Section 35-4-51.1 - Recordation of memorandum of lease; contents; effect(a) A memorandum of a lease may be recorded in lieu of the lease itself if the memorandum is executed and acknowledged by the lessor and the lessee and contains: (1) The names of the lessor and lessee;(2) The term of the lease;(3) Any option of the lessee to renew or extend the term of the lease; and(4) The specific legal description of the leased premises, or a survey or plot plan authorized under subsection (c) showing the location of the leased premises.(b) A memorandum recorded under this section may also contain any other agreement made between the lessor and the lessee in the lease.(c) A survey or plot plan may be used in lieu of a specific legal description to describe: (1) Any part of a building on the leased premises, if the specific legal description of the real property on which the building is located is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan;(2) Any part of the leased premises that is part of a larger tract of land, if the specific legal description of the larger tract is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan; or(3) Real property of the lessor, in addition to the leased premises if: a. The use of such additional real property is restricted, benefitted, or otherwise affected by the terms of the lease; andb. The specific legal description of the additional real property is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan. (d) As to the provisions contained in a memorandum recorded under this section, recording the memorandum has the same effect as recording the lease itself.Ala. Code § 35-4-51.1 (1975)
Acts 1989, No. 89-942, p. 1850, §1.