Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title35 PROPERTY. |
Chapter6. PARTITION. |
Article2. Partition in Circuit Court. |
§35-6-20. Jurisdiction of circuit court to divide or sell for division.
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The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction to divide or partition, or sell for partition, any property, real or personal, held by joint owners or tenants in common; whether the defendant denies the title of plaintiff or sets up adverse possession or not; and the court in exercising its jurisdiction shall proceed according to the Alabama Rules of Civil procedure and, where necessary, allow service of process by publication as prescribed therein.