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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-2 - Indemnification of Owners for Injuries, etc., Caused by Dipping of Cattle - Limitations of Liability - Carelessness, etc., of Owners or Agents.

Section 11-12-2
Indemnification of owners for injuries, etc., caused by dipping of cattle - Limitations of liability - Carelessness, etc., of owners or agents.
No county shall be liable under the provisions of Section 11-12-1 for any injury, damage, or death which may be caused by the actual handling of such cattle by the owners or agents of such owners in driving such cattle to and from the vat or for injuries, damages, or deaths caused by the carelessness, neglect, or roughness in driving cattle through such vats.
(Acts 1919, No. 732, p. 1082; Code 1923, §6791; Code 1940, T. 12, §112.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-3 - Indemnification of Owners for Injuries, etc., Caused by Dipping of Cattle - Limitations of Liability - Absence of Inspector.

Section 11-12-3
Indemnification of owners for injuries, etc., caused by dipping of cattle - Limitations of liability - Absence of inspector.
No county shall be liable for injuries, damages, or deaths caused during the absence of the regularly qualified inspector commissioned by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1919, No. 732, p. 1082; Code 1923, §6792; Code 1940, T. 12, §113.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-4 - Auditing, Registration, and Payment of Claims Generally; Requirements as to Bonds and Interest Coupons.

Section 11-12-4
Auditing, registration, and payment of claims generally; requirements as to bonds and interest coupons.
The county commission must audit all claims against the county, and every claim or such part thereof as is allowed must be registered in a book kept for that purpose and the chairman of the county commission must give the claimant a warrant on the treasury for the amount so allowed, but bonds and interest coupons evidencing interest on such bonds lawfully issued by the county shall not be required to be registered or to be proved nor shall warrants be required to issue therefor, but, in addition to all other privileges, shall be held to enjoy all the privileges of registered warrants from the date of their lawful issue and shall be held to be allowed claims from the date of their lawful issue.
(Code 1852, §773; Code 1867, §907; Code 1876, §826; Code 1886, §901; Code 1896, §1416; Code 1907, §146; Acts 1923, No. 483, p. 634; Code 1923, §224; Code 1940, T. 12, §114; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-5 - Claims to Be Itemized, Registered and Filed.

Section 11-12-5
Claims to be itemized, registered and filed.
No claim against the county shall be passed upon or allowed by the county commission unless it is itemized by the claimant or some person in his behalf having personal knowledge of the facts and all claims passed upon and allowed according to this section must be entered in the order in which they are allowed in a book kept for that purpose and filed for future reference within two weeks after the meeting at which such allowances were made, and the claim must show whether or not any part thereof has been paid.
This section shall not apply to bonds and interest or interest coupons thereon that have been lawfully issued by the county.
(Code 1876, §827; Code 1886, §902; Code 1896, §1417; Code 1907, §147; Acts 1923, No. 480, p. 631; Code 1923, §225; Code 1940, T. 12, §115; Acts 1975, No. 566, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-6 - Verification of Claims by Executors, Trustees, Etc.

Section 11-12-6
Verification of claims by executors, trustees, etc.
When a claim is filed by an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, it may be verified by the affidavit of such executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee that he believes the claim to be just, due, and unpaid.
(Code 1876, §828; Code 1886, §903; Code 1896, §1418; Code 1907, §148; Code 1923, §226; Code 1940, T. 12, §116.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-7 - Withdrawal of Claims.

Section 11-12-7
Withdrawal of claims.
If a claim is rejected or not allowed in full, the claimant may withdraw the same.
(Code 1852, §774; Code 1867, §908; Code 1876, §831; Code 1886, §904; Code 1896, §1419; Code 1907, §149; Code 1923, §227; Code 1940, T. 12, §117.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-8 - Limitation Period for Presentation of Claims.

Section 11-12-8
Limitation period for presentation of claims.
All claims against counties must be presented for allowance within 12 months after the time they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, unless it be a claim due to a minor or to a lunatic, who may present such claim within 12 months after the removal of such disability.
(Code 1852, §775; Code 1867, §909; Code 1876, §832; Code 1886, §905; Code 1896, §1420; Code 1907, §150; Code 1923, §228; Code 1940, T. 12, §118.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-9 - Claims to Be Registered When County Records Destroyed by Fire.

