Alabama § 35-9B-9 - Relation to Chapters 9 and 9A.
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§ 35-9B-9. Relation to Chapters 9 and 9A.
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “squatter” means a person occupying a dwelling who is not entitled to occupy the dwelling under a lease or rental agreement nor authorized by a tenant to occupy the dwelling. The term does not include a tenant who holds over in periodic tenancy as described in Section 35-9A-441.
(b) Occupancy by a squatter is excluded from the application of Chapters 9 and 9A, and the removal of a squatter shall not require the use of an eviction action under those chapters.
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