Title 1 — Title 1

The queen honey bee is hereby named and designated as the official agricultural insect for the State of Alabama. History: (Act 2015-461, §1.)

The Lane Cake, which originated in Clayton, Alabama, is designated as the official State Cake of Alabama. History: (Act 2016-309, §1.)

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) With the passing of the Bicentennial Celebration of Alabama, it has become known that Alabama lacks an official state vegetable. (2) In 2015, the Alabama Farmers Federation reported that the great State of Alabama r…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The research and educational programs of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, established by act of the Legislature in 1971 as the administrative home for the Alabama Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, serve the citiz…

(a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. Born into slavery a year before it was outlawed, Carver left home at a young age…

(a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Peanuts and pecans are crops of historical and agricultural significance to the State of Alabama. (2) The peanut was elevated to its current status by landmark agricultural scientist George Washington Carver’s research at Tuskeg…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as Little Bluestem, is a warm- season grass native to lower Canada and all of the United States except Nevada and Washington. (2) Little Bluestem fosters healthier Alabama eco…

The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. History: (Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, …

The flag of the state shall be hoisted on the dome of the Capitol when the two houses of the Legislature are in session, and shall be used by the state on all occasions when it may be necessary or customary to display a flag, except when, in the opinion of the Governor, the natio…

The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the state bird. History: (Acts 1927, No. 542, p. 628; Code 1940, T. 55, §7.)

The tarpon is hereby designated and named the official state salt water fish of Alabama. History: (Acts 1955, No. 564, p. 1226.)

The largemouth bass, Micropterus punctulatus, is hereby designated and named the official fresh water fish of Alabama. History: (Acts 1975, No. 1183, §1.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama State Flag Act.” History: (Act 2001-472, p. 629, §1.)

The Legislature finds it is appropriate to include within this chapter general history and related information concerning the state flag. The state did not have a flag from 1819 to January 11, 1861, when a resolution was passed designating a flag designed by a group of Montgomery…

For purposes of this chapter and any other provision of general law, appropriate flag display protocol shall expressly include, but not be limited to, the requirement that when flown on the same pole, the order of placement from top to bottom shall be the United States flag, the …

(a) Each county courthouse and courthouse annex in which a court sits on a regular basis shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the main entrance of the courthouse and the c…

(a) Each state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency headquarters, including the headquarters for state troopers, peace officers, marine police officers, and local police officers, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag displ…

(a) Each state park or historic site administrative building, which is located on park property and open to the general public, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the ma…

(a) Each facility or building located in this state that is affiliated with any department or agency of the state and supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag p…

(a) Each municipal building located in this state which is open to the general public and supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located ne…

On and after July 1, 2009, each state-owned building and each state park at which the flag of the United States is displayed and each rest area along the state and interstate highway systems may also display a POW-MIA flag, if such flags are available free of charge to the agency…

Vehicles. The governing body of any political subdivision of the state or any state agency may display the national motto of “In God We Trust” in and on public buildings and public vehicles, including, but not limited to any of the following: (1) School classrooms. (2) Courthouse…

The common law of England, so far as it is not inconsistent with the Constitution, laws and institutions of this state, shall, together with such institutions and laws, be the rule of decisions, and shall continue in force, except as from time to time it may be altered or repeale…

Tender. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Legal Tender Act. (b) Any refined gold or silver bullion, specie, or coin that has been stamped, marked, or imprinted with its weight and purity shall be recognized as legal tender in the State of Alabama. (c…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Gulf of America Act. (b) For all purposes within the State of Alabama, the body of water that borders the coast of Alabama, previously known as the Gulf of Mexico, shall be known as the “Gulf of America.” Any reference to th…

When by law a bond is required, an undertaking without seal is sufficient, and must be taken in all respects as if the same were a sealed instrument. History: (Code 1852, §9; Code 1867, §9; Code 1876, §9; Code 1886, §9; Code 1896, §9; Code 1907, §9; Code 1923, §10; Code 1940, T. …

and Seals. (a) In any instance where any bond, warrant, note or certificate is issued by any county, municipality, board of education or public corporation in this state and is required or permitted to be executed or attested by more than one person, a facsimile of the signature …

The fiscal year of the government shall commence on the first day of October and end on the thirtieth day of September. This fiscal year shall be used for purposes of making appropriations and of financial reporting and shall be uniformly adopted by all departments, institutions,…

The one hundred twentieth day after the first day of the first regular legislative session held next after the publication by the federal government of the regular federal decennial population census for Alabama is hereby fixed as the date for any reclassification under any law r…

In all counties and cities where officials are paid on a salary basis instead of a fee basis, all fees required under the terms of this Code to be paid to or collected by such officials shall be paid by said officials into the treasury of the county or municipality or to the offi…

by Certified Mail. In any case or matter in which the giving or serving of any notice, subpoena, citation or other writing by registered mail is authorized or required by law, such notice, subpoena, citation or other writing may be given or served by certified mail in lieu of reg…

Personal Leave Days; Compensatory Leave Days. (a) The following days are official state holidays: (1) New Year’s Day, January 1. (2) Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s birthday and Robert E. Lee’s birthday, the third Monday in January. (3) George Washington’s birthday and Thomas Jefferson…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared May 15 as National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, in honor of the American law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. (2) The National Fraternal Order of P…