Section 11-12-9
Claims to be registered when county records destroyed by fire.
Claims against a county in which the records have been destroyed by fire are barred if not registered in the proper office of the county within 12 months.
(Code 1876, §833; Code 1886, §906; Code 1896, §1421; Code 1907, §151; Code 1923, §229; Code 1940, T. 12, §119.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-10 - Review and Determination as to Authority for Expenditure of Public Funds for Payment of Claims Presented by Chairman of Commission, Etc.

Section 11-12-10
Review and determination as to authority for expenditure of public funds for payment of claims presented by chairman of commission, etc.
It shall be the duty of the chairman of the county commission or such other officer as is authorized by law to draw county warrants upon the county treasurer or county depository to inspect and review each claim presented for payment from the public funds of the county, irrespective of whether such claim has previously been audited and allowed by the county commission, and such officer shall examine and determine independently with reference to each of such claims whether or not the expenditure of public money of the county in payment of such claim is authorized by law and whether or not public funds of the county may be expended for the purpose or purposes shown in such claim; provided, that the provisions of this section and sections 11-12-11 and 11-12-12 shall not apply to those claims by law excepted from the requirement of audit and allowance by the governing body of the county.
(Acts 1953, No. 536, p. 751, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-11 - Determination as to Legal Liability Upon Claims; Rejection of Claims.

Section 11-12-11
Determination as to legal liability upon claims; rejection of claims.
In making such determination with reference to the authorized expenditure of public funds of the county in payment of the claims so presented and filed for payment with the county commissioner, such officer shall make such investigation and inquiry, both as to fact and legal sufficiency, as he shall deem reasonably necessary to correctly ascertain the legal liability of the county with reference to each of the claims presented for payment.
In the event it should be determined by such officer, as a result of such investigation and inquiry, that payment of such claim or claims may not lawfully be made from the public funds of the county, he shall refuse to affix his signature to or draw warrant upon the county treasurer or county depository authorizing payment of such claim or claims from the public funds of the county.
(Acts 1953, No. 536, p. 751, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-12 - Liability for Approval of Claims Not Legally Chargeable to or Payable From Public Funds.

Section 11-12-12
Liability for approval of claims not legally chargeable to or payable from public funds.
Should such officer draw a warrant upon the county treasurer or county depository in payment of a claim or claims not legally chargeable to or payable from the public funds of the county such officer shall be held jointly liable with the other members of the county commission of the county for such unauthorized or unlawful expenditure of the public funds of the county and shall bear the same responsibilities and suffer the same penalties as do the other members of the county commission of the county with reference to the unauthorized or unlawful expenditure of public funds of the county; provided, that Sections 11-12-10 through 11-12-12 shall in no way affect or repeal the protection to such official or officials as provided for under written opinion of the Attorney General, Section 36-15-19 and/or under written opinion of the county attorney.
(Acts 1953, No. 536, p. 751, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-13 - Utilities for Courthouse Offices.

Section 11-12-13
Utilities for courthouse offices.
It is the duty of the county commission to provide proper utilities to all offices in the courthouse as may otherwise be authorized by law.
(Code 1886, §907; Code 1896, §1422; Code 1907, §152; Code 1923, §230; Code 1940, T. 12, §120; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-14 - Books, Stationery, Telephones, etc., for Probate Judge, Tax Assessor, Sheriff, Etc.

Section 11-12-14
Books, stationery, telephones, etc., for probate judge, tax assessor, sheriff, etc.
The judge of probate, the tax assessor, the tax collector, the sheriff, and the county treasurer or custodian must be allowed reasonable expenses for suitable books, stationery, postage stamps used exclusively for official business, and telephones, to be paid for by the county on the approval of the county commission, and the judge of probate shall also be allowed expense for his seal of office, to be paid for by the county.
(Code 1852, §684; Code 1867, §811; Code 1876, §717; Code 1886, §805; Code 1896, §3384; Code 1907, §5442; Code 1923, §9604; Acts 1927, No. 595, p. 693; Code 1940, T. 12, §123.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-15 - Preferred Claims and Order of Their Priority; Payment of Same.

