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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-18 - Chief Administrative Officer.

Section 11-3-18
Chief administrative officer.
A county commission may employ a chief administrative officer, who shall carry out the administrative duties of the county and shall perform all of the following duties:
(1) Keep and record minutes of all meetings of the county commission.
(2) Have prepared and presented to the commission chair for proper execution all appropriate documents, such as resolutions, orders, contracts, or directives, as are necessary to carry out the actions of the county commission.
(3) Maintain at all times a detailed record of the financial status of the county which shall be kept up to date at all times and shall reflect the true status of all outstanding obligations of the county and the estimated revenue for the current fiscal year.
(4) Perform any other duties with reference to accounting, auditing claims, issuing warrants, and supplying the county commission with information as the county commission may deem necessary for the administration of the financial affairs of the county.
(5) Serve as signatory for the county on all appropriate documents as authorized or directed by policy adopted by resolution of the county commission.
(6) Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time and under procedures established by the county commission.
(Code 1852, §705; Code 1867, §833; Code 1876, §747; Code 1886, §827; Code 1896, §959; Code 1907, §3314; Code 1923, §6763; Code 1940, T. 12, §19; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-19 - Proceedings at Meetings of County Commission - Appointment of Special Clerk.

Section 11-3-19
Proceedings at meetings of county commission - Appointment of special clerk.
Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
(Code 1852, §706; Code 1867, §834; Code 1876, §748; Code 1886, §828; Code 1896, §960; Code 1907, §3315; Code 1923, §6764; Code 1940, T. 12, §20; 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 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-20 - Proceedings at Meetings of County Commission - Presiding Officer.

Section 11-3-20
Proceedings at meetings of county commission - Presiding officer.
(a) The chair of the county commission shall preside over county commission meetings, provided however, the county commission may elect or authorize the chair to appoint a vice chair to serve in his or her absence. The chair shall only vote on a matter in the event that the votes cast by the other members of the commission are evenly divided on the issue except, when the chair serves on the county commission as a district commissioner, he or she may vote once on all matters that come before the county commission.
(b) In addition to presiding over all meetings as set out in subsection (a), the chair of a county commission, or in his or her absence or at his or her request, the vice chair, shall have the following duties:
(1) To ensure that an accurate record of all meetings is made and kept as required by Section 11-3-18.
(2) Except where the chief administrative officer has been directed to serve pursuant to subdivision (5) of Section 11-3-18, to serve as signatory for the county commission on all appropriate documents, such as resolutions, orders, contracts, or directives, as are necessary to carry out the actions of the county commission.
(3) To oversee and supervise the upkeep of the financial records of the county.
(4) Except as provided in Section 11-8-9, to issue and sign all warrants.
(5) To perform other duties as required by law or determined appropriate by the county commission pursuant to resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members of the county commission.
(Code 1852, §707; Code 1867, §835; Code 1876, §749; Code 1886, §829; Code 1896, §961; Code 1907, §3316; Code 1923, §6765; Code 1940, T. 12, §21; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-21 - Statement of Financial Status - Required.

Section 11-3-21
Statement of financial status - Required.
As soon as practical after closing the fiscal year, but no later than December 31 of each year, the county commission shall have published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a statement of the county's financial status for the 12-month period ending on September 30 of that year, which statement shall include at a minimum all of the following:
(1) An itemized report of the county's receipts by source and disbursements by functions or purposes or both.
(2) The outstanding indebtedness of the county of any kind or character.
(3) The schedule by years for retiring indebtedness, separating funded indebtedness from unfunded indebtedness.
(4) The resources available to pay unfunded indebtedness.
(Code 1876, §750; Code 1886, §830; Code 1896, §962; Code 1907, §3317; Acts 1919, No. 330, p. 451; Code 1923, §6766; Acts 1927, No. 592, p. 691; Acts 1935, No. 524, p. 1111; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 216, p. 258; Code 1940, T. 12, §22; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-22 - Statement of Financial Status - Compliance With Publication Requirement.

Section 11-3-22
Statement of financial status - Compliance with publication requirement.
If the county commission fails to make the publication required by Section 11-3-21, the district attorney may bring a civil action to compel compliance, and the court may assess all costs of court to the county.
(Code 1923, §6767; Acts 1935, No. 524, p. 1111; Code 1940, T. 12, §23; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-23 - Semiannual Publication of County Receipts and Expenditures - Penalty for Failure to Publish.

