Ala. Code § 5-24-31 Short Title.
5-24-31. Short Title.
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Multiple-Person Accounts Act.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-644, p. 1177, §1.)
Short Title, Construction, Transitional Provisions.
Ala. Code tit. 5, ch. 24, art. 4
in effectAla. Code § 5-24-32 Uniformity of Application and Construction.
5-24-32. Uniformity of Application and Construction.
This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-644, p. 1177, §1.)
Ala. Code § 5-24-33 Supplementary General Principles of Law Applicable.
5-24-33. Supplementary General Principles of Law Applicable.
Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-644, p. 1177, §1.)
Ala. Code § 5-24-34 Transitional Provisions.
5-24-34. Transitional Provisions.
On March 1, 1998:
(1) An act done before March 1, 1998, and any accrued right is not impaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period of time that has commenced to run by the provisions of any statute before March 1, 1998, the provisions shall remain in force with respect to that right.
(2) Any rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to accounts established before March 1, 1998, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-644, p. 1177, §1.)
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