Title 11

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-550, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) The Legislature finds and determines the public good, welfare, and economy of the state are best served by providing and encouraging the development, growth, improvement, and support of new and cre…

Not later than January 1, annually, each corridor shall submit a report detailing all activities, including the status of any qualified enterprise within the corridor and the audited financial statements submitted pursuant to Section 11-66A-12, to the Governor, the Lieutenant Gov…

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws; provided, however, this chapter shall supersede any other laws to the extent the laws are clearly inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Act 2024-308, §21.)

If a qualified enterprise exists in the state, then the qualified enterprise, or any portion thereof, cannot relocate into a research and development corridor or otherwise be deemed or treated as a qualified enterprise unless the governing body of each municipality within whose c…

(a) Upon compliance with public notice requirements, the governing body of any subdivision, or the governing bodies of any two or more subdivisions, may authorize the incorporation and organization of a research and development corridor, located exclusively within the respective …

(a) Each corridor shall be governed by a board of directors that shall exercise, or authorize the exercise of, all powers of the corridor. (b) The board of each corridor shall consist of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation. (c) Any natural person …

The officers of a research and development corridor shall consist of a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as its board deems necessary or desirable. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same individual. The chair and vice c…

In furtherance of a project, each corridor shall have all of the following stated powers together with all powers incidental to these powers and necessary to effect the proper exercise of the corridor: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for the duration of the corridor …

(a) Each corridor shall have, and may exercise as provided in Section 11-66A-6(12), the authority and power to assume, incur, or issue, at any time and from time to time, any financial obligation or financial obligations, without limitation as to aggregate principal amount, as th…

(a) Each financial obligation or obligations of a research and development corridor shall be a limited obligation of the corridor payable solely from the sources of payment specified therein, subject to the limitations and provisions thereof, including, but not limited to, the is…

(a) A research and development corridor shall constitute a “unit” for purposes of Article 17 of Chapter 6 of Title 6. A research and development corridor, in the determination of the board, may file a petition with respect to any financial obligation or financial obligations ther…

The provisions of this article shall only apply to Alabama Class 2 municipalities. (Acts 1988, No. 88-329, p. 496, §1.)

The city council in any Class 2 municipality may adopt procedures for the abatement and removal of repeat nuisances authorizing the mayor, or his or her designee, without a resolution of the city council, to take actions as necessary to abate or remove overgrown weeds or abandone…

The governing body of a Class 2 municipality may declare either of the following to be a public nuisance and require its abatement or removal as provided in this division: (1) Any weed growing on a street, sidewalk, or private property within the municipality which: (i) bears see…

The governing body of a Class 2 municipality desiring to declare weeds or debris a public nuisance and order its abatement or removal pursuant to Section 11-67-2 shall do so by resolution. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which the street is commonly kno…

(a) After the passage of a resolution, notice of a public hearing on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed 30 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owner of the time, date, and place of the hearing and reason therefor. …

If objections are filed, at the time stated in the notice, the council of the Class 2 municipality shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protest regarding the proposed abatement or removal of weeds or debris. The council may continue the hearing from time to time.…

(a) After the council passes a resolution finding the conditions of a property to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement or removal, all employees and authorized agents of the Class 2 municipality may enter the property for that purpose. (b) The city may authorize private contr…

Each Class 2 municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing a nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by the municipality or an authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual, and shall provid…

At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the governing body shall hear the report, together with any objections raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating or removing the nuisance, and make modifications in the report as …

All resolutions authorizing abatement or removal of nuisances enacted prior to the passage of this article under the authority of any other act are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to have said nuisances removed or abated by either the city or by a duly…

This article shall only apply to Alabama Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 municipalities. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)

All weeds growing upon the streets, sidewalks, or upon private property within Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipalities of this state, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature, which attain a large growth so as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxio…

Whenever any weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property the governing body of any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement. The resolution shall refer to the street by th…

After the passage of the resolution, notice of a public hearing on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed 30 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owner of the time, date, and place of the hearing and the reason for the …

If objections are filed, at the time stated in said notice, the City Council of _____ shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protest regarding the proposed removal of weeds. The council may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of said hearing…

After the council passes the resolution finding the conditions of the property to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement, all employees and duly authorized agents of a Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may enter upon private property for that purpose. The council may a…

Each Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing the nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by it or its employees, or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterpri…

At the time fixed for receiving and considering said report, the governing body shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating said nuisance and thereupon make such modifications in…

All resolutions authorizing abatement or removal of nuisances enacted prior to the passage of this article under the authority of any other act are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to have said nuisances removed or abated by either the city or by a duly…

The provisions of this article shall apply only to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided by Chapter 43B of Title 11. This article shall not apply to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided by Chapter 44B of Title…

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryne…

(a) Whenever in the opinion of the city official or any other city employee designated by the mayor, a nuisance exists, the official shall order the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located to abate the condition. (b) The enforcing official shall give the owner writ…

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the condition after notice to do so, the enforcing official shall cause the offending grass or weeds to be cut. (b) Upon completion of the abatement work performed by the city, including work by contractors employed by the cit…

The city shall have the power to 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 an assessment is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a …

This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §6.)

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within a municipality that is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and …

Whenever any weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property, the governing body of any incorporated municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under whi…

(a) After the passage of the resolution, notice of a public hearing on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed 21 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owner of the time, date, and place of the hearing and the reason for …

If objections are filed, at the time stated in the notice, the governing body of the municipality shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protests regarding the proposed removal of weeds. The governing body of the municipality may continue the hearing from time to t…

(a) After the governing body passes the resolution finding the conditions of the property to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement, all employees and duly authorized agents of the municipality may enter upon the private property to abate the nuisance. (b) The governing body ma…

Each municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing the nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by its employees, or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual, and shall render …

At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the governing body shall hear the report, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating the nuisance and thereupon make modifications in the …

This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a municipality may have under any other law. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §8.)

(a) In the case of any property on which overgrown grass or weeds have been previously abated or on which abatement has been attempted through the process of posting notice on the property to be abated pursuant to Article 2 or this article, a municipality may adopt procedures dif…

In any Class 7 municipality, in the case of any overgrown grass or weeds which may be abated pursuant to Article 4, commencing at Section 11-67-60, of this chapter, the city council may adopt procedures different from the procedures provided in Article 4 to declare overgrown gras…