Title 9 — Title 9

Every proposal to make a sale or lease under this article shall be advertised for at least once a week for four weeks in advance of the date fixed for receiving bids or public auction. The advertisement shall appear at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper o…

Each person or corporation submitting a bid on real property or an interest therein to be sold or leased by the State of Alabama under this article shall present with his or her bid, payable to the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a ce…

Leasing Property; Payment of Fee to Lands Division. The expenses of the appraisal and contemplated sale or lease shall be paid by the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency offering the property for sale. The Lands Division of the state Departm…

Record. The bids shall be publicly taken or opened in Montgomery or such other place as may be designated by the Lands Division, in case of sealed bids, by the Director of the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her designee and …

Lease at Price Less Than Highest Bid or Minimum; Payment; Closing. In the event no bids are received or all the bids are rejected by the chief executive officer of the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency selling or leasing the property after…

Institutions; Filing of Lists of Improvements Made on Said Lands; Disposition of Lists. It shall be the duty of each state department or institution of the State of Alabama which holds the legal title to or any interest in any lands in the State of Alabama and any department char…

Officers and employees of the department selling or leasing the real property and officers and employees of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as well as members of their families, shall be excluded from bidding on the property at a public auction or by sealed …

Any sale or lease of real property or any interest therein of the state made in violation of this article shall be null and void, and the person or persons violating this article shall be subject to criminal prosecution by the Attorney General. In addition to the prosecution, dam…

(a) This article shall not apply to the transfers of real property between departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, or agencies of the state. These transfers may be made by mutual agreements between the chief executive officers of the respective depa…

Whenever any real property is sold or leased under this article, the proceeds from the sale, less the expenses of the sale or lease, shall be deposited to the credit of the fund of the state department, commission, board, bureau, institution, corporation, or agency which offered …

The Lands Division is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this article. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-280, p. 507, §15.)

Character, Disposition, Etc., of Used and Unused Lands. Upon the filing of the list required to be filed by Section 9-15-8, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall cause a record to be compiled, which record shall list by counties all lands owned o…