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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-1 - Removal of Unsafe Buildings or Structures.

Section 11-53A-1
Removal of unsafe buildings or structures.
Pursuant to the police power granted in this article, any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality in the State of Alabama that elects to have this article apply to the municipality may, after notice as provided in this article, move or demolish buildings or structures, or parts of buildings or structures, party walls, or foundations when found by a municipal housing code abatement board and by the governing body of the city, to be unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance from any cause.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-2 - Creation of Housing Code Abatement Board; Notice to Remedy Unsafe Condition; Assessment of Costs of Removal.

Section 11-53A-2
Creation of housing code abatement board; notice to remedy unsafe condition; assessment of costs of removal.
Any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may have this article apply to the municipality by adopting an ordinance creating a municipal housing code abatement board and designating that each member serving on the municipal governing body shall appoint one member from his or her district to serve on the board for the term of the municipal appointing authority for two consecutive terms in office. The board shall perform the duties delegated by this article. Whenever the board finds that any building, structure, part of a building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in its jurisdiction is unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance from any cause, it shall give notice to the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessed for state ad valorem taxes by personally serving a copy of the notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the building or structure, within a reasonable time set out in the notice to the person or legal entity to whom the property was assessed for ad valorem taxes, not more than 60 days following the notice. If the unsafe condition is not remedied within 60 days, the building or structure shall be demolished and removed by the city and the costs shall be assessed against the property. In the event that the personal service is returned "Not Found" after not less than two attempts, the notice may be given by registered or certified mail. The mailing of the notice by registered mail, properly addressed and postage prepaid to the address where the notice for ad valorem taxes for the last tax year was mailed, shall constitute notice as required by this article. Prior to the delivery or mailing, the notice or a copy of the notice shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure. If there is no entrance, the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §2; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-3 - Administrative Hearing; Order for Removal of Unsafe Building or Structure; Appeal of Order for Removal.

Section 11-53A-3
Administrative hearing; order for removal of unsafe building or structure; appeal of order for removal.
(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 60 days from the date notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the city governing body, together with any objection to the finding by the board that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall delay any action on the finding of the board until a determination is made. A hearing shall be held not less than 10 nor more than 60 days after the request. At the hearing, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, after the expiration of 60 days from the date the notice is given, the governing body shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance. Notice of the meeting of the governing body, and that a determination will be made at the meeting, shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 10 days prior thereto. If a building or structure is determined to be unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be demolished and removed 30 days following the determination. The city may actually perform, or contract for the performance of the demolition and removal of the building structure, and may sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition and removal.
(b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 30 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing the notice and bond, the clerk shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the city clerk. The appeal shall be docketed in the court as a preferred case. The city clerk shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the circuit clerk a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body. A trial shall then be held without a jury upon the determination of the governing body.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-4 - Adoption of Resolution Fixing Costs of Removal of Unsafe Building or Structure; Fixing of Costs to Constitute Special Assessment and Lien Against Property; Notice and Filing of Resolution.

Section 11-53A-4
Adoption of resolution fixing costs of removal of unsafe building or structure; fixing of costs to constitute special assessment and lien against property; notice and filing of resolution.
Upon demolition and removal of a building or structure, the board shall make a report to the governing body of the cost. The governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and removal and assess the costs against the property. The proceeds of any monies received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of the demolition and removal. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting concerning any objection he or she may have to the fixing of the costs. The city clerk shall give not less than 15 days' notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs are to be considered by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The fixing of costs by the governing body shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except prior recorded mortgages and other prior recorded security interests and liens for taxes, and shall continue in force until paid. The city clerk shall mail a certified copy of the resolution by registered or certified mail to the person last assessed for ad valorem taxes, and a certified copy of the resolution shall be published in the manner and as prescribed for the publication of municipal ordinances. A certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-5 - Assessment of Costs Against Land Purchased by the State; Redemptioner or Purchaser to Take Property Subject to Assessment; Manner of Payment or Collection of Assessment.

