Title 9

It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain what, if any, lands the state or any institution thereof is entitled to which have not been received, allocated to or set aside to the state or such institution and to take immediate and app…

It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned by the State of Alabama or any institution or department thereof to determine the best use to which said lands may be adapted and, thereafter, at the request of the departmen…

Any revenues that shall accrue from the lands so managed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources subject to costs of administration shall be the property of the department or institution to which the lands belong or in which the department or institution shall own…

In no case shall the charges for administering, managing, protecting, or developing the lands exceed 10 percent of the gross income derived from the lands. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §9; Acts 1973, No. 1287, p. 2200, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)

All funds which shall be retained by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the income from any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer …

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to sell or cause to be sold timber or minerals or other natural resources from all lands managed or controlled under authority of this article when in his opinion he deems such timber or minerals or other …

This article and its provisions shall in nowise affect any local law or general law of local application governing ownership, management or control of lands in any county or counties or disposition of revenues derived therefrom. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §13.)

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have jurisdiction over and control of all unused lands, so long as they remain such, and shall look after and protect such lands from depredation so far as may be possible and shall recommend to the Governor or to the dep…

It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned absolutely by the state to determine which of said lands are most suitable to be devoted to forest culture and to make a list of such lands and file the same in the office of…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, where any of the lands of the state or of any institution of the state are scattered, undertake to see if such ownership may be concentrated by the exchange of such lands with individual owners. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 7…

The duties and powers placed upon and vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by this article are to be exercised in subordination to and without prejudice to the right of the beneficiary of any trust under which the state may hold said lands or of the righ…

It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain the description and location of all lands to which the state holds the legal title for itself or as trustee, and all state parks and all lands belonging to any institution or department of t…

Said records shall be prepared and kept in duplicate, one copy of each of said records being kept in the files of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and one copy containing the record of the lands pertaining to each department or institution of the state, …

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 charged by law with the administration, control or management of any state department or ins…

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 or held in trust by an institution or department of the S…

(a) Title to all lands of the swamp and overflowed category or swamp and overflowed indemnity lands, which are, subsequent to September 5, 1951, patented to the State of Alabama by the federal government and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, shall be vested in the…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to have complete management of, and supervision over lands which are known as school lands, as defined by Section 16-20-1, which lands are vested in or which may hereafter be veste…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall appoint a land clerk, with the approval of the Governor, who has had experience in dealing with public lands and who understands the system of survey and platting of the public lands of the United States. (Acts 1915, No…

Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be …

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon swamp and overflowed lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands…

With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to rent or lease school lands upon such terms as he deems advisable, and he is also hereby authorized and empowered to rent or lease school lands for the purposes of pro…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and N…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in his o…

The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or townships as provided for by the …

The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any swamp and overflow land owned by the Department of Mental Health shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Department of Mental Health, except that there …

School land, as defined by Section 16-20-1, may be sold or exchanged for other lands by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education under the terms and conditions provided for in this article. …

All persons purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama, if he deems advisable, when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the State Superintendent of Education shall cause pate…

Any revenue derived from the sale of school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the proper township or townships as provided for by the Constitution and laws of Alabama. A report of such sale shall be i…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to exchange school lands for other lands of equal value, with the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the …

Swamp and overflowed lands may be leased, exchanged or sold by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §14; Code 1940, T. 8, §246.)

All persons purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama, when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and State Department of Mental Health, shall cause patents to be issued to those …

Any revenue derived from the sale or adjustment of any swamp and overflowed lands as provided in this article shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §17; Code 1940, T. 8, §249.…

All persons claiming title to any swamp and overflowed lands in this state under any alleged purchase or through any chain of title may submit their claims to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources together with such evidence of purchase or claim, whereupon the Co…

For the purpose of facilitating the management and supervision of school lands and swamp and overflowed lands, upon the submission to the Secretary of State of legal and effective proof of any error or mistake, either of omission or commission, in any of the records in his office…

The Secretary of State shall maintain a file in his office where he shall keep copies of the proof submitted for the correction of errors or mistakes as provided for in this article. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §19; Code 1940, T. 8, §251.)

After the correction of any error or mistake in any record which pertains to such lands, the Secretary of State, in any subsequent certification of a corrected record, shall certify the corrected record, which record, so corrected, shall have the same weight and authority as any …

All contracts, leases, and agreements for the sale of sand and gravel from the lands of the state which are not owned, occupied, or held in trust by or assigned or dedicated to any department, agency, or institution and from the public water bottoms of the State of Alabama shall …

The revenues, including royalties, derived from the sale of sand and gravel or from leases for the purposes of the removal of sand and gravel from the public water bottoms of the State of Alabama and from the lands of the state which are not owned, occupied or held in trust by or…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the event a beach project to be undertaken by a coastal municipality as permitted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to Section 9-15-56 requires the use of sand from the public…

(a) The state shall retain title to any lands of the state lying seaward of the mean high tide line that are filled in the course of a beach project undertaken by a coastal municipality pursuant to Article 11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11 with the permit of the Commissioner of the De…

(a) Upon application by a coastal municipality, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department, shall issue a permit for the construction and maintenance of a beach project by the coastal municipality …

This article applies to all real property and interests therein owned by the State of Alabama and the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, and agencies of the state with the exception of those sales, transfers, and reversions set out in Section 9…

All sales and leases made by, or on behalf of, the State of Alabama, or any department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency, of real property or any interest therein owned by the State of Alabama having an appraised value of more than twenty thousand do…

Each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency which holds real property shall notify the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of its desire and intention to sell or lease any of the real property and shall …

The Lands Division shall have the real property or the interests in the real property appraised by a real estate appraiser selected by the Lands Division who is licensed by the State Board of Appraisers prior to the advertisement of the sale of the property. If the Lands Division…