No probate judge shall receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, or any instrument relating to the organization, reorganization, or dissolution of a private corporation, unless such instrument has endorsed on it a printed, typewritten, or stamped statement showing the name and address of the individual who prepared the instrument. If the instrument is in part composed of a printed form the person.preparing the instrument shall be the person who filled in the blanks in the form or examined the entries made in such blanks by some other person.
Ala. Code § 35-4-110
Instrument Not Recordable Unless Statement Endorsed on It.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Matos v. Gwinnett Bank & Trust Co. (In Re Matos) (1985)
Most recently applied in Gwinnett Bank & Trust Co. v. Matos (June 1986)
(Acts 1965, No. 624, p. 1137, §1; Acts 1969, No. 121, p. 397; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.