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AL Code § 11-41-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 41 - Incorporation and Dissolution.|Article 2 - Dissolution.|Section 11-41-24 - Grounds for Forfeiture of Charter.

Section 11-41-24Grounds for forfeiture of charter. If any municipal corporation having a population of 1,100 inhabitants or less shall fail to elect a mayor or other chief executive officer for more than one year after the time fixed for such elections, shall fail to levy and collect city or town taxes or arrange to receive moneys or services in lieu of such taxes for more than three successive years or shall fail to see that the streets and roads within its limits are kept in proper condition, it shall, as a municipal corporation, forfeit its charter, and such forfeitures shall be determined in the manner set out in the following sections. The provisions of this section shall apply to all such municipal corporations heretofore or hereafter created under the laws of the state of Alabama. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2330; Code 1940, T. 37, §21; Acts 1965, No. 660, p. 1184.)
AL Code § 11-41-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 41 - Incorporation and Dissolution.|Article 2 - Dissolution.|Section 11-41-25 - Petition to Probate Judge for Decree of Forfeiture; Notice and Hearing Upon Petition.

Section 11-41-25Petition to probate judge for decree of forfeiture; notice and hearing upon petition. The county commission or any five qualified voters of the county in which any such corporation is situated may file with the probate judge of such county a petition in writing setting up one or more of the grounds enumerated in section 11-41-24 and praying for a decree declaring the charter of said town forfeited, and thereupon said judge shall set down and hear said petition after giving notice for the same time and in the same manner as provided in section 11-41-22. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2331; Code 1940, T. 37, §22.)
AL Code § 11-41-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 41 - Incorporation and Dissolution.|Article 2 - Dissolution.|Section 11-41-26 - Rendition of Decree of Forfeiture and Dissolution; Appeal From Same.

Section 11-41-26Rendition of decree of forfeiture and dissolution; appeal from same. If, upon such hearing, it shall appear that one of the grounds of forfeiture enumerated in section 11-41-24 exists, the probate judge shall render a decree declaring such charter forfeited and such municipality dissolved, and from any decree rendered under this section any citizen of the town or person filing such petition may appeal to the circuit court upon giving bond for cost of such appeal. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2332; Code 1940, T. 37, §23.)
AL Code § 11-41-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 41 - Incorporation and Dissolution.|Article 2 - Dissolution.|Section 11-41-27 - Disposition of Property After Dissolution.

Section 11-41-27Disposition of property after dissolution. If any municipal corporation dissolved under the provisions of this article shall own any property, the title thereto shall vest in the county in which such municipal corporation is situated, but if such corporation shall owe any debts, such property shall be sold by the county commission, and be applied pro rata to the payment of such indebtedness. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2333; Code 1940, T. 37, §24.)
AL Code § 11-41-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 41 - Incorporation and Dissolution.|Article 2 - Dissolution.|Section 11-41-28 - Fee of Probate Judge.

Section 11-41-28Fee of probate judge. The probate judge shall be entitled to $5.00 for services rendered under this article, to be paid by the person or persons filing the petition. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2334; Code 1940, T. 37, §25.)
AL Code § 11-42-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-1 - Applicability of Provisions of Article; Provisions of Article Not Exclusive.

Section 11-42-1Applicability of provisions of article; provisions of article not exclusive. Any town or city may from time to time extend its corporate limits in the manner set forth in this article, but the provisions of this article shall not preclude any city or town from extending its corporate limits in any other way or manner that may be authorized by law. (Code 1907, §1070; Code 1923, §1764; Code 1940, T. 37, §134.)
AL Code § 11-42-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-3 - Subsequent Extensions of Corporate Limits; Requirement as to Resolutions, Orders, or Notices Under Article.

Section 11-42-3Subsequent extensions of corporate limits; requirement as to resolutions, orders, or notices under article. (a) Any city or town having extended its corporate limits under the provisions of this article or other law may again extend its corporate limits under this article or under any other law authorizing an extension of corporate limits by such city or town. (b) In every proceeding to extend the corporate limits of any city or town under the provisions of this article, the council of such city or town shall declare in each and every resolution provided for in this article and the probate judge shall declare in each and every order directing and ordering an election to be held under this article, and in every notice given under this article, and in every order made and entered on the records of the probate court under this article, that such resolution, order, or notice, as the case may be, is passed, entered, or given under the provisions of this article. (Code 1907, §1072; Code 1923, §1766; Code 1940, T. 37, §136.)
AL Code § 11-42-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-4 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within 12 Months of Preceding Election.

