Title 11

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. The coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned. (Code 1852, §804; Code 1867, §939; Code 1876, §855; Code 1886, §926; Code 1896, §1077; Code 1907, §105; Code 1923, §160; Code 1940, T. 12, §58.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. When the sheriff is interested in any cause or proceeding, such interest not appearing on the face thereof, the judge of probate may on a proper showing by affidavit direct the coroner to execute the summons, writ, or other proc…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. The validity of the coroner’s official acts cannot be questioned upon the ground that the process is directed to any sheriff or that it does not show a necessity for the coroner to act or other ground going to the form of the pr…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. When the coroner is required to discharge the duties of sheriff, the judge of probate may in his discretion require him to give an additional bond. If the coroner fails within 10 days after such requisition to give such addition…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares all of the following: (1) An unattended and sudden death is one of society’s most tragic events and should receive the appropriate caring, competent, and thorough attention of all levels of government. (2) A suspicious, s…

(a) There is created the Alabama Coroner’s Training Commission to be appointed as herein provided. Appointments to the commission shall be made as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Coroner’s Association shall appoint one county coroner to serve an initial term of two year…

(a) A coroner who owns, operates, is employed by, or otherwise has an interest in a funeral establishment is deemed to have a conflict of interest and shall not direct business to the establishment when performing his or her duties under the laws of this state. (b) Nothing in thi…

(a) No person shall be eligible to hold the office of coroner unless he or she meets the following qualifications: (1) Is a citizen of the United States. (2) Is a resident in the county in which he or she seeks the office of coroner for at least one year prior to his or her quali…

The coroner of each county is authorized to appoint such deputy coroners as are needed, with the prior approval of the county commission. Any appointment shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the coroner and the office of the judge of probate. The coroner of eac…

Any coroner or deputy coroner shall have the authority to certify any death occurring within the boundaries of the State of Alabama providing that the offense, occurrence, or incident that ultimately resulted in the death occurs within the jurisdiction of the county coroner. (Act…

(a) The following provisions of this article shall not apply to a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in this state who serves as a coroner or deputy coroner: (1) Subsections (d), (e), and (i) of Section 11-5-31. (2) Subdivision (7) of subse…

Except where there is an agreement or local law which provides otherwise, the coroner shall be responsible for carrying out the duties required for proper transportation of a body to a forensic sciences laboratory for the purpose of performing an autopsy or any other postmortem e…

The actual expenses incurred by the coroner in performing the duties set out herein shall be reimbursed as follows: If the autopsy or any other postmortem examination is ordered as provided in Section 36-18-2, the costs incurred for storage and transportation of the body to a fac…

(a) To obtain reimbursement of expenses as authorized in this article, the coroner shall itemize the necessary expenses incurred for the storage of the body prior to transportation and for transportation of the body from its location to the designated forensic sciences laboratory…

All payments remitted under this article shall be paid into the county general fund and expended only for expenses related to the storage and transportation of bodies for purposes of autopsy or any other postmortem examination as provided in this article. The coroner shall be res…

In the event an autopsy or any other postmortem examination is requested for purposes other than in the course of an investigation, the coroner shall not be responsible for the storage or transportation of the body. The coroner may provide assistance to the person or entity reque…

The county commission shall be authorized to appoint a county engineer or chief engineer of the division of public roads who shall serve full time in such capacity for the county and the amount of whose salary shall be such sum as may be fixed by the said county commission payabl…

The person appointed as county engineer, or chief engineer of the division of public roads within the meaning of this article, shall be a registered professional engineer in the State of Alabama in good standing and, in addition, he shall have had not less than three years’ exper…

It shall be the duty of the said county engineer or chief engineer of the division of public roads, subject to the approval and direction of the county commission to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct such assistants as are necessary to construct and maintain properly the county …

When any county has established the office of county engineer or chief engineer of the division of public roads the Director of the Department of Transportation shall, upon application of the county commission, authorize the expenditure out of the available funds of the State Dep…

In those counties whose employees are governed by a civil service or merit system law, the provisions of such law shall remain in full force and effect. (Acts 1971, No. 1945, p. 3143, §6.)

The county commission or like governing body of each of the several counties shall be authorized to appoint an engineer trainee as assistant to the county engineer who shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §1.)

