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AL Code § 11-40-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-64 - Nature of Rights and Remedies.

Section 11-40-64Nature of rights and remedies. (a) Any Class 2 municipality to which this article applies may proceed with judicial in rem foreclosures of municipal code liens in accordance with the provisions of this article by enactment of an ordinance or resolution of the governing authority of the Class 2 municipality in which the real property is located which ordinance or resolution shall be sufficient authority for use of this article by the Class 2 municipality to enforce its municipal code liens. (b) The ordinance of a Class 2 municipality authorizing and approving the use of this article shall include all the following matters: (1) The initial effective date for application of these procedures. (2) If the Class 2 municipality elects not to apply these procedures to all real properties as of the same future date, then the phase-in of these procedures over a period of time and the manner of determination of which real properties are subject in which sequence to these procedures. (3) The explicit exclusion of owner-occupied properties from the application of the judicial in rem foreclosure procedures authorized in this article. (4) The nature and extent of notices, support services, and referrals to be provided to the owners and occupants of owner-occupied properties. (5) Any other matters the Class 2 municipality specifies to be addressed through administrative regulations and policies. (c) The provisions of the Class 2 municipality ordinance and administrative regulations and policies issued pursuant thereto shall not be in conflict with Sections 11-40-66 through 11-40-69. (d) Proceedings in accordance with this article are designed solely to enforce the municipal code lien for real property subject to the municipal code lien and shall not constitute an action for personal liability for the municipal code liens against the owner or owners of the real property. (e) The rights and remedies set forth in this article are available solely to the governmental entities authorized by law to enforce municipal ordinances and shall not extend to any nongovernmental transferee of municipal code liens. (f) A Class 2 municipality that has adopted the provisions of this article and that seeks to enforce a municipal code lien through the sale of real property shall utilize the judicial in rem proceedings of this article as the sole remedy for the enforcement through the sale of real property. (g) The enforcement proceedings authorized by this article may be initiated only by the Class 2 municipality. (Act 2017-304, §5.)
AL Code § 11-40-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-66 - Judicial Hearing.

Section 11-40-66Judicial hearing. (a) The Class 2 municipality shall request that a judicial hearing on the petition occur not earlier than 30 days nor more than 90 days following the filing of the petition. At the judicial hearing, any interested party shall have the right to be heard and to contest the delinquency of the municipal code lien, the adequacy of the proceedings, the classification of the property as owner occupied, and the amount of the tax payoff. If the court determines that the information set forth in the petition is accurate, the court shall render its judgment and order that: (1) The municipal code lien is delinquent. (2) The amounts of any additional municipal code liens and taxes described in the petition are delinquent.  (3) Proper notice has been given to all interested parties. (4) The property is not owner occupied. (5) The property as described in the petition be sold in accordance with the provisions of this article. (6) The sale shall become final and binding immediately after the sale is conducted in accordance with Section 11-40-68. (b) The order of the court shall provide that the property be sold free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances other than: (1) Rights of redemption provided under federal law. (2) Taxes assessed against real property that are due but not yet delinquent as of the date of the court's order. (3) An easement which burdens the real property, a real covenant which burdens the real property, and any utility easement which benefits the real property as of the date of the filing of the municipal code lien on which the Class 2 municipality is seeking to foreclose under this article. (c) If at any point in the proceedings the court determines that the property is owner occupied, then the Class 2 municipality shall seek immediate dismissal of the proceedings. (Act 2017-304, §7.)
AL Code § 11-40-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-67 - Redemption of Property Prior to Sale by Payment of Redemption Amount.

Section 11-40-67THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 16, 2017. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Redemption of property prior to sale by payment of redemption amount. (a) At any point prior to the moment of the sale, any interested party may redeem the real property from the sale by payment of the redemption amount. Payment shall be made to the Class 2 municipality. Following receipt of the payment, the Class 2 municipality shall file for dismissal of the proceedings. (b) In the event of the payment by the owner of the real property, the proceedings shall be dismissed and the rights and interests of all interested parties shall remain unaffected. (c) In the event of payment by any interested party other than the owner, the party making the payment shall possess a lien on the real property for the full amount of the payment, which lien shall have the same priority as the municipal code lien discussed in subsection (b) of Section 11-40-63. The lienholder shall have the right to enforce the lien as permitted to the holder of any lien under existing law. The lienholder shall not otherwise succeed to the rights of the Class 2 municipality or tax certificate holder. (Act 2017-304, §8.)
AL Code § 11-40-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-69 - Avenue for Input by Adjoining Property Owners.

Section 11-40-69Avenue for input by adjoining property owners.  Any municipal ordinance enacted pursuant to this article shall include an avenue for input by adjoining property owners to participate in the rehabilitation and use of the property subject to this article. (Act 2017-304, §10.)
AL Code § 11-40-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 4 - Convenient Right-of-Way Acquisition Within Planning Jurisidiction of a Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-40-70 - Right-of-Way Acquisition.

