6-5-218
Section 6-5-218 Rule of prescription regarding damages arising out of improvements to
real property. (a) No action in tort, contract, or otherwise shall be commenced against any
person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction
or the construction of an improvement to real property more than seven years after the substantial
completion of such improvement for the recovery of damages for: (1) Any deficiency in the
design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction or construction of such an improvement;
or (2) Injury to real or personal property caused by any such deficiency; or (3) Injury to
or wrongful death of a person caused by any such deficiency. (b) The prohibition provided
in this section shall apply to any action commenced against a person for his own act,
or failure to act, or for the act, or failure to act, of his employees; likewise, the prohibition
contained in this section shall extend to every demand, whether...
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6-5-221
Section 6-5-221 Limitation on time for commencement of action. (a) All civil actions
in tort, contract, or otherwise against any architect or engineer performing or furnishing
the design, planning, specifications, testing, supervision, administration, or observation
of any construction of any improvement on or to real property, or against builders who constructed,
or performed or managed the construction of, an improvement on or to real property designed
by and constructed under the supervision, administration, or observation of an architect or
engineer, or designed by and constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared
by an architect or engineer, for the recovery of damages for: (i) Any defect or deficiency
in the design, planning, specifications, testing, supervision, administration, or observation
of the construction of any such improvement, or any defect or deficiency in the construction
of any such improvement; or (ii) Damage to real or personal property...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby
approved, adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article
I. Purposes. The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state
and local tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of
tax bases and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility
in significant components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance
in the filing of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative
taxation. Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory
or possession of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit
or special district of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership,
firm,...
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6-5-225
Section 6-5-225 Time for commencement of action against architects, engineers, and builders.
(a) It is the purpose and intent of the Legislature in connection with all actions against
architects and engineers, who perform or furnish the design, planning, specifications, testing,
supervision, administration, or observation of the construction of an improvement on or to
real property, and builders who construct, perform, or manage the construction of an improvement
on or to real property designed by and constructed under the supervision, administration or
observation of, or in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by, an architect
or engineer, to limit the time for commencement of an action to a period of two years from
the date a cause of action accrues and to bar all causes of action and rights of action which
accrue more than seven years after substantial completion of such improvement. The Legislature
finds that this classification distinguishing architects,...
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40-29-22
Section 40-29-22 Lien for taxes - Validity and priority against certain persons. (a)
Purchasers, holders of security interests, mechanic's lienors, and judgment lien creditors.
The lien imposed by Section 40-29-20 shall not be valid as against any purchaser, holder
of a security interest, mechanic's lienor, or judgment lien creditor until notice thereof
which meets the requirements of subsection (f) has been filed by the Commissioner of Revenue
or his delegate, and shall not be perfected as against any purchaser, holder of a security
interest, mechanic's lienor, or judgment lien creditor until the date such notice is filed.
(b) Protection for certain interest even though notice filed. Even though notice of a lien
imposed by Section 40-29-20 has been filed, such lien shall not be valid: (1) SECURITIES.
With respect to a security (as defined in subsection (g)(4)): a. As against a purchaser of
such security who at the time of purchase did not have actual notice or knowledge of the...

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6-5-227
Section 6-5-227 Causes of action for breach of written express warranty, contract, or
indemnity against architects, engineers, and builders. Nothing contained in this article shall
be construed to bar, prior to the expiration of a written express warranty, contract, or indemnity,
causes of action or rights of action in contract against architects, engineers, and builders
as defined in this article arising out of breach of contract for written express warranties,
contracts, or indemnities which by the written terms thereof shall extend beyond the period
of seven years after the substantial completion of construction of an improvement on or to
the real property. Any written express warranty, contract, or indemnity for the purposes of
an action in contract based upon the written express warranty, contract, or indemnity shall
be enforceable for the period of time specified in writing, and all civil actions in contract
arising out of the written express warranty, contract, or indemnity...
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6-5-220
Section 6-5-220 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases
used herein shall have the following meaning ascribed to them: (a) BUILDER. Any individual,
partnership, firm, or corporation that constructed, or performed or managed the construction
of, an improvement, or any portion thereof, on or to real estate, and at the time of the construction
was licensed as a general contractor in the State of Alabama. (b) ARCHITECT. Any individual
who, at the time the architectural services were performed, was legally qualified to practice
architecture and held an unexpired registration as an architect in the State of Alabama; any
partnership, corporation, professional corporation, or professional association which, at
the time the architectural services were performed, was legally qualified to practice architecture
in the State of Alabama; and all employees or agents of the registered architect or of his
or her entity or firm acting under the instruction, control, or...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following
powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof
in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which
may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To
adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive,
take and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise,
property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties
and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to
manage said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and
be sued in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure.
(3) To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state,
shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi,
and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows:
Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states
solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce,
industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi
and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire
certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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