Title 24 — Title 24

This article shall not repeal any local act, general law of local application or municipal ordinance where provisions thereof have standards, qualifications and requirements for the anchoring of mobile homes equal to or higher than those provided in this article, and such laws, a…

No person may sell or offer to sell in the state any new manufactured home for use in this state manufactured after May 28, 1980, unless each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) A label of approval has been permanently affixed to the manufactured home. (2) The label …

No person may manufacture in this state any manufactured home after May 28, 1980, unless it bears a label and certification, certifying that the manufactured home meets or exceeds the Uniform Standards Code. History: (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §5; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 10…

(a) Any manufacturer or dealer within or without this state shall apply for a license to sell manufactured homes in this state. (b) Applications shall be obtained from and submitted to the commission. Each applicant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of …

A new manufactured home which does not bear the label required by this article may not be offered for sale by any manufacturer or dealer anywhere within the geographical limits of this state. History: (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §7; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §6; Act 2009…

(a) The commission shall cause to be inspected, at such times as it may deem proper, any place or establishment within this state where manufactured homes are manufactured, sold, or offered for sale, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of this article and the…

It is the express intent of this chapter to give administrative relief to the Fire Marshal Division of the Insurance Department in the supervision of any current or future federal and state statutes and codes relating to manufactured and modular housing and buildings. For such pu…

The Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission, hereinafter referred to as “the commission,” is created and shall function as the principal executive branch agency with powers to provide for a comprehensive manufactured and modular housing and building program with respect to constr…

(a) The advisory board of the commission shall be composed of nine advisory only members, each of whom shall have been a resident of Alabama for at least five years prior to appointment. (b) Six of the members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, as…

(a) The commission, in an advisory capacity, shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to provide, with the cooperation of other departments of state governmental units, a comprehensive housing program and procedures which include the relevance for housing progr…

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) PROJECT. Any low-rent housing hereafter developed or acquired by the authority with financial assistance of the United States of America acting through the Secretary of Housing an…

Office; Officers; Removal; Quorum; Proxies; Location of Meetings. There is created and established an Indian housing authority for the jurisdictions of Mobile and Washington Counties, to be styled the Mowa Choctaw Housing Authority, whose purpose shall be the provision of safe an…

The authority is hereby authorized: (1) To undertake research and studies and analyses of housing needs in Mobile and Washington Counties, and means by which such needs may be met, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according …

The area of operation of the authority shall be within Washington and Mobile Counties in areas outside of the corporate boundaries of cities or towns existing at the time of the passage of this amendatory act, and in areas historically considered to be occupied by the Indians of …

Consistent with the provisions of any state or federal laws or regulations, the authority shall cooperate with municipalities and regional housing authorities for the purpose of assuring the most economic and efficient use of potential resources available for housing in Mobile an…

Services, Accept Dedications, Etc., on Behalf of Authority Without Charge. (a) The authority shall endeavor to secure a contract with the government for loans and annual contributions covering one or more projects comprising units of low-rent housing and to develop and administer…

As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Indian Housing Authority. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Indian Affairs Commission created under Sections 41-9-708 to 41-9-717, inclusive. (3) INDIAN AREAS. An…

There is created and established an Indian housing authority for the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama, to be styled the Alabama Indian Housing Authority. Its purpose shall be to provide safe and decent dwelling places for low-income persons and families in Indian areas. The a…

The authority may: (1) Undertake research and studies and analyses of housing needs in the State of Alabama, and the means by which such needs may be met, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amou…

Subject to the limitations of this section, the authority may operate anywhere in the State of Alabama that is an Indian area. The authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the area of operation of any city, county, or regional housing authority unless …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Fair Housing Law.” History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §1.)