Section 11-42-4Subsequent elections not to be held within 12 months of preceding election. After an election has been held in any territory under the provisions of this article or any other law, no other or subsequent election shall be ordered or held for the same territory or any part thereof within 12 months next after said election. (Code 1907, §1073; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1767; Code 1940, T. 37, §137.)
AL Code § 11-42-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-5 - Validation of Certain Prior Annexations.

Section 11-42-5Validation of certain prior annexations. Every annexation undertaken prior to May 4, 2011, under any statutory procedure for annexation by any municipality and which the annexation procedure has been completed, notwithstanding any irregularity or defect in the procedure, is ratified and confirmed and given effect in all respects as if all provisions of law relating to the annexation proceeding had been duly and legally complied with. This section shall not apply to any annexation or attempted annexation which, prior to May 4, 2011, has been held invalid by the Supreme Court of Alabama or by the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama or by a final judgment of the circuit court in the county in which the annexation was completed and from which judgment an appeal was not taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama or the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama within the time provided by law for taking appeals, or to any annexation the validity of which is an issue in a pending action commenced prior to May 4, 2011. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the provisions of Article 5, commencing at Section 11-49-80, of Chapter 49, which requires a municipality to assume responsibility for roads annexed into the municipality under certain circumstances. (Acts 1977, No. 752, p. 1290; Acts 1987, No. 87-796, p. 1569; Acts 1993, No. 93-569, p. 948, §1; Act 98-487, p. 932, §1; Act 2011-214, p. 400, §1.)
AL Code § 11-42-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-6 - Bill to Contain Accurate Description of Territory and Plat or Map; Copies of Map to Be Furnished to Judge of Probate; Notice of Intention to Apply for Local Law Annexing Territory.

Section 11-42-6Bill to contain accurate description of territory and plat or map; copies of map to be furnished to judge of probate; notice of intention to apply for local law annexing territory. (a) Any bill introduced in the legislature which attempts to annex territory to any municipality or to otherwise change the boundary lines of any municipality shall contain an accurate description of the territory proposed to be annexed to or removed from such municipality together with a plat or map of such territory attached; showing its relationship to the corporate limits of the municipality to which such territory is proposed to be annexed. Copies of such map shall also be furnished to the judge of probate for the county or counties wherein the territory proposed to be annexed to or removed from the municipality is located. (b) The publication of notice of intention to apply for any local law annexing territory to any municipality or otherwise changing the boundary lines of any municipality shall, in addition to all other requirements provided by law, state that a map showing what territory is to be annexed to or removed from such municipality is on file in the office of the judge of probate in the county or counties wherein such territory is located and that such map is open to the inspection of the public. (Acts 1986, No. 86-535, p. 1038.)
AL Code § 11-42-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 1 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities Generally.|Section 11-42-7 - Legislative Reapportionment Office to Be Notified of Annexation or Deannexation.

Section 11-42-7Legislative Reapportionment Office to be notified of annexation or deannexation. Any municipality which annexes property into the municipality or deannexes property from the municipality shall notify the Legislative Reapportionment Office of such action within seven days of the final action. The municipality shall provide all census blocks involved in the annexation or deannexation to the Legislative Reapportionment Office so that the office may maintain accurate information concerning the corporate limits of each municipality located within the state. A municipality's failure to notify the Legislative Reapportionment Office as provided herein shall not be grounds to challenge or invalidate the annexation or deannexation. (Act 2006-249, p. 452, §1.)
AL Code § 11-42-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 2 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities of 2,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-20 - "Owners" Defined.

Section 11-42-20"Owners" defined. The term "owners," as used in this article, shall mean the person in whose name the property is assessed for ad valorem tax purposes in the absence of proof to the contrary. (Acts 1971, No. 2228, p. 3585, §1.)
AL Code § 11-42-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 2 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities of 2,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-22 - Subsequent Extensions of Corporate Limits.

Section 11-42-22Subsequent extensions of corporate limits. Any incorporated municipality having extended its corporate limits under the provisions of this article or any other law may again extend its corporate limits under this article or under any other law authorizing an extension of the corporate limits by such incorporated municipality. (Acts 1971, No. 2228, p. 3585, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-507, p. 838, §2.)
AL Code § 11-42-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 2 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities of 2,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-23 - Provisions of Article Not Exclusive.

Section 11-42-23Provisions of article not exclusive. The provisions of this article shall in no wise preclude any municipality from extending its corporate limits by annexation in any other way or manner that may be authorized by law. (Acts 1971, No. 2228, p. 3585, §3.)
AL Code § 11-42-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 2 - Annexation of Territory by Municipalities of 2,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-24 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-42-24Construction of article. This act [amended sections 11-42-21, 11-42-22] shall not be construed to affect any proposed annexation, done under the provisions of this article, in progress at the time this act [amended sections 11-42-21, 11-42-22] becomes a law; nor shall it affect any proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction involving annexations attempted under this article. (Acts 1982, No. 82-507, p. 838, §3.)
AL Code § 11-42-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 2A - Annexation of Territory by Class 6 Municipality of Land Contiguous to Public University.|Section 11-42-30 - Annexation of Territory Contiguous to Public University.

