7-9A-109
Section 7-9A-109 Scope. (a) General scope of article. Except as otherwise provided in subsections
(c) and (d), this article applies to: (1) a transaction, regardless of its form, that creates
a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract; (2) an agricultural lien;
(3) a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; (4) a consignment;
(5) a security interest arising under Section 7-2-401, 7-2-505, 7-2-711(3), or 7-2A-508(5),
as provided in Section 7-9A-110; and (6) a security interest arising under Section 7-4-210
or 7-5-118. (b) Security interest in secured obligation. The application of this article to
a security interest in a secured obligation is not affected by the fact that the obligation
is itself secured by a transaction or interest to which this article does not apply. (c) Extent
to which article does not apply. This article does not apply to the extent that: (1) a statute,
regulation, or treaty of the United States preempts this...
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6-9-255
Section 6-9-255 Action seeking recognition of foreign-country judgment. (a) If recognition
of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall
be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. (b) If
recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition
may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense. (c) The party seeking
recognition is required to provide the court with a certified copy of the judgment, and if
not in English, an English translation which complies with the requirements of Alabama law.
(Act 2012-470, p. 1296, §6.)...
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6-9-254
Section 6-9-254 Lack of personal jurisdiction; recognition sought. (a) A foreign-country judgment
may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (1) the defendant was
served with process personally in the foreign country; (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared
in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened
with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
(3) the defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the
jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved; (4) the defendant
was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation
or other form of business organization that has its principal place of business in, or was
organized under the laws of, the foreign country; (5) the defendant had a business office
in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court...
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6-9-258
Section 6-9-258 Commencement of action. An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must
be commenced within the later of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective
in the foreign country or 5 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became final,
conclusive, and enforceable in the foreign country. (Act 2012-470, p. 1296, §9.)...
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6-9-251
Section 6-9-251 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Foreign country" means a government
other than: a. the United States; b. a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular
possession of the United States; or c. any other government with regard to which the decision
in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially
subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
(2) "Foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
(Act 2012-470, p. 1296, §2.)...
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30-3D-105
Section 30-3D-105 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support
proceeding. (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable,
Article 7, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal;
or (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (b) A tribunal of this
state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may
apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6. (c) Article 7 applies
only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of
Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7 controls. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...

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6-2-17
Section 6-2-17 Effect of foreign statutes upon actions on contracts. When the statute of limitations
of another state or foreign country has created a bar to an action upon a contract made or
act done in such state or country while the party sought to be charged thereby was a resident
of such state or country, the bar thus created is effectual in this state against any action
commenced thereon in the same manner it would have been in the state or country where the
act was done or contract made. (Code 1852, §2487; Code 1867, §2911; Code 1876, §3237; Code
1886, §2625; Code 1896, §2808; Code 1907, §4847; Code 1923, §8961; Code 1940, T. 7, §37.)...

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6-9-250
Section 6-9-250 Short title. This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Foreign-Country
Money Judgments Recognition Act. (Act 2012-470, p. 1296, §1.)...
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7-9A-702
Section 7-9A-702 Savings clause. (a) Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise
provided in this part, this article applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even
if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before this article takes effect. (b)
Continuing validity. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) and Sections 7-9A-703
through 7-9A-709: (1) transactions and liens that were not governed by former Article 9, were
validly entered into or created before January 1, 2002, and would be subject to this article
if they had been entered into or created after January 1, 2002, and the rights, duties, and
interests flowing from those transactions and liens remain valid after January 1, 2002; and
(2) the transactions and liens may be terminated, completed, consummated, and enforced as
required or permitted by this article or by the law that otherwise would apply if this article
had not taken effect. (c) Pre-effective-date proceedings. This article...
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30-3D-301
Section 30-3D-301 Proceedings under chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) An individual petitioner or
a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing
a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing
a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country
which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...

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