Alabama § 45-49A-80.27

Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 45-49A-80.27, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 45-49A-80.27.

(a) If an interested party appears at the hearing and asserts a right to redeem the property, the party may redeem the property in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 40.

(b) If an interested party appears and fails to redeem or if no person appears, the circuit court shall enter judgment on the petition no later than 10 days after the date the matter was heard.

(c) The judgment of the circuit court shall specify all of the following:

(1) The legal description, tax parcel identification number, and, if known, the street address of the property foreclosed.

(2) That fee simple title to the property foreclosed by the judgment is vested absolutely in the municipality, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (5), without any further rights of redemption.

(3) That all liens against the property, including any lien for unpaid taxes or special assessments, are extinguished.

(4) That the municipality has good and marketable fee simple title to the property.

(5) That all existing recorded and unrecorded interests in the property are extinguished, except for recorded or unrecorded easements or rights-of-way for utility services, other recorded easements or rights-of-way, private deed restrictions, plat restrictions, or restrictions or covenants imposed under the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic Redevelopment Act or any other environmental law in effect in the state.

(6) That the municipality provided notice to all interested parties or that the municipality complied with the notice procedures in Section 45-49A-80.24. Compliance with the notice procedures in Section 45-49A-80.24 shall create a rebuttable presumption that all interested parties received notice and an opportunity to be heard.

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