{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-181","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 6-6-181","heading":"Complaint to Compel Discovery, Etc., of Property - Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors; Charge of Fraud to Be Answered; Use of Answer as Evidence on Fraud Indictment.","body":"(a) A complaint for discovery may be filed and the defendant compelled to answer such complaint when the defendant is charged with having confessed or suffered a judgment, where no portion or a part only of such judgment is due, with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or with having conveyed his property with the like intent.\n(b) A defendant may be compelled to answer a complaint in the circuit court charging him with any fraud affecting the rights or property of others.\n(c) No answer made to a complaint under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section can be read in evidence against the defendant on an indictment for any fraud charged in the complaint.","path":["Title 6 Civil Practice.","Chapter 6 Remedies.","Article 4 Creditors’ Actions.","Division 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-6-181","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"a7815bbc1bd3e9cf1dad4d59f7de80a8352a04a46e4a32d153697d1ec106ca48","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-168","next":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}