Section 11-12-15
Preferred claims and order of their priority; payment of same.
(a) The following claims are declared to be preferred claims against the county, and they shall be given priority in the order named:
(1) Costs of heating the county jail, of supplying it with wholesome water for drinking and bathing, of keeping it in a cleanly condition and free from offensive odors and of providing it with necessary water closets and dry earth, beds, bedding, and clothing; fuel; water; light; janitor's services of the courthouse and jail; premiums for fire insurance on the public buildings of the county; and premiums on surety bonds of public officers where authorized by law to be paid by the county.
(2) Compensation of the members of the county commission; compensation of deputy sheriffs, the probate judge, the sheriff, the tax assessor, the county treasurer, and jailers for services performed by them and authorized to be paid to them by law; claims for the removal of prisoners; and, claims for conveying insane persons to state institutions.
(3) Claims for necessary stationery and office supplies, including typewriters and supplies and telephones and telephone services, for offices of the probate judge, tax assessor, and tax collector; claims for the use of a building or buildings for a courthouse and a jail where the county does not have a suitable building or buildings for a courthouse and jail; and, claims of the Secretary of State for certified copies of field notes.
(4) All claims authorized to be paid from funds appropriated by the county commission of the county to assist in financing a program of agriculture and farm home life in cooperation with the extension service created under an act of the Congress of the United States approved May 8, 1914, and generally known as the Smith-Lever Act for extension work in agriculture and home economics.
(5) Interest on bonds heretofore and hereafter lawfully issued by the county, in the order of their issuance, as evidenced by the interest coupons attached to such bonds or by the bonds themselves.
(b) For the payment of the above recited claims, in the order named, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer or custodian of the county funds to set apart a sufficient fund from the moneys of the county, and he and his official bond shall be held liable for a failure to do so, insofar as the funds of the county make it possible for him to do so.
(Code 1886, §908; Code 1896, §1423; Code 1907, §153; Acts 1923, No. 483, p. 634; Code 1923, §231; Acts 1931, No. 276, p. 325; Acts 1935, No. 110, p. 162; Acts 1935, No. 463, p. 990; Code 1940, T. 12, §121; Acts 1953, No. 182, p. 235.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 12 - Claims and Demands Against County. › Section 11-12-16 - Payment of Equitable or Moral Claims Against County.

Section 11-12-16
Payment of equitable or moral claims against county.
The county commission may appropriate from the general or special funds of the county such sums of money as such county commission shall determine from time to time for the following purposes:
(1) To reimburse any person, firm, or corporation who in good faith has performed services, advanced money or property for the use of the county or who has in good faith bought county warrants issued under invalid acts of the legislature for tick eradication or for building public roads.
(2) To refund to any person, firm, or corporation money or compensate him or it for services rendered or money or property advanced and devoted to the use of the county in procuring funds for carrying on road improvement, tick eradication, or any lawful public work where, after the advancement of such money or property or the rendition of such service, it was declared by decision of the supreme court or by the decision of the Attorney General that the county was without authority to pay such claims on account of a defect in any law or any other reason.
(Acts 1920, No. 109, p. 154; Code 1923, §186; Code 1940, T. 12, §110.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-1 - Codification of County Laws; Furnishing of Copies to County Officials.

Section 11-13-1
Codification of county laws; furnishing of copies to county officials.
The county commission may, in its discretion, once in every 10 years cause the laws of the county to be codified, with supplements thereto once in every four years, such codification not to embrace any statute embodied in the Code of Alabama, nor any private act relating to persons or corporations, except town corporations and school districts. Every county officer shall, on his application, be furnished with a copy of such code, the same to be delivered to his successor in office.
(Code 1896, §1425; Code 1907, §156; Code 1923, §244; Code 1940, T. 12, §169.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-2 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Authorized.

Section 11-13-2
Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Authorized.
The county commission of any county may have published, at the expense of the county, within 60 days after the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, any or all laws of a local nature, said laws to be published in a newspaper published and at least partly printed in the county, which newspaper shall be permanently established and of general circulation in such county to which such laws relate.
(Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §245; Code 1940, T. 12, §170.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-3 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Contracts for Publication.

Section 11-13-3
Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Contracts for publication.
County commissions which desire publication of local acts as provided in this chapter shall procure from the Secretary of State certified copies of any laws affecting their respective counties and procure bids for the publication of said laws, and contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the publication of said law for three insertions, and the county commissions may contract for the publication of said laws on the basis of the lowest price in proportion to the circulation of newspapers bidding.
(Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §246; Code 1940, T. 12, §171.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-4 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Cost.