Section 11-53A-5
Assessment of costs against land purchased by the state; redemptioner or purchaser to take property subject to assessment; manner of payment or collection of assessment.
(a) The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot, lots, parcel, or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. A subsequent redemption of the property by any person authorized to redeem, or a subsequent sale of the property by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment. Any redemptioner or purchaser shall take the property subject to the assessment.
(b) Payment of the assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the same manner as is provided for the payment and delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 11-48-1) of Chapter 2 of Title 11.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §§5, 6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-6 - Article Cumulative in Nature.

Section 11-53A-6
Article cumulative in nature.
This article shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which any such city may have under any other law.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-20 - Applicability.

Section 11-53A-20
Applicability.
This article shall apply only to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided in Chapter 43B of Title 11.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-21 - Authority of Cities to Demolish Unsafe Buildings.

Section 11-53A-21
Authority of cities to demolish unsafe buildings.
The city shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when any of the above are found by the governing body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-22 - Notice to Remedy Unsafe Condition or to Demolish Structure.

Section 11-53A-22
Notice to remedy unsafe condition or to demolish structure.
(a) The term "appropriate city official" as used in this article shall mean any city employee designated by the mayor as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article to the "appropriate city official."
(b) Whenever the appropriate city official finds that a building, structure, part of a building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in the city is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessed for state taxes and all mortgagees of record written notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure or to demolish the building or structure within the time set out in this article, or that the building or structure may be demolished by the city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. A copy of the notice shall be served by first-class mail or by personal service.
(c) Notice of the order, or a copy thereof, prior to the delivery or mailing of the order as required by this section shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure. If there is no entrance, the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-23 - Notice to Require Owner to Abate Nuisance or to Request Hearing.

Section 11-53A-23
Notice to require owner to abate nuisance or to request hearing.
(a) The notice shall require the owner to abate the nuisance within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before the administrative officer designated by the mayor or council to determine whether there has been a violation. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and shall name the particular date, time, and place for the hearing, if requested. The notice shall contain the names of all owners and lienholders of the property, a legal description of the property, and the nature of the proceeding.
(b) The notice shall be sent to the person shown by the records of the county tax collector to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. It shall be the responsibility of the person to promptly advise the appropriate city official of any change of ownership or interest in the property. The appropriate city official shall cause a copy of each building nuisance notice to be recorded in the office of the judge of probate.
(c) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance within 120 days from the date of the notice, provided the appropriate city official may stipulate additional time, but in no case more than a total of 150 days.
(d) The notice may also require the immediate vacation of a building or structure and prohibit its occupation until the required repairs and improvements have been completed, inspected, and approved by the appropriate city official. In these cases, the official shall post at each entrance to the building or structure a sign stating "THIS STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE. ITS USE OR OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE CITY OF ________", or words of similar import, and shall be signed and dated. The sign shall remain until the required repairs and improvements have been made or the structure has been demolished and removed. The sign shall not be removed without permission of the official whose name is affixed thereon. No person shall enter the structure except for the purpose of making the required repairs or demolishing the structure.
(e) A hearing before the administrative official may be requested within five days of the date of the notice of the appropriate city official. The appropriate city official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first-class mail of the determination of the administrative official. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance exists, the owner shall comply with the initial order to abate issued by the appropriate city official, with any modifications as may be made by the administrative official.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-24 - Failure to Comply With Notice to Abate.

Section 11-53A-24
Failure to comply with notice to abate.
(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the notice to abate the nuisance, there shall be a public hearing before the city council. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the owner at least five days in advance by personal service or by first-class mail.
(b) After the public hearing, the city council may by resolution order the appropriate city official to proceed with the work specified in the notice or may order that the nuisance be demolished or removed or may find that no nuisance exists. If the owner appears at the public hearing, no further notice of the order of the city council shall be required. If the owner fails to appear, notice of the order of the city council shall be mailed to the person's last known address and shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Upon the expiration of seven days from the date of the resolution, the appropriate city official shall proceed to carry out the decision of the council.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-25 - Fixing Costs of Demolition; City to Obtain Lien.