Section 11-3-23
Semiannual publication of county receipts and expenditures - Penalty for failure to publish.
Repealed by Act 2007-488, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
(Code 1876, §4273; Code 1886, §3902; Code 1896, §5139; Code 1907, §7482; Code 1923, §5074; Code 1940, T. 12, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-24 - Replacement of Destroyed Record Books.

Section 11-3-24
Replacement of destroyed record books.
Repealed by Act 2007-488, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
(Code 1867, §654; Code 1876, §561; Code 1886, §655; Code 1896, §964; Code 1907, §3319; Code 1923, §6768; Code 1940, T. 12, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-25 - Acquisition, etc., of Copies of Field Notes of Original Government Survey of County Lands.

Section 11-3-25
Acquisition, etc., of copies of field notes of original government survey of county lands.
The county commission is authorized to contract with the Secretary of State at an amount not greater than six and one-half cents per 100 words for certified copies of the field notes of the original government surveys of all lands in the county to be made in a book of proper size to be furnished by the county commission, and such books shall be deposited in the office of the judge of probate, free to inspection and making of copies of said field notes by all citizens of the state and when the same is completed and delivered to the judge of probate, the county commission must draw a warrant on the county treasurer for the amount due the Secretary of State, which shall be a preferred claim against such county.
(Code 1876, §751; Code 1886, §832; Code 1896, §965; Code 1907, §3320; Code 1923, §6769; Code 1940, T. 12, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-26 - Supernumerary County Commissioners.

Section 11-3-26
Supernumerary county commissioners.
Repealed by Act 2007-488, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-509, p. 993.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-3-27 - Certain County Commissions Authorized to Prohibit Topless, Bottomless, or Nude Dancing.

Section 11-3-27
Certain county commissions authorized to prohibit topless, bottomless or nude dancing.
(a) The county commission of any county in which a Class III municipality is located may pass an ordinance prohibiting topless, bottomless, or nude dancing for monetary consideration within the boundaries of the county. The ordinance shall be enforced by the sheriff of the county.
(b) A conviction for a violation of an ordinance passed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-585, p. 1078, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-40 - Short Title.

Section 11-3-40
Short title.
This article shall be known and cited as the "Alabama Local Government Training Act."
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-41 - Legislative Intent.

Section 11-3-41
Legislative intent.
The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the citizens of this state to require newly elected county commissioners to participate in a course of training and education on matters pertaining to the administration and operation of county government. The purpose of the course shall be to instruct the individuals in the powers, duties, and responsibilities of their positions of public trust.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-42 - Definitions.

Section 11-3-42
Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Alabama Local Government Training Institute.
(2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body as created in Section 11-3-1 and each county governing body created by local act.
(3) INSTITUTE. The Alabama Local Government Training Institute.
(4) STATE. The State of Alabama and any department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency thereof.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-43 - Course of Training and Education in Matters of County Government Administration and Operation.

Section 11-3-43
Course of training and education in matters of county government administration and operation.
(a) All persons elected as members of a county commission who were not serving as members of a county commission on June 1, 1994, may enroll in, participate in, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and education of at least 50 hours on matters pertaining to the administration and operations of county government. The course of training and education shall include, but not be limited to, instruction in local government operations finance and budgeting; planning; public works and utilities; environmental management; personnel management; responsiveness to the community; ethics, duties, and responsibilities of members of the county commission; and all other matters deemed necessary and appropriate by the board.
(b) All expenses incurred by a county commissioner related to the course of training and education pursuant to this article, including the reasonable costs of housing, travel, and meals, shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
(c) The course of training and education required by this article may be offered by any four-year institution of higher education located in Alabama.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-44 - Local Government Training Institute.

