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AL Code § 11-48-30 (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 11-48-30 - Reduction or Abatement of Assessments on Property Owned by Government or Charitable Organizations in Municipalities Having Population of 20,000 or Less - Authority Generally; Reconveyance of Property Acquired Through Foreclosure of Assessment.

Section 11-48-30Reduction or abatement of assessments on property owned by government or charitable organizations in municipalities having population of 20,000 or less - Authority generally; reconveyance of property acquired through foreclosure of assessment. The council of any town or city having a population of less than 20,000 people according to the last federal census or which shall hereafter have such a population according to any such census that may be taken hereafter shall have the power to reduce or abate any assessments heretofore or hereafter made for public improvements in such town or city in cases where such assessments have been levied or attempted to be levied against property owned by the State of Alabama or by such town or city or by the county in which such town or city is located or owned by any church, hospital, or other charitable organization, whether or not such assessment shall have been made final and the time to appeal therefrom expired. Such council may also convey, with or without consideration, to the State of Alabama or to the county in which such town or city is located or to any church, hospital, or other charitable organization any property which such town or city had acquired through foreclosure of an assessment and any conveyance heretofore made by any such town or city, with or without consideration, to any of the class defined in this section is hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and approved. (Acts 1939, No. 94, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 37, §539; Acts 1945, No. 325, p. 527.)
AL Code § 11-48-31 (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 11-48-31 - Reduction or Abatement of Assessments on Property Owned by Government or Charitable Organizations in Municipalities Having Population of 20,000 or Less - Erroneous Assessments; Assessments in Excess of Benefits Derived, Etc.

Section 11-48-31Reduction or abatement of assessments on property owned by government or charitable organizations in municipalities having population of 20,000 or less - Erroneous assessments; assessments in excess of benefits derived, etc. The council of any city having a population of 20,000 or more according to such census shall have power to reduce or abate any assessments heretofore or hereafter made for public improvements in such city in cases where such assessments have been levied or attempted to be levied against property owned by the State of Alabama or by such city or by the county in which such city is located or by any church, hospital, or other charitable organization or in any case where the council after due inquiry has determined that the assessment on any particular property has been made erroneously or in excess of the benefit derived by such property or so great as to constitute an undue burden upon the property, having in view the value thereof, whether or not such assessment shall have been made final and the time to appeal therefrom expired. (Acts 1935, No. 296, p. 719; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 167; Code 1940, T. 37, §540; Acts 1969, No. 1056, p. 1976.)
AL Code § 11-48-32 (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 11-48-32 - Assignment and Transfer of Assessment Liens.

Section 11-48-32Assignment and transfer of assessment liens. Such city or town may transfer and assign such assessment liens to the contractor or contractors who made said improvement or improvements or to any other person. (Code 1907, §1385; Code 1923, §2200; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §541.)
AL Code § 11-48-33 (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 11-48-33 - Enforcement of Assessment Liens in Circuit Court.

Section 11-48-33Enforcement of assessment liens in circuit court. In addition to the method hereinafter provided in this article for the collection of such assessments, the circuit court may enforce said liens, and in all civil actions which may be brought to enforce said liens either by the municipality or by its assigns, the complainant shall recover the amount of such assessment, with interest thereon, together with the cost of such proceedings. (Code 1907, §1386; Code 1923, §2201; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §542.)
AL Code § 11-48-34 (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 11-48-34 - Effect of Enforcement of Tax Liens Upon Property Upon Assessment Liens; Duration of Assessment Liens.

Section 11-48-34Effect of enforcement of tax liens upon property upon assessment liens; duration of assessment liens. (a) The enforcement by the state, county, city, or town of its lien for taxes on any lot upon which has been levied an assessment for any improvement authorized by this article shall not operate to discharge or in any manner affect the lien of the municipality for the assessment, but any purchaser at any tax sale by the state, county, city, or town of any lots or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied shall take them subject to such assessment. (b) All liens for public improvements which cities and towns in this state now have or may hereafter acquire under the general laws of this state shall continue until they are paid or extinguished or until the expiration of 20 years from the date of default in payment of the assessment or from the date when there was a due recognition of the indebtedness after default, after which time the enforcement of the lien shall be barred and the indebtedness conclusively presumed to have been paid. (Code 1907, §1387; Code 1923, §2202; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 270, p. 273; Code 1940, T. 37, §543; Acts 1951, No. 284, p. 570.)
AL Code § 11-48-35 (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 11-48-35 - Effect of Sale of Property for Enforcement of Assessment Lien Upon Other Assessment Liens Upon Same Property.

