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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-65 - Enforcement of Lien on Property for State, County, etc., Taxes Not to Discharge or Affect Lien of Authority for Assessment; Duration of Liens.

Section 11-88-65
Enforcement of lien on property for state, county, etc., taxes not to discharge or affect lien of authority for assessment; duration of liens.
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 shall not operate to discharge or in any manner affect the lien of the authority 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.
All liens for improvements 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.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-66 - Effect of Enforcement of Assessment Lien Upon Other Improvement Assessment Liens on Property.

Section 11-88-66
Effect of enforcement of assessment lien upon other improvement assessment liens on property.
The enforcement by an authority of its lien for an assessment levied for one improvement by the sale of 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 authority to enforce the same.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-67 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 11-88-67
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Authorization and procedure generally.
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.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-68 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Establishment of Amount of Appeal Bond and Approval of Sureties Thereon; Conditions of Bond.

Section 11-88-68
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Establishment of amount of appeal bond and approval of sureties thereon; conditions of bond.
The amount of such bond shall be fixed and the sureties thereon shall be approved by the chief executive officer of the board, and the said bond shall be conditioned to prosecute the said appeal to effect and pay the authority any judgment that the circuit court may enter and all damages that any person may suffer by such appeal.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-69 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Entry of Appeal on Trial Docket.

Section 11-88-69
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Entry of appeal on trial docket.
The appeal shall be entered on the trial docket in the circuit court and shall be a preferred case therein.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-70 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Transmittal to Circuit Court of Transcript of Proceedings of Authority as to Assessment; Contents Thereof.

Section 11-88-70
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Transmittal to circuit court of transcript of proceedings of authority as to assessment; contents thereof.
Upon the filing and the approval of the appeal bond, the secretary of the authority, upon notice thereof, shall immediately send to the clerk of the circuit court to which the appeal may be taken, a transcript of all the proceedings of the authority 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, which shall be described as accurately as possible according to the map of the county in common use, if there be such map, the name of the owner or owners of such property and the amount of the assessment.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-71 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Transcript Deemed Prima Facie Evidence of Correctness of Assessment, Etc.

Section 11-88-71
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Transcript deemed prima facie evidence of correctness of assessment, etc.
Upon the hearing of such appeal, the introduction of such transcript and papers shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of such assessment and that the said property and persons are justly indebted to the authority for the amount of the said assessment.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §32.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-72 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Conduct of Trial Generally; When Costs of Appeal and Trial Adjudged Against Authority.

Section 11-88-72
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Conduct of trial generally; when costs of appeal and trial adjudged against authority.
The said appeal may be tried on the record without other pleadings and the court shall hear all objections of the property owners to the said assessment and the amount thereof, 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 render judgment accordingly. Such appeal 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 appeal shall be tried by a jury as provided in common law cases.
In event the court or jury shall not sustain the assessment for the full amount, the costs of appeal and trial in circuit court shall be adjudged against the authority.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-73 - Appeal From Assessments to Circuit Court - Entry of Judgment for Amount Properly Chargeable Against Land Where Assessment Defective; Payment of Costs.

Section 11-88-73
Appeal from assessments to circuit court - Entry of judgment for amount properly chargeable against land where assessment defective; payment of costs.
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 application of the authority, 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 the said lot or land.
In such case the court shall make such order for the payment of the costs as it may deem proper.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-74 - Appeal From Judgment of Circuit Court to Supreme Court - by Property Owner - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 11-88-74
Appeal from judgment of circuit court to Supreme Court - By property owner - Authorization and procedure generally.
An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama by any person interested in the said property from the judgment entered by the said court within 42 days upon giving bond for costs of appeal or, if a stay of execution is desired, upon giving further bond in such sum as the judge of the said court may prescribe, payable to the authority, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the said court, conditioned to pay such judgment or perform such judgment as the Supreme Court may render in the premises and all such costs and damages as the authority may have sustained if the judgment is affirmed.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-75 - Appeal From Judgment of Circuit Court to Supreme Court - by Property Owner - Appeal to Be Heard on Record.