Section 11-53A-25
Fixing costs of demolition; city to obtain lien.
Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report of the governing body of the costs thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and assessing the same against the property. The proceeds received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of demolition. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of the cost or the amounts thereof. The city clerk shall give not less than five days' notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs are to be considered, by first-class mail to the last known address of the owner. The fixing of the costs by the governing body shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, or the parcel or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes, and shall continue in force until paid. The city clerk shall mail a copy of the resolution to the person last assessing the property for taxes and all mortgagees of record, and a certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated. The city clerk shall forward a copy to the county tax collector. Upon the filing, the tax collector shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax, using all methods available for collecting ad valorem tax, and remit the amount to the city.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures. › Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-53A-26 - Authority to Assess Against Property Sold to State for Nonpayment of Taxes; Effect of Subsequent Redemption or Sale by State on Lien.

Section 11-53A-26
Authority to assess against property sold to state for nonpayment of taxes; effect of subsequent redemption or sale by state on lien.
The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized by this article against any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. When an assessment has been made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-53B-1
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds all of the following:
(1) It is estimated that within the municipalities of the state, there exist several thousand parcels of real property that due to poor design, obsolescence, or neglect, have become unsafe to the extent of becoming public nuisances. Much of this property is vacant or in a state of disrepair and is causing or may cause a blight or blighting influence on the city and the neighborhoods in which the property is located. Such property constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare to the citizens of the state and is an impediment to economic development within the municipality. This threat can be minimized if an incorporated municipality is authorized to repair the affected structures and is able to recover the cost of the repairs. In addition, where the municipality has undertaken the demolition of the structures and has taken a lien on the real property for the cost of the demolition, there has not been an effective method for recovering this assessment. These obligations owed to municipalities have largely been under-performing assets that could be converted to cash, providing the municipalities with much needed revenues.
(2) It is the intent of this chapter to authorize a municipality of the state to proceed with the demolition or repair of a structure based on its own findings, and to set out a method for collecting the assessment liens so imposed.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-2 - Demolition or Repair Upon Finding of Necessity and Notice Given.

Section 11-53B-2
Demolition or repair upon finding of necessity and notice given.
Upon a finding of necessity by the governing body of any incorporated municipality in the state, after giving notice as provided herein the municipality may demolish or repair a building or structure or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations which are found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. The cost of any action taken by the municipality shall be assessed against the property as provided in this chapter.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-4 - Hearing; Appeal.

Section 11-53B-4
Hearing; appeal.
Within 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with that person's objections to the finding by the city official that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the city official until determination thereon is made by the governing body.
Upon holding the hearing, which shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, after the expiration of 30 days from the date the notice is given, the governing body of the municipality shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance.
In the event that it is determined by the governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be repaired or demolished, as the case may be. The repairs or demolition may be accomplished by the municipality by contract for the repairs or demolition. The municipality shall have authority to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from any demolition hereunder.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 10 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the clerk of the city and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein.
The clerk of the city shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the clerk of the court a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body in proceedings and trials shall be held without jury upon the determination of the governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-5 - Fixing of Costs.

Section 11-53B-5
Fixing of costs.
Upon demolition or repair of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report to the governing body of the cost thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition or repair and assessing the same against the property; provided, however, the proceeds of any moneys received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of the demolition; and provided further, that any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of such costs or the amounts thereof. The clerk of the municipality shall give notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs is to be considered by first-class mail to all entities having an interest in the property whose address and interest is determined from the tax assessor's records on the property or as otherwise known to the clerk. The fixing of the costs by the governing body shall constitute an assessment against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and as made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment ("the final assessment"). The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes, and except for mortgages recorded prior to the creation of the lien for the assessment, and shall continue in force until paid. A certified copy of the resolution fixing the final assessment shall also be recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is situated.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-6 - Assessment of Costs.

Section 11-53B-6
Assessment of costs.
The municipality shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where such an assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate or discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale by the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-7 - Payment of Costs.

