2014 Code of Alabama
Title 35 - PROPERTY.
Chapter 4 - CONVEYANCES AND CREATION OF ESTATES.
Section 35-4-51.1 - Recordation of memorandum of lease; contents; effect.

Section 35-4-51.1Recordation of memorandum of lease; contents; effect.

(a) A memorandum of a lease may be recorded in lieu of the lease itself if the memorandum is executed and acknowledged by the lessor and the lessee and contains:

(1) The names of the lessor and lessee;

(2) The term of the lease;

(3) Any option of the lessee to renew or extend the term of the lease; and

(4) The specific legal description of the leased premises, or a survey or plot plan authorized under subsection (c) showing the location of the leased premises.

(b) A memorandum recorded under this section may also contain any other agreement made between the lessor and the lessee in the lease.

(c) A survey or plot plan may be used in lieu of a specific legal description to describe:

(1) Any part of a building on the leased premises, if the specific legal description of the real property on which the building is located is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan;

(2) Any part of the leased premises that is part of a larger tract of land, if the specific legal description of the larger tract is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan; or

(3) Real property of the lessor, in addition to the leased premises if:

a. The use of such additional real property is restricted, benefitted or otherwise affected by the terms of the lease; and

b. The specific legal description of the additional real property is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan.

(d) As to the provisions contained in a memorandum recorded under this section, recording the memorandum has the same effect as recording the lease itself.

(Acts 1989, No. 89-942, p. 1850, §1.)