Section 11-13-4
Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Cost.
The cost of publication to the county shall in no instance exceed the rate now announced by law for legal publications.
(Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §248; Code 1940, T. 12, §173.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-5 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Furnishing of Copies to County and Precinct Officers; Recordation of Copies.

Section 11-13-5
Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Furnishing of copies to county and precinct officers; recordation of copies.
The newspapers selected to publish said laws shall furnish to all county and precinct officers copies of the paper containing such publications; and the judge of probate shall preserve in his record book copies of such publications, which record book shall become a public record in the office of the probate judge.
(Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §247; Code 1940, T. 12, §172.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws. › Section 11-13-6 - Payment of Cost of Advertising Local Bill Introduction in Legislature; Reimbursement to County Commission.

Section 11-13-6
Payment of cost of advertising local bill introduction in Legislature; reimbursement to county commission.
(a) The county commission shall pay from the county treasury, at the regular legal rate, the cost of the advertising of notice and substance of all local bills which may be introduced in the Legislature by any member of the Legislature from the county, if the notice is signed by the member, whether the bill is passed by the Legislature or not. If the bill is for the benefit of or in reference to subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, the municipality or municipalities shall reimburse the county for the cost of the advertising. If two or more municipalities are liable to reimburse the county for the cost of advertising the same bill, each municipality shall pay to the county an amount which bears the same ratio to the total cost of advertising as such municipality's population bears to the total population of all the municipalities affected by the bill.
(b) After August 1, 1998, except in the case of a bill for the benefit of or on subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, if a proposed local law raising revenue for a public or private local entity other than the county commission becomes law, the public or private local entity receiving the proceeds of the revenue raising measure shall reimburse the county commission for the cost of advertising the local law from the first revenues generated by the local law. If the proposed local law would raise revenue for two or more local public or private entities, including the county commission or a municipality, each entity shall pay from the first revenues generated by the law, a pro rata share of the cost of advertising based upon the proposed percentage of generated revenue to each entity under the local law.
(Acts 1951, No. 286, p. 571; Act 98-642, p. 1413, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-1 - Effect of Deeds, Grants, etc., to Officers, etc., for Use of County.

Section 11-14-1
Effect of deeds, grants, etc., to officers, etc., for use of county.
All deeds, grants, or conveyances made to any officer or person for the use and benefit of the county vest in such county the title as fully as if made to such county by name.
(Code 1852, §764; Code 1867, §898; Code 1876, §816; Code 1886, §887; Code 1896, §1401; Code 1907, §129; Code 1923, §208; Code 1940, T. 12, §176.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-2 - Custody of County Property; Conveyances of County Property Generally.

Section 11-14-2
Custody of county property; conveyances of county property generally.
The county commission shall have control of all property belonging to the county and may, by an order to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property which can be lawfully disposed, and direct the chairman of the county commission to make titles thereto and a conveyance made by the chairman of the county commission in accordance with such order invests the grantee with the title of the county.
(Code 1852, §765; Code 1867, §899; Code 1876, §817; Code 1886, §888; Code 1896, §1402; Code 1907, §130; Code 1923, §209; Code 1940, T. 12, §177; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-3 - Conveyance of Waterworks Plants and Distribution Systems to Municipal Corporations.

Section 11-14-3
Conveyance of waterworks plants and distribution systems to municipal corporations.
Any county in the state of Alabama now owning a waterworks plant and distribution system or portion thereof is hereby authorized to transfer or convey such plant and system or portion thereof, without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters of such county, to any municipal corporation situated in such county. Any such transfer or conveyance may be made with or without pecuniary consideration and on such terms and conditions as the county commission of the county owning such plant and system or portion thereof may determine, but only after such county commission shall have adopted a resolution authorizing such transfer or conveyance. It shall not be necessary to obtain any permission or approval from the Alabama Public Service Commission or other similar regulatory body for such transfer or conveyance.
(Acts 1957, No. 629, p. 946.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-4 - Erection and Maintenance of County Buildings Generally.

Section 11-14-4
Erection and maintenance of county buildings generally.
The county buildings are to be erected and kept in order and repair at the expense of the county under the direction of the county commission, which is authorized to make all necessary contracts for that purpose.
(Code 1852, §766; Code 1867, §900; Code 1876, §818; Code 1886, §889; Code 1896, §1403; Code 1907, §131; Code 1923, §210; Code 1940, T. 12, §178.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-5 - Payment to Municipalities in Which Courthouses Located of Costs of Improvements Which Benefit Property of County.

