Section 9-15-70 Applicability; reservation of rights. This article applies to all real property and interests therein owned by the State of Alabama and the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, and agencies of the state with the exception of those sales, transfers, and reversions set out in Section 9-15-82. As used in this article, real […]
Section 9-15-71 Real property owned by state to be sold or leased by auction or sealed bids. All sales and leases made by, or on behalf of, the State of Alabama, or any department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency, of real property or any interest therein owned by the State of Alabama having […]
Section 9-15-72 Lands Division responsible for selling or leasing property. Each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency which holds real property shall notify the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of its desire and intention to sell or lease any of the real property and shall provide such […]
Section 9-15-73 Appraisal. The Lands Division shall have the real property or the interests in the real property appraised by a real estate appraiser selected by the Lands Division who is licensed by the State Board of Appraisers prior to the advertisement of the sale of the property. If the Lands Division is not satisfied […]
Section 9-15-74 Minimum amount at which property may be sold or leased; determination as to selling or leasing; acceptance or rejection of bids; determination as to whether sale be by auction or bids. After obtaining an appraisal on the real property and consulting with the chief executive officer of the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, […]
Section 9-15-75 Advertising. Every proposal to make a sale or lease under this article shall be advertised for at least once a week for four weeks in advance of the date fixed for receiving bids or public auction. The advertisement shall appear at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of […]
Section 9-15-76 Binders. Each person or corporation submitting a bid on real property or an interest therein to be sold or leased by the State of Alabama under this article shall present with his or her bid, payable to the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a certified check or […]
Section 9-15-77 Payment of expenses by department, board, bureau, etc., selling or leasing property; payment of fee to Lands Division. The expenses of the appraisal and contemplated sale or lease shall be paid by the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency offering the property for sale. The Lands Division of the state Department […]
Section 9-15-78 Bids to be publicly taken by director; notice; bids to become public record. The bids shall be publicly taken or opened in Montgomery or such other place as may be designated by the Lands Division, in case of sealed bids, by the Director of the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation […]
Section 9-15-79 Negotiation where no bids received or bids rejected; no sale or lease at price less than highest bid or minimum; payment; closing. In the event no bids are received or all the bids are rejected by the chief executive officer of the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency selling or leasing […]
Section 9-15-80 Certain persons prohibited from bidding on or purchasing property. Officers and employees of the department selling or leasing the real property and officers and employees of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as well as members of their families, shall be excluded from bidding on the property at a public auction or […]
Section 9-15-81 Criminal and civil actions and penalties for violations of article. Any sale or lease of real property or any interest therein of the state made in violation of this article shall be null and void, and the person or persons violating this article shall be subject to criminal prosecution by the Attorney General. […]
Section 9-15-82 Article not to apply to certain transfers, reversions, sales, etc. (a) This article shall not apply to the transfers of real property between departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, or agencies of the state. These transfers may be made by mutual agreements between the chief executive officers of the respective departments with the […]
Section 9-15-83 Proceeds from sale to be deposited to credit of fund of state entity. Whenever any real property is sold or leased under this article, the proceeds from the sale, less the expenses of the sale or lease, shall be deposited to the credit of the fund of the state department, commission, board, bureau, […]
Section 9-15-84 Promulgation of rules and regulations. The Lands Division is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this article. (Acts 1995, No. 95-280, p. 507, §15.)
