{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-35-6-57","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 35-6-57","heading":"Sale Instead of Partition - When Sale Ordered.","body":"If, after a decree for partition and the appointment of commissioners it shall appear from the report of the commissioners, or on exceptions to their report, that a just and equal division of the land cannot be made, or that a sale will better promote the interest of all the cotenants, the court shall order a sale of the land, or such part thereof as may be deemed proper, and a division of the proceeds among those interested, as provided for, and make an equitable partition as provided in this article of the land not sold.","path":["Title 35 Property.","Chapter 6 Partition.","Article 3 Partition in Probate Court."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=35-6-57","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"859173775fbbd106cfdf3294809327d090492f0f332ce45051bb61a616c5b103","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-35-6-56","next":"us-al/ala.-code-35-6-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}