Code of Alabama - Title 35: Property - Section 35-11-331 - Enforcement of lien

Section 35-11-331 - Enforcement of lien.

For the enforcement of such lien the owner of any such animal may have process of attachment from any court having jurisdiction of the amount claimed, leviable on the animal or animals upon which the lien exists:

(1) When such claim is due, and the defendant, on demand fails or refuses to pay.

(2) Whether such sum is due or not, when the defendant has traded off or otherwise disposed of, or there is good reason to believe he is about to trade off or otherwise dispose of, or remove from the county, any of the animals on which the lien exists, without paying the stipulated price for such service.

(Code 1886, §3092; Code 1896, §2777; Code 1907, §4811; Code 1923, §8898; Code 1940, T. 33, §76.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021