Section 11-3-44
Local Government Training Institute.
(a) There is created and established the Alabama Local Government Training Institute. All costs of operating and conducting the institute shall be paid from public funds appropriated for this purpose.
(b) The institute shall have the power, duty, and authority to design, implement, and administer the course of training and education pursuant to this article.
(c) The course of training and education required by Section 11-3-43 shall be conducted by the institute as soon as practicable after each general election at which county commissioners are elected. The training and education shall be completed no later than two years from the election. The institute shall have sole responsibility for determining the specific date or dates the course of training and education shall be conducted.
(d) The board shall establish guidelines and procedures to permit a person elected or appointed as a member of a county commission who is unable to attend or complete the course of training and education when offered by the institute due to the appointment of a commissioner to fill a vacant office during a term, medical disability, providential cause, or another reason deemed sufficient by the board to comply with the requirements of this article.
(e) The board shall perform all other duties and have other powers and authority necessary and proper or as prescribed by general law.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 2 - Alabama Local Government Training Act. › Section 11-3-46 - Annual Report.

Section 11-3-46
Annual report.
(a) On or before the fifth legislative day of the regular session of the Legislature, the chair of the board, on behalf of the board, shall make a report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A copy of the report shall be delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate who shall provide for the reading of the report into the journals of the respective houses.
(b) The report shall include a summary of the accomplishments of the institute during the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to: The total number and names of county commissioners who attended the course of training and education offered by the institute; an outline of the programs of the institute for the current calendar year; an evaluation of the programs and services offered by the institute; and recommendations, if any, for legislation necessary to improve the programs and services offered by the institute.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3 - County Commission. › Article 3 - Purchases of Approved Tangible Personal Property or Services. › Section 11-3-62 - Public Bid Requirements.

Section 11-3-62
Public bid requirements.
The authorization to utilize a credit card or procurement card provided in this article shall in no way relieve or supersede the requirements for public bids applicable to the county commissions in Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit the utilization of credit cards and procurement cards to ensure compliance with all public bid requirements and the specific provisions of this article.
(Act 2013-211, p. 481, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act. › Section 11-3A-1 - Short Title.

Section 11-3A-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known as "The Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act."
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act. › Section 11-3A-4 - Alcoholic Beverage Licenses in Class 3 Municipalities With Elected County Commission Chair.

Section 11-3A-4
Alcoholic beverage licenses in Class 3 municipalities with elected county commission chair.
(a) This section shall apply to any county with a Class 3 municipality that has an elected county commission chair.
(b) All other provisions of law, rules, or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may not issue in the unincorporated area of any applicable county any form of license, including, but not limited to, off-premise consumption licenses, restaurant licenses, or club licenses, for the retail sale of any form of intoxicating beverages, including, but not limited to, malt liquor, beer, wine, liquor, or other alcoholic beverage regulated by the board, unless one of the following requirements are satisfied:
(1) The application has first been approved by the county commission.
(2) The denial of approval by the county commission has been set aside by order of the circuit court of the county on the grounds that approval by the county commission was arbitrarily or capriciously denied without a showing of one of the following:
a. The creation of a nuisance.
b. Circumstances clearly detrimental to or which would adversely affect the public health, safety, and welfare of the adjacent residential neighborhoods.
c. A violation of applicable zoning restrictions or regulations.
d. An individual applying for the license has a prior conviction involving the use of alcohol or a controlled substance.
e. The proximity of the business to a school or child care facility and the business hours of the operation will create a harmful environment for the children.
f. The traffic congestion created by licensing the proposed location will endanger others.
g. Any other reason that poses a risk.
(c) A proceeding in the circuit court to review an action of the county commission denying approval of an application shall be an expedited de novo proceeding heard by a circuit judge without a jury who shall consider any testimony presented by the county commission and any new evidence presented in explanation or contradiction of the testimony. Any proceeding to review the denial of approval of a license application shall be commenced within 14 days of the action by the county commission and shall be set for hearing by the court within 30 days thereafter.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county commission may adopt ordinances regulating the location of retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act. › Section 11-3A-5 - Referendum Election to Approve Application of Powers.

Section 11-3A-5
Referendum election to approve application of powers.
The powers authorized under this chapter shall be effective in a county only after an affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county residing in the unincorporated areas of the county and voting in a referendum election held on the question of whether the powers authorized under this chapter shall be effective in the county. Except as provided in subsection (h) of Section 11-3A-2, the election shall be called upon resolution adopted by affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the county commission. The referendum election shall be conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state and may be held only in conjunction with a primary, general, or special election held for another purpose in the county. In no case may any election authorized by this chapter be held more often than once every 48 months.
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act. › Section 11-3A-6 - Referendum Election to Repeal Application of Powers.

