Title 11

It is the duty of the county commission to provide proper utilities to all offices in the courthouse as may otherwise be authorized by law. (Code 1886, §907; Code 1896, §1422; Code 1907, §152; Code 1923, §230; Code 1940, T. 12, §120; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)

The judge of probate, the tax assessor, the tax collector, the sheriff, and the county treasurer or custodian must be allowed reasonable expenses for suitable books, stationery, postage stamps used exclusively for official business, and telephones, to be paid for by the county on…

(a) The following claims are declared to be preferred claims against the county, and they shall be given priority in the order named: (1) Costs of heating the county jail, of supplying it with wholesome water for drinking and bathing, of keeping it in a cleanly condition and free…

The county commission may appropriate from the general or special funds of the county such sums of money as such county commission shall determine from time to time for the following purposes: (1) To reimburse any person, firm, or corporation who in good faith has performed servi…

(a) A county commission shall not be liable for or be a party to a suit challenging the expenditure or use of public funds where a local or general law provides that the public funds are to be expended, awarded, or used at the discretion of a single public official. (b) For suits…

No county shall be liable under the provisions of Section 11-12-1 for any injury, damage, or death which may be caused by the actual handling of such cattle by the owners or agents of such owners in driving such cattle to and from the vat or for injuries, damages, or deaths cause…

No county shall be liable for injuries, damages, or deaths caused during the absence of the regularly qualified inspector commissioned by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1919, No. 732, p. 1082; Code 1923, §6792; Code 1940, T. 12, §113.)

The county commission must audit all claims against the county, and every claim or such part thereof as is allowed must be registered in a book kept for that purpose and the chairman of the county commission must give the claimant a warrant on the treasury for the amount so allow…

No claim against the county shall be passed upon or allowed by the county commission unless it is itemized by the claimant or some person in his behalf having personal knowledge of the facts and all claims passed upon and allowed according to this section must be entered in the o…

When a claim is filed by an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, it may be verified by the affidavit of such executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee that he believes the claim to be just, due, and unpaid. (Code 1876, §828; Code 1886, §903; Code 1896, §1418; Code 1…

If a claim is rejected or not allowed in full, the claimant may withdraw the same. (Code 1852, §774; Code 1867, §908; Code 1876, §831; Code 1886, §904; Code 1896, §1419; Code 1907, §149; Code 1923, §227; Code 1940, T. 12, §117.)

All claims against counties must be presented for allowance within 12 months after the time they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, unless it be a claim due to a minor or to a lunatic, who may present such claim within 12 months after the removal of such disability.…

Claims against a county in which the records have been destroyed by fire are barred if not registered in the proper office of the county within 12 months. (Code 1876, §833; Code 1886, §906; Code 1896, §1421; Code 1907, §151; Code 1923, §229; Code 1940, T. 12, §119.)