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AL Code § 11-48-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-53 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment, or Interest - Effect of Error or Defect in Notice or Sale.

Section 11-48-53Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of owner to pay assessment, installment, or interest - Effect of error or defect in notice or sale. No mistake in the notice of sale in the description of the property or in the name of the owner shall vitiate the assessment or the lien and if, for any reason, the sale made by the city or town is ineffectual to pass title, it shall operate as an assignment of the lien, and, upon the request of the purchaser, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as required in this article may be had to correct the errors in said proceedings for his benefit or the lien so assigned to him may be enforced by civil action. (Code 1907, §1407; Code 1923, §2222; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §569.)
AL Code § 11-48-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-54 - Redemption of Property After Sale Generally.

Section 11-48-54Redemption of property after sale generally. Any real property heretofore or hereafter sold for the satisfaction of a local improvement assessment lien imposed thereon by the governing body of a municipality may be redeemed by the former owner, or his assigns, or other person authorized to redeem property sold for taxes by the State of Alabama within two years from the date of such sale by paying to the purchaser at such sale or to any person deraigning title under such purchaser or to the city or town treasurer for such purchaser or person deraigning title under such purchaser the amount of the purchase price for which the property was sold at such sale plus an amount equal to interest on such purchase price from the date of such sale to the date of redemption at the rate of six percent per annum plus a fee of $2.00 to cover the expense of a conveyance. If the redemption is made from the municipality, the payment may be made upon such terms including installment payments as the governing body of the municipality may approve. (Code 1907, §1406; Code 1923, §2221; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 269, p. 272; Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §562.)
AL Code § 11-48-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-55 - Extension of Redemption Period.

Section 11-48-55Extension of redemption period. The fixed two year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-48-54 for the redemption of any property heretofore or hereafter sold for the satisfaction of any assessment lien may be extended to a date 60 days after the date of the certificate of warning to redeem provided for in Section 11-48-56, but in no event for a longer period than six years from the date of such sale. (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §563.)
AL Code § 11-48-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-56 - Application for Entry of Certificate of Warning to Redeem Upon Record of Local Improvement Assessment Sale Deed; Contents of Certificate.

Section 11-48-56Application for entry of certificate of warning to redeem upon record of local improvement assessment sale deed; contents of certificate. At any time after a local improvement assessment sale deed has been recorded in the office of the probate judge of the county in which the property therein described lies and after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-48-54, any person may apply to such probate judge for entry upon the margin of the record of such deed of a certificate of warning to redeem in substantially the following form: "I hereby certify that on or prior to the date of this certificate, I mailed a compared copy of the deed here recorded, together with notice that the same is here recorded, and a warning to redeem to each of the one or more persons other than the grantee in said deed, to whom the property therein described was last finally assessed for ad valorem taxation at the address of each such person as shown by said ad valorem tax assessment records. This _____ day of _____, 2__, _____, Probate Judge." (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §564.)
AL Code § 11-48-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-57 - Mailing of Copies of Deed and Certificate to Persons Last Assessed Upon Property Described in Deed by Probate Judge; Entry of Certificate on Record of Deed, Etc.

Section 11-48-57Mailing of copies of deed and certificate to persons last assessed upon property described in deed by probate judge; entry of certificate on record of deed, etc. At the time of application for entry of such certificate of warning to redeem, the applicant shall deliver to the probate judge three correct copies of said deed with a notation thereon of the deed book and page where recorded and shall pay to said probate judge a fee of $1.00. Said copies of deed need not include any certificate of acknowledgment. It shall thereupon be the duty of said probate judge to promptly compare said copies with the record of such deed and, if such copies be found to be correct copies of such record, it shall be the further duty of such probate judge to ascertain from the ad valorem tax assessment records of his county the name of the person or persons other than the grantee in said deed to whom the property described in said deed was last finally assessed for ad valorem taxation, together with the address of each such person as shown by said tax assessment records, and thereupon to promptly mail to each such person at such address one of the aforesaid compared copies of said deed, together with an attached warning to redeem in substantially the following form: "Take notice that there is recorded in my office in Deed Book _____ at page _____ a deed of which the attached is a correct copy. You are warned that unless you, or those claiming under you, take prompt steps to redeem from those claiming under said deed, all rights of redemption may be lost. This _____ day of _____, 2__, _____, Probate Judge, _____ County, Alabama." Promptly upon or after mailing such notice or notices and compared copy or copies of deed, it shall be the duty of said probate judge to enter upon the margin of the record of such deed a certificate of warning substantially as prescribed by Section 11-48-56 and to sign such certificate and to date the same with the date of entry. At the expiration of 60 days after the date of such certificate all rights to redeem from the sale shown by such deed shall cease and desist. (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §565.)
AL Code § 11-48-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-58 - Redemption of Property During Extended Redemption Period.