Any person appointed to the position of engineer trainee under the provisions of this article shall be a graduate engineer and a certified engineer intern as provided in Chapter 11 of Title 34, in the State of Alabama and in good standing; provided, that should an acceptable cand…

It shall be the duty of the engineer trainee, appointed under provisions of this article, subject to approval and direction of the county commission or like governing body, to assist the county engineer or chief engineer of the division of public roads of said county in all dutie…

(a) Upon application of the county commission or like governing body of the several counties of the state, the Department of Transportation shall participate in the salary of the engineer trainee in the county in an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual salary of the engineer …

Engineer trainees appointed under provisions of this article shall in all respects be considered as employees of the counties by which employed. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §5.)

The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to all other statutes providing for assistance to the several counties for the maintenance and betterment of public roads. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §6.)

The county commission is authorized to appoint two surveyors for the county, who shall hold office for the term of three years and until their successors may be qualified, unless sooner removed. Before making an appointment, the court must be satisfied by evidence that the person…

When a survey of land is made by a county surveyor for the purposes of straightening or locating section or other lines, the owners of the fences or buildings erected on or near the original or supposed lines shall not lose their right to the same when the survey places the fence…

In making any survey of lands at the request of any person interested therein, the surveyor and his assistants may without the consent of the owner or person in possession enter upon and survey in an orderly manner any lands which it may be necessary for them to enter on or surve…

The county commission must fix the rates of compensation of the surveyor as well as that of his chain bearers and markers. (Code 1852, §820; Code 1867, §955; Code 1876, §870; Code 1886, §941; Code 1896, §3897; Code 1907, §6025; Code 1923, §10354; Code 1940, T. 56, §9.)

The official bonds of county surveyors shall be $1,000.00, the premiums on said bonds to be paid by the persons making such bonds without expense to the county. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203; Code 1940, T. 41, §94.)

The county commission has power to remove either or both such surveyors if satisfied the public good requires removal and, in the event of removal, to make a new appointment. (Code 1852, §813; Code 1867, §948; Code 1876, §863; Code 1886, §934; Code 1896, §3890; Code 1907, §6017; …

It is the duty of the surveyor faithfully to execute and return all orders of survey directed to him from any court of record in the state and to make all surveys of lands or lots in the county at the request of any person interested therein on payment or tender of his probable f…

In the execution of an order of survey directed to him by any court, the surveyor and his assistants may, without the consent of the occupant or claimant of ownership, enter upon any lands necessary to be surveyed or entered upon and survey the same in an orderly and proper manne…

When a survey is directed by any court of record, the fees of the surveyor are to be taxed in the bill of costs. (Code 1852, §817; Code 1867, §952; Code 1876, §867; Code 1886, §938; Code 1896, §3894; Code 1907, §6022; Code 1923, §10351; Code 1940, T. 56, §6.)

The surveyor must swear his chain bearers to perform their duties without favor or affection, and must make a plat of all lands or lots he surveys for the person requiring the same, and write on such plat the names of his chain bearers and also his fees for the same. (Code 1852, …

A survey or plat of land made by a county surveyor, signed by him officially and stating the contents, courses, distances, and designation at the land office of any land surveyed by him, is presumptive evidence of the facts stated if the opposite party has notice that such survey…

A county surveyor is liable on his official bond, for any damages done by a wrongful survey or plat. (Code 1852, §819; Code 1867, §954; Code 1876, §869; Code 1886, §940; Code 1896, §3896; Code 1907, §6024; Code 1923, §10353; Code 1940, T. 56, §8.)

For the purposes of this chapter the fiscal year shall begin October 1 and shall end September 30 following. (Acts 1935, No. 379, p. 803; Code 1940, T. 12, §91.)

No warrant or order for the payment of money shall be issued under authority of the county commission until funds are available for its payment upon presentation to the treasurer or depository pursuant to procedures established by the county commission. (Acts 1935, No. 379, p. 80…

The county commission is hereby authorized to invest the remaining surplus in any fund, after the adoption of the budget or after provision has been made for anticipated indebtedness, in interest-bearing securities issued by the United States government which are guaranteed as to…

Any county commission is hereby authorized to make appropriations to the Lurleen B. Wallace Memorial Cancer Hospital Fund, Inc., incorporated May 28, 1968. (Acts 1969, No. 838, p. 1543.)

In the event any situation resulting from an act of God or the public enemy over which the county commission has no control results in an appreciable obligation against the county over and above what said county commission has reason to anticipate and for which no moneys from the…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to county bonds now outstanding or that may be hereafter issued under authority of law. (Acts 1935, No. 379, p. 803; Code 1940, T. 12, §86.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to public school funds administered by county boards of education by whatever name they may bear. (Acts 1935, No. 379, p. 803; Code 1940, T. 12, §87.)