The office may do any of the following: (1) Promulgate regulations necessary for the enforcement of this chapter which shall not exceed the requirements of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act (Pub. L. No. 100-430) and any subsequent amendments to it. (2) Make studies with respec…

(a) In conducting an investigation, the office shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and may examine, record, and copy the materials and take and record the testimony or statement…

Methods; Filing of Answer; Local Fair Housing Law; Conciliation Agreement; Completion of Investigation; Final Administrative Disposition; Burden of Proof; Termination of Efforts to Obtain Voluntary Compliance. (a) A person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housi…

Parties’ Right to Take Civil Action; Amendment of Complaint; Subpoenas; Refusal to Allow Discovery; Hearing; Panel Opinion and Order; Review. (a) If not sooner resolved, the investigator, upon completion of his investigation, shall submit to ADECA a statement of the facts disclos…

Order; Relief and Award. (a) A civil action must be commenced within one year after the alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred. However, the court shall continue a civil case brought pursuant to this section, from time to time, before bringing it to trial if the cou…

Investigate Violation of Chapter. Before accepting any complaint under this chapter, the office shall determine if the complainant has filed a similar complaint with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of th…

Within constitutional limitations, it is the policy of this state to provide for fair housing throughout the state. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §2.)

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings: (1) ADECA. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (2) COVERED MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS: a. Buildings consisting of four or more units if the buildings have one or mo…

It shall be unlawful: (1) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise to make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origi…

Business of Selling or Renting Dwellings. It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to, or membership or participation in, any multiple listing service, real estate brokers’ organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or rent…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of the transaction, because of race, c…

(a) Except for subdivision (3) of Section 24-8-4, Sections 24-8-4 and 24-8-6 do not apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintain…

It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the enjoyment of, exercise of, or the aid or encouragement of any other person in the exercise of any right granted under this chapter. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §8; Acts 1995, N…

Powers to Employees. (a) The office shall administer the provisions of this chapter. (b) The office may delegate any of its functions, duties, and powers to its employees including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, or…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integrity in Housing Act. History: (Act 2018-235, §1.)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSISTANCE ANIMAL. An animal, other than a service animal, that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act, Public Law 90-284, 42 U.S.C. § 3601, et seq., or Sectio…

(a) A landlord who receives a request from a person to make an exception to a policy of the landlord that prohibits animals on the property of the landlord because the person requires the use of an assistance animal may require the person to produce reliable documentation of the …

Animal. (a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal or service animal if the person intentionally does either of the following: (1) Misrepresents to another person that a person has a disability or disability- related need for the …

(a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of an animal as an assistance animal or service animal if a person intentionally does any of the following: (1) Creates a document that misrepresents an animal as an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing. (2) …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Land Bank Authority Act. History: (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §1.)

(a) If the number of tax delinquent properties in a municipality exceeds 100, then the governing body of a municipality may adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that a local authority be formed by the municipality by the filing for record of a ce…

The Alabama Land Bank Authority is hereby created for the purpose of acquiring tax delinquent properties in order to foster the public purpose of rehabilitating land which is in a nonrevenue-generating, nontax-producing status to an effective utilization status in order to provid…

The authority does not have the power of eminent domain. History: (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §3.)

When used in the chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) AGREEMENT. The intergovernmental cooperation agreement entered into between an authority and a local authority by the parties pursuant to this chapter. (2) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Land Bank Author…

(a) There is created the Alabama Land Bank Authority Board which shall govern the authority to administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Four residents of the state appointed by the Governor. (2) Two representatives from nonpro…

(a) The authority, at such times as it deems to be appropriate, may submit a written request to the Land Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Revenue for the transfer of the state’s interest in certain properties to the authority. Upon receipt of such request, the Land Commi…

(a) The authority shall adopt rules for the disposition of property in which the authority holds a legal interest, which rules shall address the conditions set forth in this section. (b) The authority may manage, maintain, protect, rent, repair, insure, alter, convey, sell, trans…

(a) The authority may initiate a quiet title action under this section to quiet title to real property held by the authority or interests in tax delinquent property held by the authority by undertaking the examination of title as required in subsection (b) and thereafter filing t…

This chapter shall not apply to property owned, operated, or used by utilities engaged in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity. History: (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §9.)