2013 Code of Alabama
Title 6 - CIVIL PRACTICE.
Chapter 10 - EXEMPTIONS.
Section 6-10-30 - Contest of exemption claim - Trial of issues.
The contest of any claim of exemptions shall be a preferred case, and after the return of the process, if both parties appear, an issue or issues shall be formed under the direction of the court as to whether the property in contest, or any and what part of it, is exempt as claimed. Such issue or issues shall be tried as other cases are tried. In all cases, the party in whose favor the levy was made shall be deemed the plaintiff, upon whom shall rest the burden of proof, and both parties shall be entitled to the same right of objection, exception and of appeal as in other cases.
(Code 1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2526; Code 1896, §2052; Code 1907, §4179; Code 1923, §7901; Code 1940, T. 7, §644.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
