Alabama § 11-48-56 - Application for Entry of Certificate of Warning to Redeem Upon Record of Local Improvement Assessment Sale Deed; Contents of Certificate.
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§ 11-48-56. Application for Entry of Certificate of Warning to Redeem Upon Record of Local Improvement Assessment Sale Deed; Contents of Certificate.
At any time after a local improvement assessment sale deed has been recorded in the office of the probate judge of the county in which the property therein described lies and after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-48-54, any person may apply to such probate judge for entry upon the margin of the record of such deed of a certificate of warning to redeem in substantially the following form: “I hereby certify that on or prior to the date of this certificate, I mailed a compared copy of the deed here recorded, together with notice that the same is here recorded, and a warning to redeem to each of the one or more persons other than the grantee in said deed, to whom the property therein described was last finally assessed for ad valorem taxation at the address of each such person as shown by said ad valorem tax assessment records. This _____ day of _____, 2__, _____, Probate Judge.”
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-48-56 ("Application for Entry of Certificate of Warning to Redeem Upon Record of Local Improvement Assessment Sale Deed; Contents of Certificate.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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