Section 11-88-75
Appeal from judgment of circuit court to Supreme Court - By property owner - Appeal to be heard on record.
Such appeal shall be heard upon the record, which shall set out such of the evidence as may be necessary to a fair presentation of the case.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-76 - Appeal From Judgment of Circuit Court to Supreme Court - by Property Owner - Addition by Supreme Court of Interest and Damages to Judgment of Circuit Court Upon Affirmance.

Section 11-88-76
Appeal from judgment of circuit court to Supreme Court - By property owner - Addition by Supreme Court of interest and damages to judgment of circuit court upon affirmance.
In the event a supersedeas bond has been given and the said case is affirmed by the Supreme Court, it shall add to the judgment entered by the circuit court interest thereon and 10 percent damages for delay.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-77 - Appeal From Judgment of Circuit Court to Supreme Court - by Authority.

Section 11-88-77
Appeal from judgment of circuit court to Supreme Court - By authority.
The authority may also appeal from any judgment of the said circuit court, without giving bond. All appeals taken pursuant to this article shall be preferred cases in the Supreme Court.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §38.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-78 - Issuance of Execution on Appeal Bond and Sale of Property Assessed When Final Judgment Entered in Favor of Authority.

Section 11-88-78
Issuance of execution on appeal bond and sale of property assessed when final judgment entered in favor of authority.
In the event the final judgment is entered in favor of the authority, 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, direct 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.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-79 - Manner of Payment of Assessments Generally.

Section 11-88-79
Manner of payment of assessments generally.
The authority, in ordering any improvement the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against any property in accordance with the provisions of this article, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment; provided, that the cost of such improvement does not exceed $25.00. If the total cost of the said improvement is greater than such sum, any property owner may, at his election, to be expressed by notifying the official of the authority charged with the duty of collecting such assessments in writing within 30 days after the assessment is made final, pay the said assessment in 10 equal installments which shall bear interest at not exceeding eight percent per annum, payable annually; provided, however, that if the assessment against any lot or parcel of land does not exceed $25.00, the said assessment must be paid in cash within 30 days after the assessment is made final as above provided. Any person may pay the whole assessment against any lot or parcel of land within 30 days from the time the assessment is made and may at any installment period pay the assessment in full by paying the full amount of the installments, together with all accrued interest thereon. Should the property owner desire to pay off the deferred installments between the dates on which they are due, he shall pay interest on the same until the succeeding installment period. The first installment shall be payable within 30 days after the assessment is made final and all assessments or installments thereof shall be payable at the office of the secretary or treasurer of the authority, as may be prescribed, and all assessments or installments thereof shall bear interest at not exceeding eight percent per annum after the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the same is made final, which interest shall be due and payable at the time and place the assessment or installment is due and payable. In all cases where the property owner does not elect to pay in installments or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment in 30 days from the date of assessment, he shall be held to have waived the right to pay in installments and the entire assessment shall at the expiration of the said 30 days become due and payable.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-80 - Entire Assessment Due and Payable Upon Default in Payment of Assessment or Installments Thereof; Advertisement and Sale of Property Assessed for Improvement Generally.

Section 11-88-80
Entire assessment due and payable upon default in payment of assessment or installments thereof; advertisement and sale of property assessed for improvement generally.
If the property owner who has not elected to pay in installments fails to pay his assessment 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.
The officer designated by the authority 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 county in which the property is located and 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 the said officer shall fail to advertise and sell any property on which the said payments or installments are past due, any user of the improvement or any holder of bonds of the series affected by the said failure shall have the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus requiring the said official to take such action and the said court shall, on proof, issue and enforce such writ.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-81 - Defaulting Property Owner May Pay Assessment, etc., Prior to Sale.

Section 11-88-81
Defaulting property owner may pay assessment, etc., 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.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-82 - Cost of Advertisement and Sale to Constitute Charge Against Property to Be Sold.

Section 11-88-82
Cost of advertisement and sale to constitute charge against property to be sold.
The cost of such advertisement and sale shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-83 - Officer Making Sale to Execute Deed to Purchaser; Rights, Title, etc., Conveyed to Purchaser by Deed; Disposition of Surplus Proceeds From Sale; Purchase of Property by Board.