Section 11-3A-6
Referendum election to repeal application of powers.
Except as provided in subsection (h) of Section 11-3A-2, the county commission of a county shall call for a referendum election on the repeal of the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county following a resolution of the majority of the county commission or in response to a petition signed by 10 percent of the total number of qualified electors of the county who reside in the unincorporated areas of the county requesting that the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county be repealed. The procedures for calling and holding a referendum election provided in Section 11-3A-2 and Section 11-3A-4 shall also apply to a referendum election for the repeal of the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county.
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act. › Section 11-3A-7 - Savings Provision.

Section 11-3A-7
Savings provision.
Act 562, 1953 Regular Session (Acts 1953, p. 799); Act 463, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 630); Act 716, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 1112); Act 87-758, 1987 Regular Session (Acts 1987, p. 1479); Act 89-527, 1989 Regular Session (Acts 1989, p. 1077); and Act 91-193, 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 354), which are local acts applicable to Jefferson County only, shall remain in full force and effect following May 26, 2005, and shall constitute the exclusive regulatory authority to be exercised by the Jefferson County Commission in regard to any powers that would otherwise be granted in this chapter. Nothing authorizing the Jefferson County Commission to exercise any power in this chapter shall apply unless the local act named above relating to the power is specifically repealed by separate local act of the Legislature.
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-4-1 - Applicability of Provisions of Chapter.

Section 11-4-1
Applicability of provisions of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any county in which the county treasurer, or county depository, or other custodian of its funds in lieu of a county treasurer is governed by a local law or a law, the application of which is determined by the population of the county, insofar as the same are in conflict herewith.
(Code 1940, T. 12, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-20 - Election; Term of Office.

Section 11-4-20
Election; term of office.
A county treasurer for each county having a population of more than 56,000 according to the 1930 federal census and not otherwise having a county depository or other custodian of its funds in lieu of a county treasurer shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof and he shall hold office for four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Code 1852, §787; Code 1867, §922; Code 1876, §841; Code 1886, §910; Code 1896, §1426; Code 1907, §208; Code 1923, §300; Code 1940, T. 12, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-21 - Vacancies.

Section 11-4-21
Vacancies.
Vacancies in the office of county treasurer shall be filled by appointment by the county commission, and the person appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Code 1886, §913; Code 1896, §1427; Code 1907, §209; Code 1923, §301; Code 1940, T. 12, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-22 - Bonds.

Section 11-4-22
Bonds.
Before entering on the duties of his office, the county treasurer must give bond as provided by law, which bond shall be in a sum not less than $15,000.00, and in counties where the population is over 150,000, it shall not be less than $50,000.00, such bond to be payable to the county and conditioned as prescribed by law and to be fixed and approved by the county commission. Said bond, after being approved shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of such county.
The county commission may in its discretion require an additional bond when any special fund is to be received by the treasurer and pay the premium therefor.
(Code 1852, §788; Code 1867, §923; Code 1876, §842; Code 1886, §911; Code 1896, §1428; Code 1907, §210; Code 1923, §302; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 141, p. 101; Code 1940, T. 12, §32; Acts 1943, No. 468, p. 432.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-24 - Compensation.

Section 11-4-24
Compensation.
The county treasurer shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the county commission, in no case exceeding two and one-half percent on the money received, and two and one-half percent of the money paid out by him. His compensation in no case shall exceed the aggregate sum of $1,000.00 in any one year.
(Code 1852, §799; Code 1867, §934; Code 1876, §851; Code 1886, §921; Code 1896, §1435; Code 1907, §217; Code 1923, §310; Code 1940, T. 12, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-25 - Transfer of Balance of Fine and Forfeiture Fund to General Fund, Etc.

Section 11-4-25
Transfer of balance of fine and forfeiture fund to general fund, etc.
The county treasurer of any county in this state may transfer any balance on hand at the end of the fiscal year of the fine and forfeiture fund in excess of the registered claims and lawful claims or charges against said fund to the general fund or to any special fund to which by resolution of the county commission, expressed in writing and spread upon the minutes of the county commission, he may be directed.
(Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 84, p. 178; Code 1923, §304; Code 1940, T. 12, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-26 - When Claim to Be Paid Though Prior Claims Outstanding.

