{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-72","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 35-4-72","heading":"Improperly Acknowledged or Recorded Instruments as Evidence.","body":"When a validly executed instrument, not properly acknowledged and recorded, has for 10 years been of record in the office of the judge of probate, the original or a duly certified transcript thereof shall have the same force and effect as evidence as such original or transcript would have had had such instrument been duly acknowledged and recorded.","path":["Title 35 Property.","Chapter 4 Conveyances and Creation of Estates.","Article 3 Recordation and Registration in General.","Division 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=35-4-72","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"fa3594aefb0eca4b5834666d57ef84d04caddc51a02e62d69dfc7095cc89fb65","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-71","next":"us-al/ala.-code-35-4-73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}