Instruments essential to the title of real property and which are not kept in a public office, as a record, pursuant to law, belong to the person in whom for the time being such title may be vested and pass with the title.
Ala. Code § 35-4-9
Ownership of Title Instruments.
(Code 1923, §6963; Code 1940, T. 47, §21.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.