Section 11-4-26
When claim to be paid though prior claims outstanding.
The county treasurer must not refuse the payment of any lawful and valid claim for the reason that claims of prior registration have not been paid if there is money in the treasury belonging to the fund sufficient to pay such prior claims and the claim so presented.
(Code 1896, §1430; Code 1907, §212; Code 1923, §305; Code 1940, T. 12, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-27 - Books.

Section 11-4-27
Books.
The books of the county treasurer are to be provided at the expense of the county.
(Code 1852, §793; Code 1867, §928; Code 1876, §847; Code 1886, §917; Code 1896, §1431; Code 1907, §213; Code 1923, §306; Code 1940, T. 12, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-28 - Recordation and Posting of Copy of Annual Account.

Section 11-4-28
Recordation and posting of copy of annual account.
The annual account of the county treasurer, when examined and approved by the county commission, must be recorded and a copy of the same posted at the courthouse door.
(Code 1852, §794; Code 1867, §929; Code 1876, §848; Code 1886, §918; Code 1896, §1432; Code 1907, §214; Code 1923, §307; Code 1940, T. 12, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-29 - Proceedings Upon Resignation, Removal, Death, etc., of Treasurer.

Section 11-4-29
Proceedings upon resignation, removal, death, etc., of treasurer.
In case of the resignation, expiration of his term, or removal from office, the county treasurer, or if he dies his personal representatives, must state his account and deliver all the money, books, papers, and property of the county to his successor, who must report the same to the meeting of the county commission held next thereafter, and if satisfied that such account is correct and that all the money, books, papers, and property of the county have been delivered to such successor, such county commission must cause an entry thereof to be made of record.
(Code 1852, §798; Code 1867, §933; Code 1876, §850; Code 1886, §920; Code 1896, §1434; Code 1907, §216; Code 1923, §309; Code 1940, T. 12, §38.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 2 - Treasurer. › Section 11-4-30 - Settlement With County Commission Prior to Leaving Office.

Section 11-4-30
Settlement with county commission prior to leaving office.
The treasurer of each county before going out of office shall make a settlement with the county commission of the county and shall pay over the balance of the money on hand to the order of the said county commission to the credit of said county.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §313; Code 1940, T. 12, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-40 - Established.

Section 11-4-40
Established.
In all counties having a population of not more than 56,000 according to the 1930 federal census there shall be established a county depository in lieu of a county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by local act.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §312; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 218, p. 227; Code 1940, T. 12, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-41 - Selection.

Section 11-4-41
Selection.
The county commission shall select as the county depository for the placing therein of county funds a qualified public depository under Chapter 14A of Title 41. Where permitted by law, the commission shall select a qualified public depository or qualified public depositories that provide proposals offering the highest rate of interest to the county on daily balances of bank deposits at the time of the selection.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §316; Code 1940, T. 12, §44; Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 436; Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2; Act 2018-149, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-42 - Bond or Security.

Section 11-4-42
Bond or security.
Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2, effective January 1, 2001.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §317; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 30, p. 19; Code 1940, T. 12, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-43 - Duties and Liabilities Generally.

Section 11-4-43
Duties and liabilities generally.
The county depositories shall be charged with all the duties and subject to the same liabilities insofar as the receipt, disbursement, and safekeeping of funds of the county are concerned as are now imposed by law upon county treasurers in Article 2 of this chapter.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §318; Code 1940, T. 12, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-44 - Compensation.

Section 11-4-44
Compensation.
The qualified public depository or depositories acting as county depositories pursuant to Section 11-4-41 shall not receive any compensation or commission or other allowance for services as county depositories.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §320; Code 1940, T. 12, §50; Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-45 - Payment of Moneys Into Depository; Settlements and Reports.

