Code of Alabama - Title 35: Property - Section 35-4-59 - Conveyance operative as record from date of delivery; receipt
Section 35-4-59 - Conveyance operative as record from date of delivery; receipt.
The conveyance or other instrument is operative as a record from the day of the delivery to the judge; and anyone delivering a conveyance or other instrument for registration may require a receipt for same, describing it by date, parties thereto and property conveyed or described.