Section 11-40-70Right-of-way acquisition. The owner of any tract or body of land, located within the planning jurisdiction of any Class 2 municipality, no part of which tract or body of land is adjacent or contiguous to any public road or highway, shall have and may acquire pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 3, Title 18, a convenient right-of-way, not exceeding in width 50 feet, over the lands intervening and lying between the tract or body of land and the public road nearest or most convenient thereto provided written approval is obtained from the municipal government and the planning board of the municipality, when a right-of-way exceeding 30 feet is needed to comply with local ordinances or conditions of the municipality. (Act 2000-785, p. 1845, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 5|Section 11-40-80 - Applicability.

Section 11-40-80Applicability. This article shall apply to all municipalities in this state incorporated after 1990 which are located in a county in which another municipality in that county has zoning authority in its police jurisdiction. (Act 2019-251, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 5|Section 11-40-81 - Division of Territory Within Police Jurisdiction; Municipal Zoning Authority.

Section 11-40-81Division of territory within police jurisdiction; municipal zoning authority. (a) Any municipality in this state incorporated after 1990, which is located in a county in which another municipality in that county has zoning authority in its police jurisdiction, may divide the territory within its police jurisdiction into business, industrial, and residential zones or districts and, at its option, may provide the kind, character, and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the several zones or districts established and, from time to time, may rearrange or alter the boundaries of the zones or districts and may also adopt ordinances as are necessary to implement and administer this article. It is the intent of this article to grant any municipality to which this article applies full zoning authority within its police jurisdiction to the same extent as the municipality exercises that authority within its corporate limits. (b) This article shall not affect the right of the owner or owners of property located within the police jurisdiction of a municipality to which this article applies to continue to use the property as it is being used on the date of the enactment of any zoning ordinance applicable to the property until the owner or owners of the property seek to change the use of the property. (Act 2019-251, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 5|Section 11-40-82 - Zoning Authority in Overlapping Police Jurisdictions - Authorized.

Section 11-40-82Zoning authority in overlapping police jurisdictions - Authorized. In the event the police jurisdiction of any municipality to which this article applies overlaps with the police jurisdiction of another municipality in the county that has zoning authority in its police jurisdiction, the governing body of each municipality may exercise the zoning authority in the overlapping portions of its police jurisdiction to a boundary which is equidistant from the respective corporate limits of each municipality that has an overlapping police jurisdiction. Nothing in this section prevents neighboring municipalities from entering into cooperative agreements as to which municipality will exercise zoning authority in the areas of overlapping police jurisdiction. (Act 2019-251, §3.)
AL Code § 11-40-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 5|Section 11-40-83 - Zoning Authority in Overlapping Police Jurisdictions - Zoning Disputes Between Municipalities.

Section 11-40-83Zoning authority in overlapping police jurisdictions - Zoning disputes between municipalities. Notwithstanding Section 11-40-82, in the overlapping areas of the police jurisdiction of the municipalities, each municipality may object to a zoning decision of the other municipality in the overlapping areas. In that case, the objecting municipality shall notify the other municipality of its objection and the zoning dispute shall be resolved by a panel consisting of the mayors of the two municipalities and the chair of the county commission of the county where the property involved in the zoning dispute is located. (Act 2019-251, §4.)
AL Code § 11-40-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 5|Section 11-40-84 - Relation to Chapter 52.

Section 11-40-84Relation to Chapter 52. Any zoning authority authorized pursuant to this article shall be undertaken in accordance with Chapter 52 of this title. (Act 2019-251, §5.)
AL Code § 11-41-3 (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 1 - Incorporation.|Section 11-41-3 - Conduct of Election Generally; Provision and Form of Ballots; Qualifications for Voting.

Section 11-41-3Conduct of election generally; provision and form of ballots; qualifications for voting. The judge of probate shall appoint three qualified electors within the limits of the proposed city or town as inspectors to manage the election, which shall be conducted under the same sanction and penalties as are provided by the general election laws, except that a voter may furnish his own ballot, upon which must be written or printed "corporation" or "no corporation," and any person who is a qualified elector under the state law and has resided within the boundaries of the proposed city or town for three months next preceding may vote at such election. (Code 1907, §1055; Code 1923, §1746; Code 1940, T. 37, §12.)
AL Code § 11-41-4 (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 1 - Incorporation.|Section 11-41-4 - Certification of Election Result to Probate Judge; Census Enumeration of Inhabitants; Issuance, Recordation, and Filing of Order of Incorporation; Filing Fee.

