or housing...
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35-9A-402
Section 35-9A-402 Failure to deliver possession. (a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession
of the dwelling unit to the tenant as provided in Section 35-9A-203, rent abates until possession
is delivered and the tenant may: (1) terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to
the landlord and within five days thereafter the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and
security; or (2) demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant
elects, bring an action for possession of the dwelling unit from the person wrongfully in
possession and recover the actual damages sustained by the tenant. (b) If a person's failure
to deliver possession is willful and not in good faith, an aggrieved party may recover from
that person an amount equal to not more than three months' periodic rent or the actual damages
sustained, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...

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35-9A-407
Section 35-9A-407 Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution
of service. If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises or willfully
diminishes services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of heat, running
water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential service, the tenant may recover possession
or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover an amount equal to not more
than three months' periodic rent or the actual damages sustained by the tenant, whichever
is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees. If the rental agreement is terminated under this
section, the landlord shall return all security recoverable under Section 35-9A-201 and all
unearned prepaid rent. (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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35-9A-406
Section 35-9A-406 Fire or casualty damage. (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged
or destroyed by fire or casualty not caused by the tenant to an extent that enjoyment of the
dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the tenant may: (1) immediately vacate the premises
and notify the landlord in writing within 14 days thereafter of the tenant's intention to
terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date
of vacating; or (2) if continued occupancy is lawful, vacate any part of the dwelling unit
rendered unusable by the fire or casualty, in which case the tenant's liability for rent is
reduced in proportion to the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit. (b)
If the rental agreement is terminated pursuant to this section, the landlord shall return
all security recoverable under Section 35-9A-201 and all unearned prepaid rent. Accounting
for rent in the event of termination or apportionment shall be made as of the date...
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35-9A-203
Section 35-9A-203 Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. At the commencement of the
term, a landlord shall deliver possession of the premises to the tenant in compliance with
the rental agreement and Section 35-9A-204. The landlord may bring an action for possession
against any person wrongfully in possession and may recover the damages provided in Section
35-9A-441(c). (Act 2006-316, p. 668, §1.)...
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35-9-61
Section 35-9-61 When lien may be enforced by attachment. The landlord shall have the right,
for the enforcement of such lien, to sue out an attachment before any officer authorized to
issue attachments, and returnable to any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed,
when the rent, or any installment thereof, is due, and the tenant fails or refuses, on demand,
to pay such rent or installment; and also in the following cases, whether due or not: (1)
When the tenant has fraudulently disposed of his goods, or is about to fraudulently dispose
of his goods. (2) When the tenant has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
(3) When the tenant has made a complete transfer of all, or substantially all, of his goods,
or removes or attempts to remove all or substantially all of his goods, from the rented premises,
without the consent of the landlord, or without first having paid the rent in full for the
term. (Code 1886, §3070; Code 1896, §2717; Code 1907, §4748; Code 1923,...
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7-4A-202
Section 7-4A-202 Authorized and verified payment orders. (a) A payment order received by the
receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized
the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency. (b) If a bank and its customer
have agreed that the authenticity of payment orders issued to the bank in the name of the
customer as sender will be verified pursuant to a security procedure, a payment order received
by the receiving bank is effective as the order of the customer, whether or not authorized,
if (i) the security procedure is a commercially reasonable method of providing security against
unauthorized payment orders, and (ii) the bank proves that it accepted the payment order in
good faith and in compliance with the security procedure and any written agreement or instruction
of the customer restricting acceptance of payment orders issued in the name of the customer.
The bank is not required to follow an instruction that...
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35-9-5
Section 35-9-5 Notice to terminate tenancy for term less than one year. In all cases of tenancy
by the month or for any other term less than one year, where the tenant holds over without
special agreement, the landlord shall have the right to terminate the tenancy by giving the
tenant 10 days' notice in writing of such termination, and the landlord upon giving said notice
for said time shall be authorized without further notice to the tenant to recover possession
of the rented premises in an action of unlawful detainer. (Code 1923, §8822; Acts 1932, Ex.
Sess., No. 13, p. 14; Code 1940, T. 31, §5.)...
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13A-10-122
Section 13A-10-122 Bribe receiving by a witness. (a) A witness or a person believing he will
be called as a witness in any official proceeding commits the crime of bribe receiving by
a witness if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any thing of value upon an agreement
or understanding that: (1) His testimony will thereby be corruptly influenced; (2) He will
attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or (3) He will attempt to absent
himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned. (b) This section
does not apply to the payment of additional compensation to an expert witness over and above
the amount otherwise prescribed by law to be paid to a witness. (c) Bribe receiving by a witness
is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5010; Acts 1979, No. 79-741, p. 862, §1.)...

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