Section 11-48-35Effect of sale of property for enforcement of assessment lien upon other assessment liens upon same property. The enforcement by the municipality of its lien for an assessment levied for one improvement by the sale of the property shall not operate to discharge or in any way affect the lien of any other assessment for a different improvement on the same property, but the purchaser at such sale shall take the property subject to the lien of all other assessments and the right of the municipality to enforce the same. (Code 1907, §1388; Code 1923, §2203; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §544.)
AL Code § 11-48-36 (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 11-48-36 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Authorized.

Section 11-48-36Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Authorized. Any person aggrieved by the decision in making any assessment may, within 20 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon executing a bond in double the amount of the probable cost of the appeal. (Code 1907, §1389; Code 1923, §2204; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §545.)
AL Code § 11-48-37 (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 11-48-37 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Bond.

Section 11-48-37Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Bond. The amount of such appeal bond shall be fixed and the sureties thereon shall be approved by the mayor or other chief executive officer, and the said bond shall be conditioned to prosecute said appeal to effect and pay the city or town any judgment that the circuit court may enter, and all damages that any person may suffer by such appeal. (Code 1907, §1390; Code 1923, §2205; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §546.)
AL Code § 11-48-38 (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 11-48-38 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Entry on Trial Docket.

Section 11-48-38Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Entry on trial docket. Said appeal shall be entered on the trial docket in said court and shall be a preferred case therein. (Code 1907, §1391; Code 1923, §2206; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §547.)
AL Code § 11-48-39 (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 11-48-39 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Transcript for Appeal - Contents.

Section 11-48-39Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Transcript for appeal - Contents. Upon the filing and the approval of the appeal bond, the clerk of the city or town, upon notice thereof, shall immediately send to the clerk of the circuit court a transcript of all the proceedings of the municipality relating to such assessment, so far as the same concerns the property of the appellant. Such transcript shall contain a description of the property of such party or parties, the same to be described as accurately as possible according to the map of the city or town in common use, if there be such map, the name of the owner or owners of such property and the amount of the assessment. (Code 1907, §1392; Code 1923, §2207; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §548.)
AL Code § 11-48-40 (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 11-48-40 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Authorized - Prima Facie Evidence.

Section 11-48-40Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Authorized - Prima facie evidence. Upon hearing such appeal, the introduction of such transcript and papers shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of such assessment and that said property and persons are justly indebted to the city or town for the amount of said assessment. (Code 1907, §1393; Code 1923, §2208; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §549.)
AL Code § 11-48-41 (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 11-48-41 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Conduct Generally; Right of Jury Trial; Entry of Judgment and Assessment of Costs Generally.

Section 11-48-41Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Conduct generally; right of jury trial; entry of judgment and assessment of costs generally. The civil action may be tried on the record without other pleadings, and the court shall hear all objections of the property owners to said assessment and the amount thereof and shall determine whether or not such assessment exceeds the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from the improvement, and shall enter judgment accordingly. Such civil action shall be tried by the judge without a jury, unless a jury trial is demanded at the time of filing appeal, in which event the action shall be tried by a jury as in other civil actions. In the event the court or jury shall not sustain the assessment for the full amount, the costs of the appeal and trial in the circuit court shall be adjudged against the municipality. (Code 1907, §1394; Code 1923, §2209; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §550.)
AL Code § 11-48-42 (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 11-48-42 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Entry of Judgment for Amounts Properly Chargeable Against Lands Where Assessment Defective.

Section 11-48-42Appeals to circuit court from assessments - Entry of judgment for amounts properly chargeable against lands where assessment defective. If, on the hearing of such appeal, it shall appear that by reason of any technical irregularity or defect in the proceedings the assessment has not been properly made against the lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may, nevertheless, on motion of the city or town, upon satisfactory proof that expense has been incurred which is a proper charge against the lot or land in question, enter judgment for the amount properly chargeable against said lot or land, but in such case the court shall make such order for the payment of the costs as it may deem proper. (Code 1907, §1395; Code 1923, §2210; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §551.)
AL Code § 11-48-43 (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 11-48-43 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Authorized; Bonds.

Section 11-48-43Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By property owner - Authorized; bonds. An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama by any person interested in said property from the judgment entered by the circuit court within 42 days from the date of entry of such judgment, upon giving bond for costs of appeal or, if a stay of execution of the judgment is desired, upon giving further bond in such sum as the judge of the circuit court may prescribe, payable to the city or town with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of said court, conditioned to pay such judgment or perform such judgment as the supreme court may render in the action, and all such costs and damages as the city or town may have sustained if the judgment is affirmed. (Code 1907, §1396; Code 1923, §2211; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §552.)
AL Code § 11-48-44 (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 11-48-44 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Conduct Generally.