Section 11-41-4Certification of election result to probate judge; census enumeration of inhabitants; issuance, recordation, and filing of order of incorporation; filing fee. Within five days after the election, the inspectors must certify the result to the judge of probate, who must, if a majority of the votes cast at the election are for "corporation," cause an enumeration of the inhabitants residing within such territory to be made by such inspectors or other persons appointed by him and, within three days after such enumeration has been completed and returned to him, shall make an order to be entered of record in the minutes of the court that the inhabitants of such territory are incorporated as a town or city, as the case may be, by the name and with the boundaries shown by the petition, whereupon such town or city shall be vested with the rights and powers incident to such corporations granted in this title. The judge of probate shall file, within 10 days after its issuance, a certified copy of his order of incorporation in the regular corporation books maintained by him in his office and also in the office of the Secretary of State and for filing each such order there shall be paid, in advance, to the probate judge, a fee of $5.00. (Code 1907, §1056; Code 1923, §1747; Code 1940, T. 37, §13; Acts 1969, No. 1111, p. 2047.)
AL Code § 11-41-5 (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 1 - Incorporation.|Section 11-41-5 - Ordering and Notice of Election of Mayor and Councilmen for Incorporated Municipalities; Conduct of Election Generally; Qualifications for Voting.

Section 11-41-5Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities; conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation, the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title, who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless he is a qualified elector of the county and has resided within the limits of the municipality for three months next preceding the election. (Code 1907, §1057; Code 1923, §1748; Code 1940, T. 37, §14.)
AL Code § 11-41-6 (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 1 - Incorporation.|Section 11-41-6 - Report of Election Result to Probate Judge; Issuance and Recordation of Order Approving Report and Election Result; Vacancies; Setting Aside, etc., of Elections; Record and Costs of Incorporation Proceedings and Elections.

Section 11-41-6Report of election result to probate judge; issuance and recordation of order approving report and election result; vacancies; setting aside, etc., of elections; record and costs of incorporation proceedings and elections. Within five days after such election, inspectors shall report the result of the election to the judge of probate, who may enter an order confirming and approving the election and report, and, in that event, the officers shown by such report to have been elected shall, upon the recording of such order, be entitled to hold office until the next general municipal election and until their successors are elected and qualified. If any person fails to qualify within 30 days after he shall have been declared elected, the judge of probate may appoint some person to fill such vacancy. The judge of probate may, for fraud or material irregularities, set either of such elections aside and order another election in like manner to be held by the same or other inspectors to be by him appointed. The judge shall make a record of the proceedings in the matter of such incorporation and election of officers and file in the office of the Secretary of State a certified copy of the entry showing the result of the elections preceding. The costs of all the aforesaid proceedings shall be paid by the town or city; but, if no judgment is entered establishing the town or city, they shall be paid by the petitioners, and judgment shall be entered dismissing such proceedings. (Code 1907, §1058; Code 1923, §1749; Code 1940, T. 37, §15.)
AL Code § 11-41-7 (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 1 - Incorporation.|Section 11-41-7 - Reinstatement of Corporate Organization of Dormant Municipalities; Appointment of Mayor and Councilmen for Same.

Section 11-41-7Reinstatement of corporate organization of dormant municipalities; appointment of mayor and councilmen for same. Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1059; Code 1923, §1750; Code 1940, T. 37, §16.)
AL Code § 11-41-20 (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 11-41-20 - Authority.

Section 11-41-20Authority. Except as otherwise provided by local law, municipal corporations now existing or hereafter incorporated having a population of 1,100 inhabitants or less may be dissolved as provided in this article. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2326; Code 1940, T. 37, §17; Acts 1994, No. 94-167, p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-41-21 (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 11-41-21 - Petition to Probate Judge for Dissolution.

Section 11-41-21Petition to probate judge for dissolution. Three-fourths of the qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of any municipal corporation having a population of 1,100 inhabitants or less may, in writing, petition to the probate judge of the county in which the same is situated for a dissolution of such corporation. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2327; Code 1940, T. 37, §18.)
AL Code § 11-41-22 (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 11-41-22 - Notice and Hearing Upon Petition.

Section 11-41-22Notice and hearing upon petition. Upon the filing of such petition, such probate judge shall set the same down for hearing and give 30 days' notice of such hearing by written notices stating the date and purpose of such hearing, the same to be posted at the courthouse of the county and also in a public place in the municipality sought to be dissolved, and, upon the day set for the hearing, the probate judge shall hear such petition and the evidence in support of the same. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2328; Code 1940, T. 37, §19.)
AL Code § 11-41-23 (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 11-41-23 - Issuance of Decree of Dissolution.

Section 11-41-23Issuance of decree of dissolution. If, upon such hearing, it appears to such probate judge that three fourths of the qualified voters of such municipal corporation are in favor of the dissolution of the same, he shall make a decree dissolving such municipal corporation, and thereupon such municipal corporation shall be dissolved and shall cease to exist. (Acts 1919, No. 517, p. 739; Code 1923, §2329; Code 1940, T. 37, §20.)