Section 11-53B-7
Payment of costs.
The municipality, in ordering any repair or demolition the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against any property in accordance with this chapter, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment; provided, however, that if the assessed amount is greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the property owner may, at his or her election, to be expressed by notifying the municipal official charged with the duty of collecting the assessments in writing within 30 days after the final assessment is determined, pay the final assessment in 10 equal annual installments, which shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum. Interest shall begin to accrue upon the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the final assessment is set by the governing body and the interest shall be due and payable at the time and place the assessment is due and payable.
Any person who elects to make installment payments may pay the outstanding balance of the final assessment together with all accrued interest thereon at any time during the installment payment schedule. The first installment shall be payable within 30 days after the final assessment is determined, and all installments thereof shall be payable at the office of the clerk, finance office, or treasurer of the city or town as may be prescribed. Upon full payment of the final assessments and accrued interest thereon, the municipality shall record a satisfaction of the lien in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-8 - Failure to Make Payment.

Section 11-53B-8
Failure to make payment.
If the property owner fails to pay the assessment lien within 30 days, or having elected to make installment payments, fails to make any installment payment when due, the whole assessment lien shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the municipality to collect the assessment lien shall proceed to sell the property against which the assessment lien is made to the highest bidder for cash, but in no event less than the amount of the lien plus interest through the date of default. Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality or of general circulation therein, setting forth the date and time of the sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold. If the officer shall fail to advertise and sell any property on which the payments are past due, any taxpayer of the issuing municipality shall have the right to apply for a writ of mandamus requiring the official to take such action to any court of competent jurisdiction, and the court shall, on proof, issue and enforce the writ.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-9 - Sale of Property Upon Default.

Section 11-53B-9
Sale of property upon default.
(a) Any property owner, notwithstanding his or her default, may pay the assessment lien with interest and all costs if tendered before a sale of the property.
(b) The cost of any notice and sale resulting from a default on paying an assessment shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale.
(c) The officer making the sale shall execute a deed to the purchaser, which shall convey all the rights, title, and interest which the party against whose property the assessment was made had or held in the property at the date of making the assessment or on the date of making the sale. Any surplus arising from the sale shall be paid to the city or municipal treasurer to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer for the owner upon the responsibility of his or her official bond. The municipality may, by its agents, purchase real estate sold as provided under this chapter and, in the event of the purchase, the deed for the same shall be made to the municipality.
(d) No mistake in the notice of sale 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 municipality 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 chapter may be had to correct the errors in the proceedings for his or her benefit or the lien so assigned to him or her may be enforced by civil action.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-11 - Extension of Redemption.

Section 11-53B-11
Extension of redemption.
The fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-53B-10 for the redemption of any property heretofore or hereafter sold for the satisfaction of any assessment lien may be extended to a date 60 days after the date of the certificate of warning to redeem provided for in Section 11-53B-12, but in no event for a longer period than six years from the date of such sale.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-12 - Certificate of Warning to Redeem.

Section 11-53B-12
Certificate of warning to redeem.
At any time after an assessment sale deed has been recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the property therein described lies and after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed by Section 11-53B-10, any person may apply to the judge of probate for the certificate of warning to redeem, which references the recorded volume and page number of the deed to be recorded in the real estate records, in substantially the following form: "I hereby certify that on or prior to the date of this certificate, I mailed a certified copy of the deed here recorded, together with notice that the same is here 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___, Judge of Probate, ___ County, Alabama."
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-13 - Application for Entry of Certificate.

Section 11-53B-13
Application for entry of certificate.
At the time of application for entry of the certificate of warning to redeem, the applicant shall deliver to the judge of probate three certified copies of the recorded deed and shall pay to the judge of probate a fee of one dollar ($1). Copies of the deed need not include any certificate of acknowledgment. The applicant shall also deliver to the judge of probate a certified copy of the ad valorem tax assessment records of the county containing the name of the person or persons other than the grantee in the deed to whom the property described in the deed was last finally assessed for ad valorem taxation, together with the address of each person as shown by the tax assessment records, or an affidavit that there is no one else. The judge of probate shall promptly mail to each person at such address one of the aforesaid certified copies of the 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 deed, all rights of redemption may be lost. This ___ day of ___, 2___, Judge of Probate, ____ County, Alabama."
Promptly upon or after mailing the notice or notices and certified copy or copies of the deed, it shall be the duty of the judge of probate to record in the real estate records the signed and dated certificate of warning substantially as prescribed by Section 11-53B-12. At the expiration of 60 days after the date of the certificate all rights to redeem from the sale shown by the deed shall cease and desist.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-14 - Redemption Effected.

