Title 45

(a) The Mobile County governing body shall reimburse the Accounts Department of the Domestic Relations Division of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, from the general fund of the county, the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total payment of two thousand five hundred dol…

(a) For purposes of this section, the term credit card includes any credit card, charge card, or debit card issued by any bank, foreign lender, domestic lender, or credit card bank as defined in Section 5-20-3. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any M…

(a) Effective upon the expiration of the current term of office, the county treasurer of Mobile County shall be paid an annual county salary of thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars ($35,500), payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (b) The salary …

The Treasurer of Mobile County shall receive an automobile expense allowance from the county of fifty dollars ($50) per week as reimbursement for the use of a personal vehicle and fuel, oil, and repairs in conducting official duties. (Act 97-535, p. 936, § 1.)

(a) Any county treasurer in Mobile County: (1) Who has served for 15 years as such official and is totally and permanently disabled to serve as such official, upon proof of such disability being made by certificate of three reputable physicians; or (2) who has served for 18 years…

(a) Upon the expiration of the current term of office of the Mobile County Treasurer, or if a vacancy occurs for any reason in the office prior to the expiration of the current term of office, the office of the Mobile County Treasurer is abolished. (b) Upon the abolition of the o…

(a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth of the County of Mobile and the need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout Mobile County impairs this need and constitutes a public heal…

(a) The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and implement such rules and regulations relating to the landscaping and commercial development in or adjacent to approved residential subdivision developments as it deems feasible and necessary to …

(a) In Mobile County, best management practices shall be required for forestry and agriculture on any land within the J.B. Converse Lake Watershed as designated by the U.S. Geological Survey. The best management practices required shall be the best management practices for forest…

The county commission shall be empowered to adopt and enforce a leash law in the unincorporated areas of the county and if it deems necessary it may enter into a contract with an incorporated municipality in the county for enforcement of such law. (Act 84-480, p. 1101, § 1.)

This subpart shall only apply in Mobile County in those areas of the county outside the corporate limits of any municipality. (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 1.)

The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person employed by Mobile County who performs animal control functions or any person who performs animal control functions who is employed by an entity under agreement or contract with the coun…

(a) An animal control officer or law enforcement officer of Mobile County shall investigate any incidents involving any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of Mobile County. (b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, b…

(a) A dog may not be declared dangerous or a nuisance in any of the following circumstances: (1) When an injury or damage was sustained by a person who, at the time of injury or damage, was committing a willful trespass or other tort upon premises occupied by the owner or custodi…

(a)(1) If a court determines that a dog is dangerous or a nuisance, but does not order that the dog be destroyed because evidence was insufficient to determine that the dog caused serious physical injury or damage to the real or personal property of another person, the owner of t…

The owner of a dog which has been declared to be dangerous or a nuisance by a court may petition the district court to remove the dangerous or nuisance dog designation 18 months after the judicial declaration was issued. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the district att…

(a) An owner of a dangerous dog who violates this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and not more than six hundred dollars ($600) for each subsequent offense. (b) If a dog that has prev…

An owner of a nuisance dog who violates this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and not more than six hundred dollars ($600) for each subsequent offense. (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 8.)

A law enforcement officer may enforce this subpart by immediately removing the dog to an appropriate facility, without requirement for a warrant or pending due process, or both, if in responding to an incident covered by this subpart, he or she determines that the dog poses a thr…

The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County is hereby declared to be in the public i…

(a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Mobile County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from ga…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for any person to park, leave, or store upon any place or premises in public view within the unincorporated territory of Mobile County more than one motor vehicle which is not currently and…

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-49-170.50, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license…

(a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Mobile County Commission. (b) The Mobile County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Mobile County Commission in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this su…

All junkyards, licensed pursuant to Section 11-80-10, located within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County shall comply with the following: (1) The junkyard shall maintain privacy fences of at least six feet in height around the perimeter of the junkyard. (2) The junkyard sha…

The county commission may move or demolish buildings or structures, or parts of buildings or structures, including party walls and foundations, when found by the county commission to constitute a public nuisance from any cause. (Act 2002-323, p. 890, § 2.)

The term appropriate county official or official as used in this subpart means any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by t…

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the county commission, together with any objections to the finding by the appropriate county official that…

(a) Upon demolition of any building or structure pursuant to this subpart, the appropriate county official shall make a report to the county commission of the demolition costs at a meeting held for that purpose, and the county commission shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs …

The county commission may assess the costs authorized herein against any real property where a demolition or removal has taken place and the property is subsequently purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. If any such assessment is made against …

This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which the county commission may have under any other law. (Act 2002-323, p. 890, § 7.)

The Board of Health of Mobile County is hereby authorized to charge and collect any fee it deems necessary and proper for any service rendered by its officers, employees, or agents in the performance of duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or resolutio…

(a) In Mobile County, upon a finding by the judge of probate that there is no designated mental health facility as defined by Section 22-52-90, the judge of probate may order that those certain persons who fall within the provisions of Article 5, commencing with Section 22-52-90,…

There shall be paid annually, in equal monthly installments, out of the General Fund of Mobile County to the board of health of such county such sums of money as shall be reasonably necessary for the county health department, for the acquisition of land, the erection, constructio…

There shall be paid annually, in equal monthly installments, out of the general funds of the several incorporated municipalities of Mobile County to the board of health of such county such sums of money as shall be reasonably necessary for the county health department, for the ac…

Whenever the retired employees of the state are granted a cost-of-living pension increase either by act of the Legislature or action of the Board of Control of the State Employees’ Retirement System, the retired employees of the Mobile County Health Department shall be granted a …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) INTERMITTENT FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any entity that has a physical address within Mobile County that does not prepare or serve food in its regular line of business but prepares a…

For the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Mobile County, as it is duly constituted on July 14, 1983, and any subsequent d…

At the determination of the county commission, there may be hereby established the Mobile County Indigent Care Board, hereinafter referred to as the board, whose composition and duties shall be as follows: (1) The county commission may appoint a Mobile County Indigent Care Board …

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this subpart to be in accordance with Section 88 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (Act 83-501, p. 704, § 3.)

(a) The county commission shall establish an account or accounts within the general fund of the county for payment of such amounts recommended by the Mobile County Indigent Care Board, as set forth herein. The county commission shall place into such account or accounts an amount …

The county commission also shall obligate such additional revenues from the General Fund of Mobile County in the amount of any oil and gas severance tax revenues being held in escrow designated for Mobile County and collected pursuant to Act 79-434 and Act 80-708, and in the amou…

The Mobile County Indigent Care Board shall be authorized and empowered to bring and prosecute any suits in its name, as agent for the County of Mobile, against any person whose cost of hospitalization, in whole or in part, has been paid by the board to the provider of medical ca…

In Mobile County, Alabama, the office of coroner is hereby abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by law to be performed by such coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as hereinafter provided for in th…

The State Medical Examiner assigned to the Department of Forensic Sciences, Region IV office in Mobile, Alabama, shall also serve as the County Medical Examiner for Mobile County. Other state medical examiners may be assigned as deputy county medical examiners. (Act 87-525, p. 79…

The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and trained in anatomic and forensic pathology. Any vacancy in the county shall be filled by appointment of the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences, who may waive the requirement…