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5-19-19
Section 5-19-19 Liabilities of creditor making excess finance charge; failure to obtain license;
damages for deliberate violation or reckless disregard; written notice of violations; oral
statements not admissible; fiduciary duty not created. (a)(1)(i) Any creditor charging a finance
charge in excess of the amount authorized herein, except as specified in subdivision (2),
shall forfeit debtor's actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, and shall
refund to the debtor such amount of the actual economic damages, which may be done by reducing
the amount of the debtor's obligation. If the debtor is entitled to a refund and the creditor
refuses to refund within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, after written demand, including
the filing of a legal action, the debtor shall recover a penalty of five times the amount
of the actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, but in any event not less
than one hundred dollars ($100). Provided, however, as to any...
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5-20-3
Section 5-20-3 Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of
this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings prescribed by this section: (1)
ALABAMA BANK. A bank which is organized under the laws of this state or of the United States
and which has its principal place of business in this state. (2) BANK. Any "insured bank"
as such term is defined in Section 3(h) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. §1813(h).
(3) BANK HOLDING COMPANY. Any company which is a bank holding company under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended, 12 U.S.C. §1841(a). (4) CREDIT CARD. Any type of arrangement
or agreement pursuant to which any domestic lender or credit card bank, whether directly or
indirectly through any domestic lender acting as its agent, gives a debtor the privilege of
using a credit card or other credit confirmation, device or instrument of any type in transactions
out of which debt arises: a. By the domestic lender or credit...
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7-9A-512
Section 7-9A-512 Amendment of financing statement. (a) Amendment of information in financing
statement. Subject to Section 7-9A-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by,
continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend
the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that: (1) identifies,
by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and (2)
if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office
described in Section 7-9A-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in Section 7-9A-502(b).
(b) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-515,
the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
(c) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral. A financing statement that is amended by
an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added...
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10A-2-16.02
Section 10A-2-16.02 Inspection of records by shareholders. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION
BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)
A shareholder of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation with its principal office
within this state is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation's
principal office, or if its principal office is outside this state, at a reasonable location
within this state, specified by the corporation, any of the records of the corporation described
in Section 10A-2-16.01(e) if he or she gives the corporation written notice of his or her
demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and
copy. (b) A shareholder of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation with its principal
office within this state who shall have been a holder of record of shares for 180 days immediately
preceding his or her demand or who is the holder...
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7-9A-334
Section 7-9A-334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops. (a) Security interest
in fixtures under this article. A security interest under this article may be created in goods
that are fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest does
not exist under this article in ordinary building materials incorporated into an improvement
on land. (b) Security interest in fixtures under real-property law. This article does not
prevent creation of an encumbrance upon fixtures under real property law. (c) General rule:
Subordination of security interest in fixtures. In cases not governed by subsections (d) through
(h), a security interest in fixtures is subordinate to a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer
or owner of the related real property other than the debtor. (d) Fixtures purchase-money priority.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h), a perfected security interest in fixtures
has priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or...
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35-10-96
Section 35-10-96 Affidavit of satisfaction requirements. An affidavit of satisfaction of a
security instrument must do all of the following: (1) Identify the original parties to the
security instrument, the secured creditor, and the recording data for the security instrument.
(2) State the basis upon which the person signing the affidavit is a satisfaction agent including,
without limitation, that the person signing the affidavit is authorized to sign on behalf
of, and to bind, the insurance company acting as satisfaction agent. (3) State that the person
signing the affidavit has determined that the real property described in the security instrument
is residential real property or was residential real property at the time the security instrument
was made. (4) State that the person signing the affidavit determined that the secured creditor
has received full payment or performance of the secured obligation and, if the security instrument
is an equity line security instrument, that the...
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7-9A-333
Section 7-9A-333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law. (a) "Possessory
lien." In this section, "possessory lien" means an interest, other than a security
interest or an agricultural lien: (1) which secures payment or performance of an obligation
for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course
of the person's business; (2) which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person;
and (3) whose effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods. (b) Priority
of possessory lien. A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the
goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise. (c) Priority
of landlord's lien. Priority conflicts between a landlord's lien for rent arising by operation
of law, other than an agricultural lien, and a security interest in goods brought on leased
premises shall be determined as follows: (1) If the security interest attaches after...
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11-94-15
Section 11-94-15 Liability of authorizing subdivisions upon bonds, obligations and agreements
of authority; other actions by authorizing subdivisions to attain objectives of chapter. (a)
Neither of the authorizing subdivisions of an authority shall in any event be liable for the
payment of the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on any bonds of an authority or
for the performance of any pledge, assignment, indenture, obligation or agreement of any kind
whatsoever which may be undertaken by an authority and none of the bonds of an authority or
any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of any
authorizing subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
(b) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, either of the authorizing
subdivisions, any other county or municipality of the state, and any other political subdivision,
public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state or...
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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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7-8-320
Section 7-8-320 (Effective Until January 1, 1997) Transfer or pledge within a central depository
system. (1) If a security: (a) Is in the custody of a clearing corporation or of a custodian
bank or a nominee of either subject to the instructions of the clearing corporation; and (b)
Is in bearer form or indorsed in blank by an appropriate person or registered in the name
of the clearing corporation or custodian bank or a nominee of either; and (c) Is shown on
the account of a transferor or pledgor on the books of the clearing corporation; Then, in
addition to other methods, a transfer or pledge of the security or any interest therein may
be effected by the making of appropriate entries on the books of the clearing corporation
reducing the account of the transferor or pledgor and increasing the account of the transferee
or pledgee by the amount of the obligation or the number of shares or rights transferred or
pledged. (2) Under this section entries may be with respect to like securities...
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