Section 11-88-83
Officer making sale to execute deed to purchaser; rights, title, etc., conveyed to purchaser by deed; disposition of surplus proceeds from sale; purchase of property by board.
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 the said property at the date of making such assessment or on the date of making such sale.
Any surplus arising from the said sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer for the owner upon the responsibility of his bond.
The board 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 authority.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §44.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-84 - Effect of Mistakes in Advertisement or Sale; Supplementary Proceedings for Correction of Errors; Enforcement of Lien by Purchaser.

Section 11-88-84
Effect of mistakes in advertisement or sale; supplementary proceedings for correction of errors; enforcement of lien by purchaser.
No mistake in the publication provided for in Section 11-88-80 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 authority 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 the said proceedings for his benefit or the lien so assigned to him may be enforced by civil action.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-85 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 11-88-85
Redemption of property after sale - Authorization and procedure generally.
Any real property sold for the satisfaction of an assessment lien imposed thereon by the board 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 deriving title under such purchaser or to the treasurer of the authority for such purchaser or person deriving 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 eight percent per annum plus a fee of $2.00 to cover the expense of a conveyance. If the redemption is made from the authority, the payment may be made upon such terms, including installment payments, as the board may approve.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §45.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-86 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Extension of Redemption Period.

Section 11-88-86
Redemption of property after sale - Extension of redemption period.
The fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-88-85 for the redemption of any property sold for the satisfaction of any such lien shall be extended to a date 60 days after the date of certificate of warning to redeem provided for in Section 11-88-87, but in no event for a longer period than six years from the date of such sale.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §46.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-87 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Application for Entry in Record of Deeds of Certificate of Warning to Redeem; Form of Certificate.

Section 11-88-87
Redemption of property after sale - Application for entry in record of deeds of certificate of warning to redeem; form of certificate.
At any time after an improvement assessment sale deed has been recorded in the office of the probate judge and after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-88-85, any person may apply to such probate judge for entry in the record of deeds 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 recorded in Deed Book _____ at Page _____, together with notice that the same is there 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 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-88 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Applicant to Deliver Copies of Improvement Assessment Sale Deed to Probate Judge; Examination, etc., of Deeds, etc., by Probate Judge; Mailing of Copies of Deed and Warning to Redeem to Persons Last Assessed for Ad Valorem Taxation on Property; Entry in Record of Deeds of Certificate of Warning by Probate Judge; Termination of Redemption Rights.

Section 11-88-88
Redemption of property after sale - Applicant to deliver copies of improvement assessment sale deed to probate judge; examination, etc., of deeds, etc., by probate judge; mailing of copies of deed and warning to redeem to persons last assessed for ad valorem taxation on property; entry in record of deeds of certificate of warning by probate judge; termination of redemption rights.
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 the said deed with a notation thereon of the deed book and page where recorded and shall pay to the said probate judge a fee of $1.00. The said copies of the deed need not include any certificate of acknowledgment. It shall thereupon be the duty of the said probate judge to promptly compare the 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 the said deed to whom the property described in the said deed was last finally assessed for ad valorem taxation, together with the address of each such person as shown by the said tax assessment records, and thereupon to promptly mail to each such person at such address one of the foresaid 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 the 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 the said probate judge to enter upon the record of deeds a certificate of warning substantially as prescribed by Section 11-88-87 and to sign such certificate and to date the same evenly 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 determine.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-89 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Performance of Duties of Probate Judge; Liability of Probate Judge for Errors or Mistakes in Performance of Duties.

Section 11-88-89
Redemption of property after sale - Performance of duties of probate judge; liability of probate judge for errors or mistakes in performance of duties.
The duties imposed in this article upon the probate judge 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 an error or mistake in the performance of such duties committed in good faith.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-90 - Redemption of Property After Sale - Redemption During Extended Redemption Period.

Section 11-88-90
Redemption of property after sale - Redemption during extended redemption period.
Redemption may be effected after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed or provided by Section 11-88-85 and before the extended period of redemption has expired in the same manner and at the same redemption price as is provided in the said Section 11-88-85; provided, that if the probate judge has made the certificate of warning to redeem as provided in Section 11-88-88, the said redemption price shall be increased by $1.00; provided further, that if the grantee in the aforesaid deed or any person deriving any title or right under him shall have placed any improvements upon the said property after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed or provided by the said Section 11-88-85, then redemption must be effected by civil action and the redemption price shall be increased by the value of such improvements, to be ascertained by the court in such civil action.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §50.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-91 - Execution of Short Term Notes or Issuance of Bonds by Authority Prior to Letting of Contract or During Progress of Work on Improvement Generally.

