35-12-79
Section 35-12-79 Custody by state; recovery by holder; defense of holder. (a) In this article,
good faith means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. (b) Upon payment
or delivery of property to the Treasurer, the state assumes custody and responsibility for
the safekeeping of the property. A holder who pays or delivers property to the Treasurer in
good faith is relieved of all liability arising thereafter with respect to the property. The
payment or delivery of property to the Treasurer shall operate as a full, absolute and unconditional
release and discharge of the holder from any and all claims or demands of or liability to
any person entitled thereto, or to any other claimant or state, and the payment or delivery
may be pleaded as an absolute bar to any action brought against the holder by any other person
entitled thereto, or by any other claimant or state. Once properly pleaded, the holder shall
immediately and thereafter be relieved of and held harmless from...
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7-2A-103
Section 7-2A-103 Definitions and index of definitions. (1) In this article unless the context
otherwise requires: (a) "Buyer in ordinary course of business" means a person who
in good faith and without knowledge that the sale to him or her is in violation of the ownership
rights or security interest or leasehold interest of a third party in the goods, buys in ordinary
course from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind but does not include a
pawnbroker. "Buying" may be for cash or by exchange of other property or on secured
or unsecured credit and includes receiving goods or documents of title under a pre-existing
contract for sale but does not include a transfer in bulk or as security for or in total or
partial satisfaction of a money debt. (b) "Cancellation" occurs when either party
puts an end to the lease contract for default by the other party. (c) "Commercial unit"
means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of lease
and...
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7-4-302
Section 7-4-302 Payor bank's responsibility for late return of item. (a) If an item is presented
to and received by a payor bank, the bank is accountable for the amount of: (1) A demand item,
other than a documentary draft, whether properly payable or not, if the bank, in any case
in which it is not also the depositary bank, retains the item beyond midnight of the banking
day of receipt without settling for it or, whether or not it is also the depositary bank,
does not pay or return the item or send notice of dishonor until after its midnight deadline;
or (2) Any other properly payable item unless, within the time allowed for acceptance or payment
of that item, the bank either accepts or pays the item or returns it and accompanying documents.
(b) The liability of a payor bank to pay an item pursuant to subsection (a) is subject to
defenses based on breach of a presentment warranty (Section 7-4-208) or proof that the person
seeking enforcement of the liability presented or transferred...
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7-3-414
Section 7-3-414 Obligation of drawer. (a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or
other drafts drawn on the drawer. (b) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is
obliged to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued,
at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or (ii) if the drawer signed an incomplete
instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in Sections 7-3-115
and 7-3-407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an indorser
who paid the draft under Section 7-3-415. (c) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer
is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained. (d) If a draft is accepted
and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft
is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an indorser under Section 7-3-415(a)
and (c). (e) If a draft states that it is drawn...
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7-3-502
Section 7-3-502 Dishonor. (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by the following rules: (1) If
the note is payable on demand, the note is dishonored if presentment is duly made to the maker
and the note is not paid on the day of presentment. (2) If the note is not payable on demand
and is payable at or through a bank or the terms of the note require presentment, the note
is dishonored if presentment is duly made and the note is not paid on the day it becomes payable
or the day of presentment, whichever is later. (3) If the note is not payable on demand and
paragraph (2) does not apply, the note is dishonored if it is not paid on the day it becomes
payable. (b) Dishonor of an unaccepted draft other than a documentary draft is governed by
the following rules: (1) If a check is duly presented for payment to the payor bank otherwise
than for immediate payment over the counter, the check is dishonored if the payor bank makes
timely return of the check or sends timely notice of dishonor or...
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7-3-415
Section 7-3-415 Obligation of indorser. (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) and to
Section 7-3-419(d), if an instrument is dishonored, an indorser is obliged to pay the amount
due on the instrument (i) according to the terms of the instrument at the time it was indorsed,
or (ii) if the indorser indorsed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed,
to the extent stated in Sections 7-3-115 and 7-3-407. The obligation of the indorser is owed
to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to a subsequent indorser who paid the instrument
under this section. (b) If an indorsement states that it is made "without recourse"
or otherwise disclaims liability of the indorser, the indorser is not liable under subsection
(a) to pay the instrument. (c) If notice of dishonor of an instrument is required by Section
7-3-503 and notice of dishonor complying with that section is not given to an indorser, the
liability of the indorser under subsection (a) is discharged. (d)...
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45-6-242
Section 45-6-242 Levy of taxes; exemptions; payment of taxes; reports by taxpayers; applicability
of state sales tax statutes; disposition of funds. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases
where used in this section shall have the following respective meanings except where the context
clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "County" means Bullock County in the
State of Alabama. (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Revenue of the state.
(3) "State Department of Revenue" means the Department of Revenue of the state.
(4) "State" means the State of Alabama. (5) "State sales tax statutes"
means Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes
of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied
in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration
of Division 1 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein. (6) "State
sales...
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7-3-404
Section 7-3-404 Impostors; fictitious payees. (a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise,
induces the issuer of an instrument to issue the instrument to the impostor, or to a person
acting in concert with the impostor, by impersonating the payee of the instrument or a person
authorized to act for the payee, an indorsement of the instrument by any person in the name
of the payee is effective as the indorsement of the payee in favor of a person who, in good
faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection. (b) If (i) a person whose
intent determines to whom an instrument is payable (Section 7-3-110(a) or (b)) does not intend
the person identified as payee to have any interest in the instrument, or (ii) the person
identified as payee of an instrument is a fictitious person, the following rules apply until
the instrument is negotiated by special indorsement: (1) Any person in possession of the instrument
is its holder. (2) An indorsement by any person in the...
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7-3-118
Section 7-3-118 Statute of limitations. (a) Note payable at a definite time. Except as provided
in subsection (e), an action to enforce the obligation of a party to pay a note payable at
a definite time must be commenced within six years after the due date or dates stated in the
note or, if a due date is accelerated, within six years after the accelerated due date. (b)
Note payable on demand. Except as provided in subsection (d) or (e), if demand for payment
is made to the maker of a note payable on demand, an action to enforce the obligation of a
party to pay the note must be commenced within six years after the demand. If no demand for
payment is made to the maker, an action to enforce the note is barred if neither principal
nor interest on the note has been paid for a continuous period of 10 years. (c) Unaccepted
draft. Except as provided in subsection (d), an action to enforce the obligation of a party
to an unaccepted draft to pay the draft must be commenced within three years...
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7-3-302
Section 7-3-302 Holder in due course. (a) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 7-3-106(d),
"holder in due course" means the holder of an instrument if: (1) The instrument
when issued or negotiated to the holder does not bear such apparent evidence of forgery or
alteration or is not otherwise so irregular or incomplete as to call into question its authenticity;
and (2) The holder took the instrument (i) for value, (ii) in good faith, (iii) without notice
that the instrument is overdue or has been dishonored or that there is an uncured default
with respect to payment of another instrument issued as part of the same series, (iv) without
notice that the instrument contains an unauthorized signature or has been altered, (v) without
notice of any claim to the instrument described in Section 7-3-306, and (vi) without notice
that any party has a defense or claim in recoupment described in Section 7-3-305(a). (b) Notice
of discharge of a party, other than discharge in an insolvency proceeding,...
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