Section 11-48-58Redemption of property during extended redemption period. Redemption may be effected after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed or provided by Section 11-48-54 and before the extended period of redemption has expired in the same manner and at the same redemption price as is provided in Section 11-48-54; provided, that if the probate judge has made the certificate of warning to redeem as provided in Section 11-48-57, said redemption price shall be increased by $1.00; provided further, that if the grantee in the aforesaid public improvement assessment sale deed or any person deraigning any title or right under him shall have placed any improvements upon said property after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed or provided by Section 11-48-54, then redemption must be effected by a civil action, and the redemption price shall be increased by the value of such improvements, to be ascertained in such civil action by the court. (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §567.)
AL Code § 11-48-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-59 - Performance of Duties of Probate Judge; Liability of Probate Judge for Errors in Performance of Duties.

Section 11-48-59Performance of duties of probate judge; liability of probate judge for errors in performance of duties. The duties imposed upon the probate judge in Sections 11-48-54 through 11-48-58 may be performed in his name and stead by any person or persons thereunto authorized by him. The faithful performance of such duties may be compelled by mandamus, but the probate judge shall not be liable in damages for any error or mistake in the performance of such duties committed in good faith. (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §566.)
AL Code § 11-48-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-60 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 11-48-54 Through 11-48-58.

Section 11-48-60Applicability of provisions of Sections 11-48-54 through 11-48-58. Sections 11-48-54 through 11-48-58 shall not apply to unimproved real estate that has been heretofore purchased by any municipality at a municipal assessment sale and by said municipality sold to a third party prior to March 16, 1939. (Acts 1939, No. 204, p. 354; Code 1940, T. 37, §568.)
AL Code § 11-48-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-61 - Making of Temporary Loans or Issuance of Bonds During Progress of Work to Pay for Cost of Improvement.

Section 11-48-61Making of temporary loans or issuance of bonds during progress of work to pay for cost of improvement. (a) For the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of any improvement made under the provisions of this article, the governing body of any municipality may: (1) Borrow money temporarily on the faith and credit of the municipality, executing its negotiable note therefor, which negotiable note may not run longer than a period of one year; or (2) Issue bonds within the limitations prescribed by the Constitution. (b) Such temporary loan or issue of bonds may be made before the contract is let for the improvements or during the progress of the work, in installments as the work progresses, and the making of one loan or the issue of one series of bonds shall not exhaust the power of the municipality to provide sufficient funds for the completion of the improvement. The municipality may pledge as security for such loan, whether evidenced by negotiable notes or bonds, the proceeds of the assessments made or to be made against the property benefited by the improvements and may transfer and assign for the benefit of said negotiable note or bond holder the lien of the municipality thereon, with power to enforce the same by civil action, but if negotiable notes or bonds shall be issued before the completion of the work, they shall not be issued in excess of the cost of the improvements as estimated at the time of the issue of the negotiable notes or bonds. If money is borrowed and negotiable notes or bonds issued after the work is completed, such negotiable notes or bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate the total cost of the improvements. (c) No irregularity or technical defect in the proceedings relating to the making of the improvement shall in any way affect the power of the municipality to borrow money, either by the issue of negotiable notes or bonds, for the completion of the improvement. (Code 1907, §1408; Acts 1923, No. 16, p. 13; Code 1923, §2223; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §570.)
AL Code § 11-48-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-62 - Issuance of Bonds After Completion of Work.

Section 11-48-62Issuance of bonds after completion of work. If bonds have not been issued during the progress of the work as authorized by Section 11-48-61, the municipality may, after completion of the work, sell and issue bonds not exceeding an amount sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of and interest on any temporary loans made pursuant to the provisions of said Section 11-48-61 to finance all or part of the improvement, plus such portion of the cost of the improvement, computed in accordance with Section 11-48-9, as has not been financed by any such temporary loan then outstanding and unpaid. In determining the amount of bonds so to be issued, the council shall take into consideration to the extent practicable the amount which at the time of the authorization of the sale of the bonds has been paid by the property owners toward the cost of the improvement. (Code 1907, §1409; Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 53, p. 71; Code 1923, §2224; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §571; Acts 1953, No. 848, p. 1140.)
AL Code § 11-48-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-63 - Applicability of Provisions of Law as to Issuance of Municipal Bonds Generally.

Section 11-48-63Applicability of provisions of law as to issuance of municipal bonds generally. Bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be subject to the provisions of existing law relating to the issuance of municipal bonds. (Code 1907, §1410; Code 1923, §2225; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §572.)
AL Code § 11-48-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-64 - Acquisition of Lands, Easements, etc., for Public Improvements.