Section 11-88-91
Execution of short term notes or issuance of bonds by authority prior to letting of contract or during progress of work on improvement generally.
For the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of any improvement made under the provisions of this article, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is proposed to be assessed against the property drained, served, and benefited by the improvements being provided, the authority may borrow money temporarily, executing its negotiable note therefor, which note may not run longer than a period of one year, or issue bonds. Such temporary note 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 authority to provide sufficient funds for the completion of the improvement. The authority may pledge as security for such loan, whether evidenced by notes or bonds, the proceeds of the assessments made or to be made against the property benefited by the improvement and may transfer and assign for the benefit of the holder of the said note or bond the lien of the authority thereon with power to enforce the same by civil action, but if notes or bonds shall be issued before the completion of the work, they shall not be issued in excess of the cost of the improvement as estimated at the time of the issue of the said notes or bonds. If money is borrowed and notes or bonds issued after the work is completed, such notes or bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate the total cost of the improvement. No irregularity or technical defect in the proceedings relating to the making of the improvement shall in any way affect the power of the authority to borrow money for the completion of the improvement.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §52.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-92 - Issuance of Bonds by Authority After Completion of Work on Improvement.

Section 11-88-92
Issuance of bonds by authority after completion of work on improvement.
If bonds have not been issued during the progress of the work as authorized by Section 11-88-91, the authority may, after the 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 the said Section 11-88-91 to finance all or part of the improvement, plus such portion of the cost of the improvement, computed in accordance with Section 11-88-50, 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 board shall take into consideration, to the extent practicable, the amount which at the time of the authorization of the sale of such bonds has been paid by the property owners toward the cost of the improvement.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-93 - Consolidation of Improvements for Issuance of Bonds.

Section 11-88-93
Consolidation of improvements for issuance of bonds.
Any authority desiring to issue bonds under this article shall have power to group improvements under two or more resolutions and make one issue of bonds under this article based on the combined estimated costs or combined assessments in respect of such improvements.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §66.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-94 - Form, Terms, Denominations, etc., of Notes Issued Under Article; Sale, Exchange, etc., Generally; Sale Price; Applicability of Certain Other Provisions of Law.

Section 11-88-94
Form, terms, denominations, etc., of notes issued under article; sale, exchange, etc., generally; sale price; applicability of certain other provisions of law.
Any notes or bonds issued under this article may be secured by a pledge of the assessments made with respect to the improvement being financed. They may be made payable at such place or places within or without the State of Alabama as the board may designate. Any such bonds shall be payable in annual installments beginning one year and ending 10 years from their date, the amount of no annual installment to exceed the amount of any other annual installment by more than $5,000.00. Such bonds may either be sold as provided in Section 11-88-95 or may be delivered at not less than par plus accrued interest to the contractor in payment or part payment for the work of the improvements. The bonds may be issued either in registered or coupon form and, if in coupon form, they may be made registrable either as to principal or as to both principal and interest. All bonds which are sold shall be sold by the board at not less than 95 percent of their par value, together with accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date upon which they are delivered and paid for; provided, that funding and refunding bonds may be exchanged for outstanding obligations as provided in Section 11-88-95. None of the notes or bonds authorized in this article to be issued to finance improvements shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 8 of this title.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §54.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-96 - Determination of Highest Bidder for Bonds.

Section 11-88-96
Determination of highest bidder for bonds.
In determining the highest bidder for bonds offered for public sale the lowest net interest cost to the authority as determined by the board shall govern. The determination of the board as to what constitutes such lowest net interest cost shall be final and conclusive.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §56.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-97 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-88-97
Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds.
The principal proceeds received in the sale of any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be used for the purposes for which the bonds are issued; provided, however, that if for any reason any part of such proceeds shall not be necessary for such purposes, then such unexpended part of such proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or interest on the said bonds. All accrued interest and premium received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of interest or principal on the bonds sold.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §57.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-98 - Bonds Containing Recital as to Issuance Under Article Deemed to Have Been Issued, Sold, etc., in Conformity With Same; Limitation Period for Actions or Proceedings as to Issuance of Bonds.