Section 11-4-45
Payment of moneys into depository; settlements and reports.
All moneys heretofore required by law to be paid to the county treasurer shall be put into such bank or savings association, which is a qualified public depository under Chapter 14A of Title 41, as the county commission of said county may elect to the credit of said county and all settlements heretofore required by law to be made with said treasurer shall be made with said county commission, the receipt of said qualified public depository so designated being sufficient voucher, and all sworn reports heretofore required by law to be made by said treasurer shall be made by such county commission.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §314; Code 1940, T. 12, §45; Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-46 - Opening of Accounts, Disbursement of Funds, etc.; Statement of Receipts and Disbursements.

Section 11-4-46
Opening of accounts, disbursement of funds, etc.; statement of receipts and disbursements.
Accounts shall be opened and kept in said bank in such manner and funds as such county commission may direct, disbursements to be made upon the order of the county commission and said bank shall furnish said county commission with a full and detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements on the second Monday of January and July in each and every year.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §315; Code 1940, T. 12, §46.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-47 - Civil Actions and Proceedings by and Against Depositories.

Section 11-4-47
Civil actions and proceedings by and against depositories.
County depositories may maintain all civil actions and proceedings of every kind which county treasurers may maintain and all civil actions and proceedings may be brought against county depositories which can be brought against county treasurers, including extraordinary and summary remedies or proceedings.
(Code 1923, §319; Code 1940, T. 12, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-48 - Execution of and Liability Upon Warrants.

Section 11-4-48
Execution of and liability upon warrants.
All warrants drawn upon the depository must be signed by the probate judge of said county or the president of the county commission at the election of such county commission expressed in a resolution which must be spread upon the minutes and given to such depositories that may be selected. Such officer signing such warrants shall be liable for the amount of any warrant drawn and paid by such depositories without the authority of law.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §321; Code 1940, T. 12, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-49 - Treasurer Appointed When No Depository Designated.

Section 11-4-49
Treasurer appointed when no depository designated.
If the county commission is unable to designate any depository for the county funds in its county by reason of its inability to secure from any bank or savings association which is a qualified public depository within its limits terms for the handling of the county funds as provided in this article, satisfactory to such county commission, then such county commission may designate some individual who may act as treasurer of such county under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said county commission.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §322; Code 1940, T. 12, §52; Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 4 - Treasurer or Depository. › Article 3 - Depository. › Section 11-4-50 - Performance of Duties Other Than Receipt and Disbursement of Funds.

Section 11-4-50
Performance of duties other than receipt and disbursement of funds.
All acts required by law to be performed with respect to county funds other than the receipt and disbursement of county funds by the county depository shall be performed by the presiding officer of the county commission or other like officer.
(Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §323; Code 1940, T. 12, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-1 - Election; Term of Office.

Section 11-5-1
Election; term of office.
A coroner for each county shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof and shall hold office for four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Code 1852, §800; Code 1867, §935; Code 1876, §852; Code 1886, §923; Code 1896, §1073; Code 1907, §101; Code 1923, §156; Code 1940, T. 12, §54.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-2 - Vacancies.

Section 11-5-2
Vacancies.
Vacancies in the office of coroner shall be filled by appointment of the Governor and the person appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Code 1896, §1074; Code 1907, §102; Code 1923, §157; Code 1940, T. 12, §55.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-3 - Bond.

Section 11-5-3
Bond.
Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009.
(Code 1852, §§802, 803; Code 1867, §§937, 938; Code 1876, §853; Code 1886, §924; Code 1896, §1075; Code 1907, §103; Code 1923, §158; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203; Code 1940, T. 12, §56; Code 1940, T. 41, §93.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-4 - Duty to Hold Inquests, Etc.

Section 11-5-4
Duty to hold inquests, etc.
It is the general duty of the coroner to hold inquests and perform other duties as required by law.
(Code 1876, §854; Code 1886, §925; Code 1896, §1076; Code 1907, §104; Code 1923, §159; Code 1940, T. 12, §57.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-5 - When to Discharge Duties of Sheriff Generally.

Section 11-5-5
When to discharge duties of sheriff generally.
The coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff:
(1) When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his successor is qualified;
(2) When the sheriff is incompetent to act;
(3) When the sheriff is imprisoned;
(4) In cases to which the sheriff is a party; and
(5) In such cases as he is directed by the judge of probate.
(Code 1852, §§696, 805; Code 1867, §§824, 940; Code 1876, §§736, 856; Code 1886, §§816, 927; Code 1896, §§1078, 3746; Code 1907, §§106, 5878; Code 1923, §§161, 10204; Code 1940, T. 12, §59; Code 1940, T. 54, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-6 - When to Act as Keeper of Jail.

