Section 11-1-1 Number and names of counties. The state is divided into 67 counties, named: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, […]
Section 11-1-10 Contracts with federal, state, and other county governments. (a) The county commission in addition to all other powers and authority is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, leases, compacts, or any other form of agreement with the United States of America or any of its agencies, departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions, […]
Section 11-1-11 Payment of membership fees in state organizations, etc., for sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors, circuit clerks and registers, license commissioners, etc. (a) The county commissions of the several counties of the state are hereby authorized to pay all dues, fees, and expenses of the sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors, circuit clerks and registers […]
Section 11-1-12 Preparation, etc., of county assessment maps or plats. The county commissions shall have prepared county assessment maps or plats showing the county boundary lines, main creeks, rivers, railroads, exempt lands, public roads, schoolhouses, and churches and all lands which have escaped state and county taxation for the next preceding five years in their […]
Section 11-1-13 Alteration, etc., of precinct or beat lines or creation of new precincts or beats. The county commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama may alter or rearrange the boundary of beat or precinct lines of their respective counties so as to include in them any territory which has been or […]
Section 11-1-14 Provision of voting places where precinct or beat lines altered, etc., or new precincts or beats created. The county commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama may provide voting places in all precincts or beats which have been established or where the boundaries of precincts or beats have been altered […]
Section 11-1-15 Authority to join national and state association of county commissions. (a) The county commission of each of the several counties of the state shall be authorized to join and to participate in a national and state association of county commissions organized for the purpose of promoting better county government, economy, efficiency in office, […]
Section 11-1-16 Warrants for borrowing purposes – Execution. All warrants issued under the provisions of this title for borrowing purposes shall be signed by the presiding officer of the county commission and by each of the members of said county commission and shall have attached thereto the seal of said county commission. Coupons for interest […]
Section 11-1-17 Warrants for borrowing purposes – Form of warrants, refunding warrants, coupons, etc. (a) Warrants. The warrants issued under this title for borrowing purposes may be substantially in the following form, which is declared to be sufficient: The State of Alabama, County of _______ $________ Warrant Number _______ The County of _____ acknowledges itself […]
Section 11-1-2 County declared a body corporate. Every county is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court of record. (Code 1852, §763; Code 1867, §897; Code 1876, §815; Code 1886, §886; Code 1896, §1397; Code 1907, §123; Code 1923, §181; Code 1940, T. 12, §3.)
Section 11-1-3 Jurisdiction over navigable streams not within limits of any county; execution of process on said streams. The jurisdiction over navigable streams not included within the limits of any county belongs to the county or counties whose jurisdiction extends to the margin thereof, and all process may be executed on such streams by officers […]
Section 11-1-5 Uniform designation for county governing bodies. (a) In order to eliminate confusion and to provide clarity and uniformity of designation, each county governing body in this state shall, after October 1, 1970, be designated and known as the __________ county commission. (name of county) (b) The provision of this section shall effect a […]
Section 11-1-6 Transfer of money erroneously paid into county treasury, etc., to State Treasury. Whenever any money to which the state is entitled and which should be paid into the State Treasury is erroneously or wrongfully paid into the county treasury to the credit of any fund therein or whenever any money from any source […]
Section 11-1-7 Appointment and use of public depositories; liability. (a) Upon the application of the county tax collectors, revenue commissioners, license commissioners, county treasurers, judges of probate, circuit court clerks, or registers of the circuit court, it shall be the duty of the county commission of the county to appoint a bank or savings association, […]
Section 11-1-8 Closing of county offices on legal holidays and for special circumstances; deadlines extended for filing documents. The county commission of any county in the State of Alabama may by resolution close the offices in the county courthouse or other county buildings on legal holidays set pursuant to Section 1-3-8, or for special circumstances […]
Section 11-1-9 Payment of costs of defense of lawsuits against county officials; validation of prior payments. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county commission of any county of the state of Alabama may, in its discretion, defray the costs of defending any lawsuit brought against any county official when such lawsuit is based […]
