Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-50-531

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

All bonds and the income therefrom issued by the corporation and all mortgages and deeds of trust executed as security therefor and all properties of the corporation of every kind and character shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. Any such mortgage or deed of trust shall be admitted to record in the office of the judge of probate of any county in this state without the payment of any tax upon the debt secured thereby or any other fee or charge except the costs of recording the instrument at the rate fixed by law.