Section 11-48-64Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., for public improvements. Whenever in the judgment of the municipality it may be necessary or expedient for the carrying out and full exercise of the powers granted by this article, such municipality may acquire by purchase or condemnation the necessary lands or rights or easements or interests therein, thereunder and thereover, and may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided in this article or by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of an interest therein for the uses for which private property may be taken; in which case such proceedings shall be governed in every respect by the general laws of the state pertaining thereto. (Code 1907, §1420; Code 1923, §2237; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §574.)
AL Code § 11-48-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-65 - Article Not to Affect Power of Municipality to Compel Property Owners to Repair Sidewalks, Etc.

Section 11-48-65Article not to affect power of municipality to compel property owners to repair sidewalks, etc. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to take from any city or town or in any manner affect the power and authority to compel the property owners, by penal ordinance or otherwise, to repair the sidewalks in front of their property in such manner and with such material as may be directed under the supervision of the engineer or other officer or agent of the city or town or to cause such repairs to be made at the expense of the property owner, such expense to be collected as in the case of taxes. (Code 1907, §1419; Code 1923, §2236; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §573.)
AL Code § 11-48-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 2 - Street and Sewer Improvements Outside Corporate Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-48-80 - Definitions.

Section 11-48-80Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Filling, grading, leveling, graveling, slagging, cherting, macadamizing, paving, draining, or otherwise improving any street, avenue, alley, highway, or other public place, including the construction of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters. (2) SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. Storm water sewers and storm water sewer systems and sanitary sewers, sanitary sewer systems, sewage treatment plants and sewage disposal plants, and all appurtenances to any such sewers or plants. (3) PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Street improvements and sewer improvements or either of them. (4) POLICE JURISDICTION. The territory lying outside the corporate limits of a city but within its police jurisdiction. (Acts 1955, No. 492, p. 1112, §1.)
AL Code § 11-48-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 2 - Street and Sewer Improvements Outside Corporate Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-48-81 - Powers of Cities as to Construction of Public Improvements, Assessment of Cost Thereof Against Property Benefited, etc., Outside Corporate Limits Generally; Requirement as to Consent of Property Owners, Etc.

Section 11-48-81Powers of cities as to construction of public improvements, assessment of cost thereof against property benefited, etc., outside corporate limits generally; requirement as to consent of property owners, etc. (a) Each city in this state having a population of 6,000 or more inhabitants, according to the most recent federal census or any official census taken pursuant to Sections 11-47-90 through 11-47-95 shall have the same powers with respect to the construction of public improvements in the police jurisdiction of such city that it may have under any law now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to the construction of public improvements within the corporate limits of such city. Each such city shall have the same powers with respect to the assessment of the cost of public improvements, whether constructed in the city or in such police jurisdiction, against the property specially benefited by such improvements, whether such property is located in such city or in such police jurisdiction, that such city may have under any law now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to assessment of the cost of public improvements constructed within the city against property specially benefited by such improvements and located within the corporate limits of the city. All such laws relating to the making of public improvements within the corporate limits of such city and to the making of public improvement assessments against property located within such corporate limits and the creation and enforcement of liens securing such assessments shall apply to any public improvements constructed within the police jurisdiction of such city, to any public improvement assessments made pursuant to the provisions of this article and to the liens securing such assessments. (b) No public improvement shall be made under the authority of this article unless with the written consent of the owner or owners of not less than 60 percent of the frontage of the property to be affected; provided, that in the case of street improvements outside the corporate limits but inside the police jurisdiction of a municipality, consent of the governing body of the county in which said improvements are to be constructed must first be obtained and evidenced by resolution duly entered on the minutes of such county governing body. (Acts 1955, No. 492, p. 1112, §2.)
AL Code § 11-48-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 2 - Street and Sewer Improvements Outside Corporate Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-48-82 - Issuance of General Obligation Bonds, etc., to Pay Cost of Improvements.

Section 11-48-82Issuance of general obligation bonds, etc., to pay cost of improvements. Each such city shall have the same power to issue its general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities to pay the cost of public improvements constructed in the police jurisdiction of such city that it may have under any law now existing or hereafter enacted to issue general obligation bonds or other general obligation securities for payment of the cost of public improvements within the city. All such laws relating to the issuance by any such city of general obligation bonds or other general obligation securities to pay the cost of public improvements, where all or any part of such cost is assessed or to be assessed against property located within the corporate limits of the city, shall apply to and govern the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities and the making of any pledges for payment thereof to obtain money to pay the cost of construction of any public improvements constructed in the police jurisdiction of such city where such cost is assessed or to be assessed as provided in this article. (Acts 1955, No. 492, p. 1112, §3.)