Section 11-88-98
Bonds containing recital as to issuance under article deemed to have been issued, sold, etc., in conformity with same; limitation period for actions or proceedings as to issuance of bonds.
Any bonds reciting that they are issued pursuant to this article shall in any action or proceeding involving their validity be conclusively deemed to be fully authorized by this article and to have been issued, sold, executed, and delivered in conformity herewith and with all other provisions of statutes applicable thereto and shall be incontestable, anything in this article or in other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, unless such action or proceeding is begun before or within 30 days after the day upon which the bonds are delivered and paid for.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §58.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-99 - Irregularities in Proceedings Authorizing Issuance of Bonds or Neglect, etc., of Duties by Officers Not to Affect Validity of Bonds; Bonds to Have Properties and Protection of Commercial Paper.

Section 11-88-99
Irregularities in proceedings authorizing issuance of bonds or neglect, etc., of duties by officers not to affect validity of bonds; bonds to have properties and protection of commercial paper.
No irregularity in the proceedings to authorize the issue of bonds under this article nor the omission or neglect of any officer charged with the execution of any duties imposed by this article shall affect the validity of any bonds issued under this article. Such bonds shall have all the properties and protection of commercial paper.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §60.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-100 - Exemption From Taxation of Bonds, Notes, Etc.

Section 11-88-100
Exemption from taxation of bonds, notes, etc.
All notes, interest thereon, bonds and interest coupons attached to the same issued under the authority of this article, shall be exempt from state, county, and municipal taxation.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §59.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-101 - Replacement of Lost, Mutilated, or Destroyed Bonds.

Section 11-88-101
Replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed bonds.
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the board by clear and satisfactory evidence that any bond issued under this article has been lost, destroyed, or mutilated so that the same is not held by any person as his property, then the authority shall issue a duplicate of such lost, destroyed, or mutilated bond in like amount, bearing like interest and executed and marked in like manner as the bond so proved to have been lost, destroyed, or mutilated. But the owner of such lost, destroyed, or mutilated bond shall first execute a penal bond in double the amount of the bond sought to be replaced, together with the amount of interest which has or might thereafter accrue thereon, with some surety company qualified to do business in the State of Alabama, to be approved by the board and payable to the authority, with condition to indemnify and save harmless such authority from any claim whatsoever because of such lost, destroyed, or mutilated bond. Such penal bond shall be filed and kept with the secretary of the authority, and shall be admissible in evidence in any court.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-102 - Authorization and Procedure Generally for Settlement, Adjustment, or Refunding of Bonds.

Section 11-88-102
Authorization and procedure generally for settlement, adjustment, or refunding of bonds.
The board shall have the power to settle, adjust, and refund any bonds issued under this article, whether such bonds have already become due and payable or are about to become due and payable or are callable according to their terms, when the board deems it to the best interest of the authority to call said bonds and raise funds for the payment thereof by the sale of bonds as authorized in this article; provided, that all sums derived from the payment of assessments and being in the hands of the authority at the time of such refunding shall be first applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds, and refunding bonds shall be issued only in such amount as shall be necessary to raise the difference between the amount required for the payment of the outstanding bonds and the amount held for the payment thereof.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §62.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities. › Section 11-88-103 - Procedure Where Special Fund Used by Authority in Taking Up Bonds or Coupons Representing Principal at Maturity.

Section 11-88-103
Procedure where special fund used by authority in taking up bonds or coupons representing principal at maturity.
Where the authority has used any part of any other special fund for the purpose of taking up at maturity bonds or coupons representing a portion of the principal of bonds which had heretofore been issued for improvements and which had fallen due, the provisions of Section 11-88-102 shall be construed to permit either the issuance of refunding bonds to the authority's treasurer as custodian of such fund or the sale of such bonds for the purpose of replacing in such fund all moneys of such fund so used.
(Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §63.)