Alabama property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Alabama compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Alabama landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 60 days of move-out (up to 60 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Late-fee cap
- No statutory cap (must still be reasonable and disclosed)
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Notice before landlord entry
- 48 hours
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 7 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Required lease disclosures
- Owner/manager identity plus process-service agent, written, at/before tenancy start, kept current, binds successors (35-9A-202)
Sources
- Ala. Code 35-9A-201(a),(f) (60-day deposit return, capped at 1 month rent; double-deposit penalty if the landlord misses the window)
- Ala. Code 35-9A-441 (30-day M2M termination, derived basis for rent-increase notice too; 7-day week-to-week)
- Ala. Code 35-9A-303(a) ("at least two days" entry notice plus reasonable-times requirement)
- Ala. Code 35-9A-421(a)-(b) (7-BUSINESS-day pay-or-quit, not calendar days)
- Ala. Code 34-27-30 / 34-27-2 (broker license; owner-family and apartment-manager exemptions)
- Ala. Code 24-8-4 (protected classes -- tracks federal 7 exactly, no state additions)
- Ala. Code 35-9A-202 (owner/manager identity disclosure)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Alabama statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Alabama attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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