Section 11-42-30Annexation of territory contiguous to public university. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Class 6 municipality may annex land or territory pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, provided the land or territory is contiguous to land or territory owned by a public university when the land or territory owned by the university is contiguous to the municipality notwithstanding the fact that the land or territory to be annexed is not contiguous to the municipality. Nothing in this section shall affect the status of property owned by the university. (Act 99-577, p. 1303, §1.)
AL Code § 11-42-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-40 - Applicability of Provisions of Article; Provisions of Article Not Exclusive.

Section 11-42-40Applicability of provisions of article; provisions of article not exclusive. Any city having 25,000 inhabitants or more, as shown by the last federal census, from time to time, may extend its corporate limits in the manner and with the rights, powers, and privileges as set forth in this article, but the provisions of this article shall not preclude any city from extending its corporate limits in any other way or manner that may be authorized by law. (Code 1907, §1075; Code 1923, §1769; Code 1940, T. 37, §138.)
AL Code § 11-42-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-41 - Passage of Resolution to Annex Territory.

Section 11-42-41Passage of resolution to annex territory. The council or governing body of the city may pass a resolution to the effect that the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall be brought within the limits of the city. (Code 1907, §1076; Code 1923, §1770; Code 1940, T. 37, §139.)
AL Code § 11-42-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-42 - Certification and Filing of Resolution and Map or Plat of Territory to Be Annexed With Probate Judge.

Section 11-42-42Certification and filing of resolution and map or plat of territory to be annexed with probate judge. (a) The mayor or other executive head of the city shall certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed to be brought into the city is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to be brought into the corporate limits of the city, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed with the judge of probate. (b) The plat or map filed with the certified copy of the resolution as required in subsection (a) of this section shall show the boundary of the territory proposed to be taken into the city, which territory must be contiguous to the boundary of the city at some point and may extend to or around the boundary line of any other city, but is not to embrace any territory within the corporate limits of another city. (Code 1907, §§1077, 1089; Code 1923, §§1771, 1783; Code 1940, T. 37, §§140, 152.)
AL Code § 11-42-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-43 - Ordering of Election.

Section 11-42-43Ordering of election. Within 10 days of the date of the filing of such certified copy of resolution with plat or map attached, the judge of probate must make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described in such plat or map not less than 20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. (Code 1907, §1078; Code 1923, §1772; Code 1940, T. 37, §141.)
AL Code § 11-42-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-44 - Notice of Election.

Section 11-42-44Notice of election. The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge, in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection of the public. (Code 1907, §1079; Code 1923, §1773; Code 1940, T. 37, §142.)
AL Code § 11-42-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-45 - Designation of Voting Places and Boundaries for Voting.

Section 11-42-45Designation of voting places and boundaries for voting. The judge of probate may designate as many voting places within the territory proposed to be annexed as he may deem necessary for the convenience of the voters and must designate the boundaries within which the voters must reside to vote at the respective voting places. (Code 1907, §1080; Code 1923, §1774; Code 1940, T. 37, §143.)
AL Code § 11-42-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-46 - Appointment of Inspectors and Returning Officers; Duty of Inspectors Generally.

Section 11-42-46Appointment of inspectors and returning officers; duty of inspectors generally. The probate judge shall appoint three inspectors of election and one returning officer for each voting place. The inspectors shall manage the election at the respective voting places at which they are appointed inspectors. (Code 1907, §1081; Code 1923, §1775; Code 1940, T. 37, §144.)
AL Code § 11-42-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-47 - Qualifications for Voting; Electors to Vote at Designated Voting Places.

Section 11-42-47Qualifications for voting; electors to vote at designated voting places. Each qualified voter who has resided within the boundaries of the territory proposed to be brought into the city for three months next preceding the election may vote at such election, but must vote at the voting place designated by the judge of probate for voters in the territory in which he resides within the territory proposed to be brought into the city. (Code 1907, §1082; Code 1923, §1776; Code 1940, T. 37, §145.)
AL Code § 11-42-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-48 - Applicability of General Election Laws.

Section 11-42-48Applicability of general election laws. The election to determine whether or not the proposed territory shall be brought within the corporate limits of the city must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws and under the same sanction and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article, and except that an official ballot need not be provided. (Code 1907, §1083; Code 1923, §1777; Code 1940, T. 37, §146.)