Section 11-48-44Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By property owner - Conduct generally. Such appeal shall be heard upon the record in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Code 1907, §1397; Code 1923, §2212; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §553.)
AL Code § 11-48-45 (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 11-48-45 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Addition of Interest and Damages Upon Affirmance of Judgment for Municipality.

Section 11-48-45Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By property owner - Addition of interest and damages upon affirmance of judgment for municipality. In the event a supersedeas bond has been given as provided in Section 11-48-43 and the said case is affirmed by the supreme court, it shall add to the judgment entered by the lower court interest thereon and 10 percent in damages for delay. (Code 1907, §1398; Code 1923, §2213; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §554.)
AL Code § 11-48-46 (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 11-48-46 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Municipality - Authorized; Bond Not Required.

Section 11-48-46Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By municipality - Authorized; bond not required. The city or town may also appeal from any judgment of the circuit court without giving bond, and all appeals taken pursuant to this article shall be preferred cases in the supreme court. (Code 1907, §1399; Code 1923, §2214; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §555.)
AL Code § 11-48-47 (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 11-48-47 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Municipality - Issuance of Execution and Order of Sale Upon Entry of Final Judgment in Favor of Municipality.

Section 11-48-47Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By municipality - Issuance of execution and order of sale upon entry of final judgment in favor of municipality. In the event the final judgment is entered in favor of the city or town, execution may be issued thereon against the principal and sureties on the appeal bond, unless the amount of the judgment is paid within 30 days from the date of such judgment, and the court shall, by further order, require that the property assessed be sold to satisfy such judgment. Nothing contained in this article shall operate to release or discharge the lien on such property unless the assessment is fully paid. (Code 1907, §1400; Code 1923, §2215; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §556.)
AL Code § 11-48-49 (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 11-48-49 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment, or Interest - Notice.

Section 11-48-49Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of owner to pay assessment, installment, or interest - Notice. If the property owner who has not elected to pay installments fails to pay his assessments within 30 days or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment in 30 days from the date of the assessment or makes default in the payment of any annual installment or the interest thereon, the whole of such assessment shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the municipality to collect such assessments shall proceed to sell the property against which the assessment is made to the highest bidder for cash, but he shall first give notice by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town or of general circulation therein of the date and time of such sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold. If said officer shall fail to advertise and sell any property on which said payments or installments are past due, any taxpayer of the issuing municipality or any holder of bonds of the series affected by said failure, whether of bonds heretofore issued or to be hereafter issued, shall have the right to apply for a writ of mandamus requiring said official to take such action to any court of competent jurisdiction, and said court shall, on proof, issue and enforce such writ. (Code 1907, §1402; Code 1923, §2217; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 47, p. 55; Code 1940, T. 37, §558.)
AL Code § 11-48-50 (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 11-48-50 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment or Interest — Payment of Assessment Prior to Sale.

Section 11-48-50Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of owner to pay assessment, installment or interest — Payment of assessment prior to sale. Any property owner, notwithstanding his default, may pay the assessment with interest and all costs if tendered before a sale of the property. (Code 1907, §1403; Code 1923, §2218; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §559.)
AL Code § 11-48-51 (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 11-48-51 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment or Interest — Costs of Notice and Sale Charged Against Land, Etc.

Section 11-48-51Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of owner to pay assessment, installment or interest — Costs of notice and sale charged against land, etc. The cost of such notice and sale shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale. (Code 1907, §1404; Code 1923, §2219; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §560.)
AL Code § 11-48-52 (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 11-48-52 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment or Interest - Execution, etc., of Deed to Purchaser at Sale; Disposition of Surplus From Sale; Purchase of Property by Municipality.

Section 11-48-52Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of owner to pay assessment, installment or interest - Execution, etc., of deed to purchaser at sale; disposition of surplus from sale; purchase of property by municipality. The officer making such sale shall execute a deed to the purchaser, which shall convey all the right, title, and interest which the party against whose property the assessment was made had or held in said property at the date of making such assessment or on the date of making such sale. Any surplus arising from said sale shall be paid to the city or town treasurer to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer for the owner upon the responsibility of his official bond. The council may, by its agents, purchase real estate sold as provided under this article and, in the event of such purchase, the deed for the same shall be made to the town or city. (Code 1907, §1405; Code 1923, §2220; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §561.)