Title 11

No change from the mayor-council form of municipal government to the commission form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following t…

(a) There are hereby established eight classes of municipalities based on the population as certified by the 1970 federal decennial census, as authorized by Amendment No. 375, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as follows: Class 1: All cities with a population of 300,000 inhabitant…

No general law which at the time of its enactment applies to only one municipality of the state shall be enacted unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been given and shown as provided in Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 for special, private…

(a) The council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of su…

The incorporated municipalities and incorporated municipal boards of this state shall be exempt from the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, which is codified in sections 35-12-20 through 35-12-48. (Acts 1982, No. 82-483, p. 801.)

(a) The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Class 1 cities are enhanced by the continual encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of private enterprise within this state. That there are certain economical…

In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under Act No. 929, S. 676, R…

The city council of any Class 1 municipality may grant pension plan benefit increases to retired employee participants, and their beneficiaries, in terminated or inactive former pension plans of any Class 1 municipality, provided the increases shall not exceed the increases grant…

(a) The Legislature finds that in all Class 1 municipalities some recipients of extraordinary disability benefits awarded prior to May 23, 1977, did not have a longevity component included in the monthly salary used to calculate their extraordinary disability benefit and hereby i…

(a) This section shall apply to Class 1 municipalities only. (b) There is established a Retroactive Deferred Retirement Option (“Back Drop”) Plan for any retirement and relief system established pursuant to Act 1272, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 2124), as amended. A partic…

In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen’s Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amen…

Notwithstanding any other laws, in Class 1 municipalities, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen’s Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the Legislature, as amended, the Firemen’s Pension and Relief…

In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, in any Class 1 municipality, the board of firemen and policemen for the Class 1 municipality, the members of the board of firemen and policemen, and any officer, employee, or agent of a Class 1 municipality or of the board of fi…

In addition to all other powers heretofore granted by law, any Class 1 municipality that owns a civic center, or any public corporation that owns a civic center located within a Class 1 municipality, shall have the power to own and operate a hotel, together with any related resta…

All cities and towns shall have a seal, in the center of which shall be the words, “city seal” or “town seal,” as the case may be, and around the margin the name of the city or town, which shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders or certificates which it may be necessary or pr…

Any municipality or separate public corporation authorized to own and operate a hotel pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-40-19 and this section may operate such hotel through one or more management contracts with private companies experienced in the operation of hotels, and…

In any Class 3 municipality, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the number of members who shall serve on any existing or future municipal board, committee, or like body, shall be the same as the number of members on the municipal governing body unless the municipal governin…

(a) Notwithstanding any limitations of law pertaining to the municipality, the mayor of any municipality in Alabama is hereby authorized, subject to budget restraints approved by the governing body, to make cash or non-cash awards not to exceed $1,000 to employees of the municipa…

Each person engaged in the business of purchasing and receiving or collecting waste grease and animal by-products for rendering or recycling, from businesses, schools, and institutions located in various cities of the state, shall pay the following annual license tax in cities of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of any separately incorporated public corporation authorized to be created by a municipality pursuant to state law are employees of that separately incorporated entity and are not employees of the municipality authorizing the …

(a) For purposes of this section, the term elected municipal official means any mayor, council member, or commission member elected or appointed to municipal office whose presence at council or commission meetings is counted towards establishing a quorum. (b) Any elected municipa…

(a) Only 10 percent of a municipality’s general operating budget may come from fines and penalties retained by a municipality from traffic tickets. Any remaining amount in excess of the 10 percent threshold shall be transferred to the Department of Finance for allocation, in equa…

Affirmative action shall not be necessary for cities and towns to acquire the rights, power, and authority granted in this title. Municipalities shall, however, hold such elections and pass such ordinances and resolutions as are required by this title. (Code 1907, §1049; Code 192…

Notwithstanding any provision of law, any municipal corporation that was organized pursuant to the Code of Alabama of 1896, Chapter 94, Article 1, commencing with §2937, prior to the adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that is currently functioning as an active munic…

Rights of action and rights of property arising before or existing at the time of a change of corporate organization, as directed in this title, shall be enforced against or in favor of such city or town, and all civil actions then pending in favor of or against municipal corpora…

The corporate limits of any city or town shall not be altered or affected by the adoption of this Code. (Code 1907, §1051; Code 1923, §1742; Code 1940, T. 37, §4.)

Municipal corporations now existing or hereafter organized under this title containing 2,000 or more inhabitants shall be called cities. All incorporated municipalities containing less than 2,000 inhabitants shall be called towns. The last census, whether federal or taken as auth…

Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held therein. The result of the electio…

The several councils of cities or towns shall divide such cities or towns into wards having as nearly as may be the same number of inhabitants, the lines thereof conforming to the center of the streets or alleys and being rectangular as far as practicable. Ward lines, having once…

The organization of cities and towns existing at the adoption of this Code shall continue until changed in accordance with the provisions of this Code or some subsequent statute. (Code 1923, §1755; Code 1940, T. 37, §8.)

Any incorporated municipality of the state may, after notice as provided herein, move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being …

The term “appropriate municipal official” as used in this article shall mean any municipal building official or deputy and any other municipal official or municipal employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality as the person to exercise the…

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the municipality, toget…

Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate municipal official shall make a report to the governing body of the cost thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and assessing…

The municipality may assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where the assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent …

Payment of the assessment shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments in Section 11-48-48, as the same has heretofore or may hereafter be amended. Any Class 2 municipality may use the provisions of Section 11-48-48.1 as the sam…

This article is cumulative in nature and is in addition to any power and authority which any municipality may have under any other law. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, § 7; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, § 1.)

This article applies only to Class 2 municipalities. (Act 2017-304, §1.)

(a) The provisions of this article shall apply in any Class 2 municipality that adopts the provisions of this article to be applicable to the collection of municipal code liens as to real property, other than owner occupied property, in the municipality. (b) The provisions of thi…

As used in this article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) ADJOINING OWNERS. Property owners of owner-occupied property that share a common property line or boundary with the property. (2) INTERESTED PARTY. a. Includes the following parties: 1. The …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any fees, penalties, and abatement costs imposed against property other than owner occupied real property for violations of a Class 2 municipality’s housing and building codes adopted pursuant to the Code of Alabama 1975, may be enforc…

(a) Any Class 2 municipality to which this article applies may proceed with judicial in rem foreclosures of municipal code liens in accordance with the provisions of this article by enactment of an ordinance or resolution of the governing authority of the Class 2 municipality in …

(a) After a municipal code lien has been recorded with the judge of probate of the county in which the real property lies, the Class 2 municipality may identify those properties on which to commence a judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article, except that proper…

(a) The Class 2 municipality shall request that a judicial hearing on the petition occur not earlier than 30 days nor more than 90 days following the filing of the petition. At the judicial hearing, any interested party shall have the right to be heard and to contest the delinque…

(a) At any point prior to the moment of the sale, any interested party may redeem the real property from the sale by paying the redemption amount. Payment shall be made to the Class 2 municipality. Upon receipt of the payment, the Class 2 municipality shall file for dismissal of …

(a) Following the hearing and order of the court in accordance with Section 11-40-66, the court shall order the Class 2 municipality to sell the real property. The sale shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the land is located. The sale sha…