Title 36 — Title 36
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Ala. Code § 36-2-1 Persons Not Eligible to Hold State Office; Holding of State and Federal Offices of Profit or Two State Offices of Profit
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(a) The following persons shall be ineligible to and disqualified from holding office under the authority of this state: (1) Those who are not qualified electors, except as otherwise expressly provided; (2) Those who have not been inhabitants of the state, county, district or cir…
Ala. Code § 36-2-10 When County Officers, Etc., May Begin to Exercise Duties and Functions of Offices to Which Elected
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All county officers and officers chosen for any portion or district of a county shall be authorized to exercise the duties and functions of the office to which they are elected after they shall have received certificates of their election as provided by law whether they have rece…
Ala. Code § 36-2-2 Entering into Public Office of Person Disqualified by Law
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Any person, being disqualified by law, who by election or appointment enters upon any public office must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00. History: (Code 1852, §106; Code 1867, §145; Code 1876, §4168; Code 1886, §3968; Code 1896, §5153; Code 1907, §7446; Code 1923, …
Ala. Code § 36-2-3 Residence of Officers Generally; Location of Offices
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All officers must reside in this state and keep their offices in such places as are or may be designated by law. History: (Code 1852, §108; Code 1867, §147; Code 1876, §152; Code 1886, §244; Code 1896, §3057; Code 1907, §1468; Code 1923, §2576; Code 1940, T. 41, §7.)
Ala. Code § 36-2-4 Residency of State Officers
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Every state official or officer holding office under the authority of this state and who is paid a salary or receives pecuniary profit for his or her services as such official and whose office or post of duty is located in the Capitol building or in the City of Montgomery may res…
Ala. Code § 36-2-5 Failure to Comply with Section 36-2-4 Deemed Ground for Impeachment or Removal
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The failure of any such official to comply with the requirements of Section 36-2-4 shall be ground for impeachment or removal of such official from office in the manner provided by law for the impeachment or removal from office of any such official. History: (Acts 1919, No. 643, …
Ala. Code § 36-2-6 Officers Required to Obtain Commissions
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The judges of the several courts, the Attorney General, district attorneys, the Secretary of State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Public Service Commissioners, the Director o…
Ala. Code § 36-2-7 Issuance and Execution of Commissions Generally
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The commission must issue in the name and by the authority of the State of Alabama, must be sealed with the Great Seal and signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of State, unless it is the commission of the secretary, which must be signed by the Governor. Histo…
Ala. Code § 36-2-8 When Commissions to Be Issued
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No commissioned officer of this state required by law to give bond shall receive his commission until he has made his bond and had the same properly approved and filed. In all other cases, commissions may issue on the production of the certificate of election to the person therei…
Ala. Code § 36-2-9 Exercise of Duties of Office by State Official Without First Obtaining Commission
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Any state officer required by law to be commissioned who exercises any of the duties of the office to which he has been elected or appointed without having first obtained his commission must, on conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $20.00. History: (Code 1852, §…