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US-AL / Ala. Code § 8-15-46(b)(1)(a)-(e); delivery and lienholder copy per § 8-15-46(b)(1), (h)

Self-storage software for Alabama operators.

Alabama's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+10, sale eligibility at D+31, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from Ala. Code § 8-15-46.

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Alabama lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for Alabama. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened.

US-AL / v2026.06.26

Alabama lien timeline

Late fee
Safe Harbor at D+6
Notice path
Notice of Claim at D+10, then Notice of Sale at D+24
Sale gate
Auction eligible at D+31 after the 7-day sale lead

Email notice requires the seeded paper-fallback evidence path before lien advance.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for Alabama operators

Built around the Alabama statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

  • 01 The lien clock starts with Notice of Claim at D+10, holds 10 days before Notice of Sale at D+24 under Ala. Code § 8-15-46(b)(2), keeps the auction gate closed until D+31, with citations Ala. Code § 8-15-46(b)(1)(a)-(e); delivery and lienholder copy per § 8-15-46(b)(1) and Ala. Code §§ 8-15-40 to 8-15-49.
  • 02 Vehicle and titled-property handling stays separate at D+60, with tow evidence kept out of the ordinary goods sale path under Ala. Code §§ 8-15-40 to 8-15-49.
  • 03 Publication is required with a 7-day sale lead and any commercially reasonable manner or one newspaper publication under Ala. Code §§ 8-15-40 to 8-15-49. Delivery evidence tracks Notice of Claim by verified mail and email (with the occupant's consent) and Notice of Sale by newspaper publication.
  • 04 Surplus is held for 1 year (365 days); then routes to the operator — unclaimed sale surplus becomes the operator's property if not claimed by the occupant or secured lienholder within one year after the sale; no escheat to the state. Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For Alabama cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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Other states UnitOps covers

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