Section 11-14-5
Payment to municipalities in which courthouses located of costs of improvements which benefit property of county.
The county commission is hereby authorized, out of any road funds, to pay to the municipality in which the county courthouse is located, the reasonable cost of public improvements constructed by such municipality which benefit the property of such county; provided, that the consent of such county commission has been obtained before the commencement of the improvement.
(Acts 1931, No. 503, p. 613; Code 1940, T. 12, §179.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-6 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Authorized.

Section 11-14-6
Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Authorized.
The county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate county funds not otherwise appropriated or set apart by law toward a partial payment of the cost of public improvements made by a city or town to the sidewalks and streets around or abutting the lot or block occupied by any building belonging to the county, whether such improvements have been heretofore made or are hereafter made.
(Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §180.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-7 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Appropriations for Payment of Cost of Improvements - Generally.

Section 11-14-7
Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Appropriations for payment of cost of improvements - Generally.
No appropriation made under the authority of Section 11-14-6 for improvements hereafter constructed shall exceed the cost of such improvement; provided, that where the county commission of any county shall elect to pay the cost of such improvement in installments, the appropriation made may include interest on deferred installments at not more than six percent per annum.
(Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §181.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-8 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Ratification of and Discharge From Liability for Prior Payments.

Section 11-14-8
Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Ratification of and discharge from liability for prior payments.
The county treasurer or other person exercising the functions of county treasurer of every county who has heretofore paid county money to any city or town for public improvements around or abutting any lot or block occupied by buildings belonging to such county is hereby released, relieved, and discharged from any and all liability for any and all sums of money so paid, and all payments heretofore made for such improvements by any county are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §183.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-9 - Custody of Courthouse; Prevention of Trespasses.

Section 11-14-9
Custody of courthouse; prevention of trespasses.
The county commission has charge of the courthouse and the sheriff, at the direction of the county commission, must prevent trespasses, and keep out intruders.
(Code 1852, §767; Code 1867, §901; Code 1876, §819; Code 1886, §890; Code 1896, §1404; Code 1907, §132; Code 1923, §211; Code 1940, T. 12, §184; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-10 - Duty to Erect Courthouses, Jails, Hospitals, and Other County Buildings.

Section 11-14-10
Duty to erect courthouses, jails, hospitals, and other county buildings.
The county commission shall erect courthouses, jails, and hospitals and other necessary county buildings, and such county commission shall have authority to levy a special tax for that purpose. Each county within the state shall be required to maintain a jail within their county.
In counties in which a circuit court has been or is hereafter authorized to be held in more than one place, the county commission may build courthouses in each place of holding court, and, in all counties wherein a circuit court is authorized to be held or may hereafter be authorized to be held in more than one place for six months or more during any year, the county commission shall erect a courthouse at each of such places where such court is held, such courthouses to be adequate and commodious for the business of such court and county at such place. In said counties wherein a circuit court is authorized to be held or may hereafter be authorized to be held in more than one place for six months or more during any year, the county commission may erect and/or maintain a jail upon any property owned by the county located within the county. The Legislature, by local act passed subsequent to February 9, 1982, may provide for the location of such jail. This section shall not affect in anywise any local law heretofore enacted that is not in conflict herewith.
(Code 1852, §768; Code 1867, §902; Code 1876, §820; Code 1886, §891; Code 1896, §1405; Code 1907, §133; Acts 1915, No. 484, p. 544; Code 1923, §212; Code 1940, T. 12, §185; Acts 1982, No. 82-33, p. 49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-11 - Special Tax for Erection, Furnishing, Maintenance, etc., of Public Buildings, Bridges, or Roads Authorized; Disposition of Excess Proceeds.

Section 11-14-11
Special tax for erection, furnishing, maintenance, etc., of public buildings, bridges, or roads authorized; disposition of excess proceeds.
The county commission may levy and collect such special taxes as it may deem necessary, not to exceed one fourth of one percent per annum, for the purpose of paying any debt or liability against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary bridges or public buildings prior to March 23, 1915, or incurred for the erection of public roads since November 28, 1901, or that may be created for the erection, repairing, furnishing, or maintenance of public buildings, bridges, or roads after March 23, 1915.
The proceeds of special taxes authorized by Section 215 of the Constitution, as amended, and levied for public building, road, or bridge purposes in excess of amounts payable on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued by the county may be spent for general county purposes in such manner as the county commission may determine.
(Acts 1915, No. 170, p. 210; Code 1923, §213; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 181, p. 217; Code 1940, T. 12, §186; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 203, p. 2182, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-12 - Location of Courts and Offices When Courthouse Damaged, Destroyed, or Undergoing Repair.

