Alabama § 6-9-191 - Judgment Presumed Satisfied 10 Years After Entry or Execution.
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§ 6-9-191. Judgment Presumed Satisfied 10 Years After Entry or Execution.
If 10 years have elapsed from the entry of the judgment without issue of execution or if 10 years have elapsed since the date of the last execution issued, the judgment must be presumed satisfied, and the burden of proving it not satisfied is upon the plaintiff.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-9-191 ("Judgment Presumed Satisfied 10 Years After Entry or Execution.") 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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