Section 11-53B-14
Redemption effected.
Redemption may be effected after expiration of the fixed two-year period of redemption allowed or provided by Section 11-53B-10 and before the extended period of redemption has expired in the same manner and at the same redemption price as is provided in Section 11-53B-10; provided, that if the judge of probate has made the certificate of warning to redeem as provided in Section 11-53B-12, said redemption price shall be increased by one dollar ($1).
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-15 - Emergency Action.

Section 11-53B-15
Emergency action.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a municipality shall have authority to enact, and may by ordinance authorize, the appropriate city official to initiate immediate repair or demolition of a building structure when, in the opinion of the official so designated, such emergency action is required due to imminent danger of structural collapse endangering adjoining property, the public right of way, or human life or health. The cost of the emergency action shall be fixed by the municipal governing body and shall be assessed as provided in the ordinance, or, if such ordinance does not provide a method of assessment, as provided by this chapter.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures. › Section 11-53B-16 - Assessment Liens for Demolition or Renovation.

Section 11-53B-16
Assessment liens for demolition or renovation.
This act shall also apply to all assessment liens for demolition or renovation of record as of July 1, 2002.
(Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control. › Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks. › Section 11-54-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-54-1
Definitions.
The following words and phrases, wherever used in this article, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(1) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama.
(2) INDUSTRIAL PARK. Land:
a. Determined by the governing body of a municipality to be suitable for use by two or more industrial enterprises for industrial purposes, and
b. Acquired or proposed to be acquired by a municipality and held by it for the purpose of selling it to one or more persons for use for industrial purposes.
(3) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, including both public and private corporations, and any other entity, either public or private, that has the power to acquire title to land.
(Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control. › Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks. › Section 11-54-2 - Authorized.

Section 11-54-2
Authorized.
Each municipality shall have the power to acquire and develop one or more parcels of land as the site or sites for an industrial park or industrial parks and shall have the power to expend money for such acquisition and development. The development of land as the site for an industrial park shall be deemed to include the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, power, and communication facilities and other similar facilities which are incidental to use of the land as an industrial park, but shall not be deemed to include the provision of structures or buildings other than structures or buildings related to water, sewage, drainage, transportation, power, communication, or similar facilities.
(Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control. › Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks. › Section 11-54-3 - Authorization and Procedure for Sale of Lands Comprising Industrial Parks.

Section 11-54-3
Authorization and procedure for sale of lands comprising industrial parks.
Each municipality shall have the power to sell to any person all or any part of any land held by it as the site of an industrial park; provided, however, that no such sale may be made for less than the total amounts expended by the municipality with respect to the property so sold or for less than the reasonable market value of the property so sold as such value shall be established by appraisals of at least two independent appraisers.
Prior to making any sale of any property comprising all or part of an industrial park, the municipality making such sale shall cause appraisals of the market value of the property to be so sold to be made by at least two independent appraisers and shall cause a copy of each such appraisal to be filed in the permanent records of the municipality. Each such appraisal shall be dated not earlier than 60 days prior to the consummation of any such sale. In any case where each appraisal obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section sets forth a different value, the average of the market value stated in the separate appraisals shall be deemed to constitute the reasonable market value of property for the purposes of this section.
(Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control. › Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally. › Section 11-54-21 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Article Generally.

Section 11-54-21
Legislative intent; construction of article generally.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize municipalities to acquire, own, and lease and, in connection with any such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade and controlling, abating, or preventing pollution (including preventing pollution which may be caused by the location, development, or expansion of industry or commerce) by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and research enterprises to locate in this state or to expand and enlarge existing enterprises or to utilize pollution control facilities in order to control, abate, or prevent pollution from present or proposed operations or by any combination of two or more thereof promoting the use of agricultural products and natural resources of this state and promoting a sound and proper balance in this state between agriculture, commerce, and industry. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. It is not intended hereby to authorize any municipality itself to operate any manufacturing, industrial, or commercial enterprise.
(b) This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
(Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §2; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 310, §2; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 163, p. 227, §3; Acts 1971, No. 1892, p. 3080, §3.)