Section 11-14-12
Location of courts and offices when courthouse damaged, destroyed, or undergoing repair.
When the courthouse of any county is damaged or destroyed or is undergoing repair so as to interfere with the sittings of the courts or the occupancy of offices therein, such courts may sit and such offices may be kept at such other place in the city, town, or village where such courts and offices are required by law to be held and kept as may be provided by the county commission, or, in case of an emergency, such place as may be provided by the judge of probate, sheriff, and clerk of the circuit court.
(Code 1896, §1406; Code 1907, §135; Code 1923, §214; Code 1940, T. 12, §187.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-13 - Construction and Arrangement of County Jail.

Section 11-14-13
Construction and arrangement of county jail.
The county jail must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners which may be confined therein and must contain at least two apartments, properly ventilated so as to secure the health of those confined therein: One for men and one for women.
(Code 1852, §769; Code 1867, §903; Code 1876, §821; Code 1886, §892; Code 1896, §1407; Code 1907, §136; Code 1923, §215; Code 1940, T. 12, §188.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-14 - Levy of Tax and Issuance of Proposals for Erection or Repair of County Jail.

Section 11-14-14
Levy of tax and issuance of proposals for erection or repair of county jail.
It is the duty of the county commission, if there is not a sufficient jail in its county, to levy a county tax for the erection thereof and cause proposals to be issued for building or repairing the same within 12 months thereafter.
(Code 1852, §770; Code 1867, §904; Code 1876, §822; Code 1886, §893; Code 1896, §1408; Code 1907, §137; Code 1923, §216; Code 1940, T. 12, §189.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-15 - Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.

Section 11-14-15
Failure to levy tax for erection or repair of county jail when necessary.
If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues.
(Code 1852, §1171; Code 1867, §905; Code 1876, §4178; Code 1886, §3966; Code 1896, §5140; Code 1907, §7483; Code 1923, §5075; Code 1940, T. 12, §190.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-16 - Special Tax for Courthouse or Jail; Disposition of Surplus.

Section 11-14-16
Special tax for courthouse or jail; disposition of surplus.
Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the county commission of any county in this state to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges, or roads, such court shall have the power and authority to levy and collect a special tax upon the taxable property of such county, not to exceed in one year one fourth of one percent for such purposes; and such tax, when collected, shall be applied exclusively for the purposes for which the same was so levied and collected.
(Code 1876, §823; Code 1886, §894; Code 1896, §1409; Code 1907, §138; Code 1923, §217; Code 1940, T. 12, §191.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-17 - Levy of Special Taxes.

Section 11-14-17
Levy of special taxes.
In all cases in which the county commission is directed or empowered to levy a special tax for county purposes, such levy shall be made by the county commission itself upon the assessment last made for state taxes.
(Code 1876, §824; Code 1886, §895; Code 1896, §1410; Code 1907, §139; Code 1923, §218; Code 1940, T. 12, §192.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-18 - Exemption of Securities From Usury and Interest Statutes.

Section 11-14-18
Exemption of securities from usury and interest statutes.
Any securities issued by any county payable from or secured by a pledge of any part of the tax proceeds of the special tax authorized to be levied under the second proviso of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 208, and Sections 11-14-10, 11-14-11, and 11-14-16, are hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code.
(Acts 1975, No. 1132, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-19 - Special Meeting of County Commission to Make Special Appropriations for Jail - Notice and Designation of Meeting Date.

Section 11-14-19
Special meeting of county commission to make special appropriations for jail - Notice and designation of meeting date.
If there is a necessity, and delay until the regular meeting of the county commission may be of injury to the health of the prisoners confined in the county jail, it is the duty of the chairman of the county commission to appoint a day for the meeting of the county commission, of which, if practicable, five days' notice must be given to each commissioner, which notice must be in writing, signed by the chairman, and must be served by the sheriff.
(Code 1886, §897; Code 1896, §1412; Code 1907, §141; Code 1923, §219; Code 1940, T. 12, §193; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-20 - Special Meeting of County Commission to Make Special Appropriations for Jail - Appropriation of Funds and Issuance of Warrant to Sheriff.

