All defendants shall have 30 days from the date of service to answer the complaint, and those served by publication shall have 30 days after the perfection of such service so to answer. In default of answers by any defendants, judgments by default shall be entered against them, in accordance with civil practice.
Ala. Code § 6-6-565
Time to Answer; Default Judgments.
(Acts 1923, No. 526, p. 699; Code 1923, §9914; Code 1940, T. 7, §1118; Acts 1951, No. 882, p. 1521, §3.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.