Ala. Code § 35-11-4 (1975) Order of Resort to Different Things

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 35-11-4 (1975)

Where one has a lien upon different things, and other persons have subordinate liens upon, or interests in, some but not all of the same things, the person having the prior lien, if he can do so without risk of loss to himself, or of injustice to other persons, must resort to the property in the following order, on the written demand of any party interested:

(1) To the things upon which he has an exclusive lien;

(2) To the things which are subject to the fewest subordinate liens;

(3) In like manner inversely to the number of subordinate liens upon the same thing; and