Section 11-5-6
When to act as keeper of jail.
The coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned.
(Code 1852, §804; Code 1867, §939; Code 1876, §855; Code 1886, §926; Code 1896, §1077; Code 1907, §105; Code 1923, §160; Code 1940, T. 12, §58.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-7 - When to Execute Summons, Writs, Etc.

Section 11-5-7
When to execute summons, writs, etc.
When the sheriff is interested in any cause or proceeding, such interest not appearing on the face thereof, the judge of probate may on a proper showing by affidavit direct the coroner to execute the summons, writ, or other process in such cause or proceeding.
(Code 1852, §806; Code 1867, §941; Code 1876, §857; Code 1886, §928; Code 1896, §1079; Code 1907, §107; Code 1923, §162; Code 1940, T. 12, §60.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-8 - Official Acts Valid Through Process Directed to Sheriff, Etc.

Section 11-5-8
Official acts valid through process directed to sheriff, etc.
The validity of the coroner's official acts cannot be questioned upon the ground that the process is directed to any sheriff or that it does not show a necessity for the coroner to act or other ground going to the form of the process.
(Code 1896, §1080; Code 1907, §108; Code 1923, §163; Code 1940, T. 12, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-9 - When Additional Bond Required; Effect of Failure to Give Bond.

Section 11-5-9
When additional bond required; effect of failure to give bond.
When the coroner is required to discharge the duties of sheriff, the judge of probate may in his discretion require him to give an additional bond. If the coroner fails within 10 days after such requisition to give such additional bond, his office shall be vacated, and the judge of probate must certify the vacancy to the governor.
(Code 1852, §809; Code 1867, §944; Code 1876, §860; Code 1886, §931; Code 1896, §1081; Code 1907, §109; Code 1923, §164; Code 1940, T. 12, §62.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-10 - Special Coroner - Appointment.

Section 11-5-10
Special coroner - Appointment.
The judge of probate has authority to appoint a special coroner:
(1) When the coroner has not qualified or the office is vacant and the emergency requires such officer;
(2) When the coroner is absent from the county, having no deputy therein;
(3) When the coroner is imprisoned; or,
(4) When the sheriff and coroner are both parties or both interested.
(Code 1852, §807; Code 1867, §942; Code 1876, §858; Code 1886, §929; Code 1896, §1083; Code 1907, §111; Code 1923, §166; Code 1940, T. 12, §64.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-11 - Special Coroner - Duties.

Section 11-5-11
Special coroner - Duties.
A special coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff in such cases as the coroner is required and also when the sheriff and coroner are imprisoned and, on the direction of the judge of probate, when they are both parties or both interested.
(Code 1852, §§808, 809; Code 1867, §§943, 944; Code 1876, §859; Code 1886, §930; Code 1896, §1084; Code 1907, §112; Code 1923, §167; Code 1940, T. 12, §65.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-12 - Liability of Coroner or Special Coroner for Wrongful Acts, etc., While Discharging Duties of Sheriff.

Section 11-5-12
Liability of coroner or special coroner for wrongful acts, etc., while discharging duties of sheriff.
For the failure to perform any duty or the improper or neglectful performance of such duty or for any wrongful act committed under color of office by the coroner or the special coroner while discharging the duties of sheriff, such coroner and his sureties and such special coroner are liable to the same penalties, forfeitures, and judgments given by law against sheriffs in like cases to and upon the same proceedings and remedies as are given by law against sheriffs and their sureties.
(Code 1852, §811; Code 1867, §946; Code 1876, §861; Code 1886, §932; Code 1896, §1082; Code 1907, §110; Code 1923, §165; Code 1940, T. 12, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 5 - Coroner. › Section 11-5-13 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-5-13
Applicability of provisions of article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county in which the coroner or other person performing the duties of coroner is governed by a local law or a law, the application of which is determined by the population of the county, insofar as the same are in conflict herewith.
(Code 1923, §168; Code 1940, T. 12, §66.)