Section 11-14-20
Special meeting of county commission to make special appropriations for jail - Appropriation of funds and issuance of warrant to sheriff.
Upon assembling, it is the duty of the county commission to make an appropriation of such an amount as is necessary for the purposes expressed in subdivision (1) of Section 11-12-15 and, for the payment thereof, to order the issuance of a warrant payable to the sheriff, which must be paid by the county treasurer on the presentment thereof, in preference and priority of all other claims.
(Code 1886, §898; Code 1896, §1413; Code 1907, §142; Code 1923, §220; Code 1940, T. 12, §194.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-21 - Expenditure of Funds by Sheriff.

Section 11-14-21
Expenditure of funds by sheriff.
The appropriation having been made and the sheriff having received payment thereof, it is his duty, so far as such appropriation will enable him, to keep the jail supplied with wholesome water for drinking and bathing, to keep drinking water accessible at all times to each prisoner and to keep it comfortably warm in cold weather, at all times clean and free from offensive odors and provided with necessary water closets or dry earth, beds, bedding, and clothing for the use of prisoners.
(Code 1886, §899; Code 1896, §1414; Code 1907, §143; Code 1923, §221; Code 1940, T. 12, §195.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-22 - Examination of Jail.

Section 11-14-22
Examination of jail.
The chairman of the county commission and the probate judge are hereby authorized and empowered, once each week, without informing the sheriff or jailer of the time when such visit will be made, to visit and examine the condition of the jail, to make a memorandum in writing of such examination and to report under oath such examination to the grand jury.
(Code 1886, §900; Code 1896, §1415; Code 1907, §144; Code 1923, §222; Code 1940, T. 12, §196; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-23 - Acquisition of Lands for Drainage Ditches, Lime and Stone Quarries, Etc.

Section 11-14-23
Acquisition of lands for drainage ditches, lime and stone quarries, etc.
Counties may acquire by purchase or by condemnation land necessary for drainage ditches and borrow pits, lime and stone quarries, clay and clay pits, sand and sand pits, chert and chert pits, gravel and gravel pits, together with any and all other materials of every character that may be necessary or essential or desired in the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges, and may tap and draw material from the same and acquire such road right-of-way as may be necessary for ingress or egress to and from such material. The reasonable market value, if any, of such land and material shall be paid for same.
(Acts 1923, No. 516, p. 687; Code 1923, §6757; Code 1940, T. 12, §198.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally. › Section 11-14-24 - Conduct of Condemnation Proceedings.

Section 11-14-24
Conduct of condemnation proceedings.
The condemnation proceedings for such land and materials shall be as is now provided by law for condemnation of land for public use.
(Acts 1923, No. 516, p. 687; Code 1923, §6758; Code 1940, T. 12, §199.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 15 - Public Building Authorities. › Section 11-15-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-15-1
Definitions.
The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, wherever used in this chapter, shall in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise have the following respective meanings:
(1) THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the corporation.
(3) THE STATE. The State of Alabama.
(4) THE COUNTY. That county in the state in which the corporation shall be organized.
(5) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission in which the legislative functions of the county are vested by law.
(6) PROJECT. A building or buildings designed for use and occupancy as a county courthouse or jail or for the supplying of offices and related facilities for officers and departments of the county and any agencies for which the county may lawfully furnish office facilities or any one or more thereof, together with any lands deemed by the board to be desirable in connection therewith.
(7) WARRANT. Any warrant authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(8) COUPON. Any interest coupon evidencing an installment of interest payable with respect to a warrant.
(9) MORTGAGE. A mortgage or a mortgage and deed of trust.
(Acts 1951, No. 682, p. 1172, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 15 - Public Building Authorities. › Section 11-15-2 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-15-2
Legislative intent; construction of chapter.
It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to authorize the incorporation in each county in which proceedings shall be taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter of a public corporation as a political subdivision of the state for the purpose of providing buildings for use by the county in the performance of its governmental and public functions and to invest such corporation with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose, including the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue warrants.
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
(Acts 1951, No. 682, p. 1172, §2.)