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2021 Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 3 - Suretyship.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-3-1 - Relationship of Joint Makers of Notes, Bills, Etc.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 8-3-1 (2021)
Section 8-3-1
Relationship of joint makers of notes, bills, etc.
Joint makers of notes, bills, bonds, or contracts for the payment of money are bound severally and jointly to the payee, transferee, or holder, jointly and severally, for the full amount due; but as between themselves, each is principal to the extent of his share of the joint and several debt and surety to the extent of the shares of the other makers.
(Code 1907, §5384; Code 1923, §9543; Code 1940, T. 9, §77.)
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