§40-29-52. Suspension of running of period of limitation.

(a) General rule. The running of the period of limitations provided in this title for collecting any tax shall be suspended for the period during which the commissioner is prohibited from collecting by levy or a proceeding in court and for 60 days thereafter.

(b) Assets of taxpayer in control or custody of court. The period of limitations on collection prescribed in this title shall be suspended for the period the assets of the taxpayer are in the control or custody of the court in any proceeding before any court of the State of Alabama, and for six months thereafter.

(c) Taxpayer outside State of Alabama. The running of the period of limitations on collection prescribed in this title shall be suspended for the period during which the taxpayer is outside the State of Alabama if such period or absence is for a continuous period of at least six months. If the preceding sentence applies and at the time of the taxpayer's return to the State of Alabama the period of limitations on collection after assessment prescribed in Section 40-29-51 would expire before the expiration of six months from the date of his return, such period shall not expire before the expiration of such six months.

(d) Case under Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy). The running of the period of limitations provided in Section 40-29-51 for collection shall, in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy), be suspended for the period during which the commissioner is prohibited by reason of such case from collecting said tax and for six months thereafter.

(Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-891, p. 128, §20; Acts 1992, No. 92-186, p. 349, §77.)