Title 45

The County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval of the county medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. Such persona…

It shall be the duty of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall p…

While investigating a death hereunder, the county medical examiner or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tis- sues, or fluids as may be required by the investigation. (…

Neither the county medical examiner nor any member of his or her staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences nor any member of the department’s staff or agents, shall incur any civil or criminal liability for the proper performance of their duties under…

The reports of death investigations conducted by the county medical examiner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Mobil…

In addition to the duties and authority described above, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall also have all duties and authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the law of Alabama. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 13.)

The state medical examiner shall serve as county medical examiner for Mobile County with no personal compensation from Mobile County. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 14.)

Upon July 22, 1987, title and control of all equipment in the Mobile County Coroner’s office shall be transferred by Mobile County to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall receive also, on an annual basis, all funds appropr…

This subpart makes no changes in the funding of, responsibility for, or existing methods of transporting bodies in Mobile County. The Department of Forensic Sciences is assigned no additional responsibilities for transportation of bodies under this subpart. (Act 87-525, p. 794, §…

The county medical examiner shall make an annual report to the county governing body listing the number of deaths investigated, the determinations made, and other reasonable facts as required by the governing body. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 17.)

(a) The medical examiner or forensic science pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the Eye Bank Association of America under all of the fol…

The Mobile County Commission is hereby empowered to grade, as it deems necessary, those county dirt surfaced roads traveled by rural mail carriers for the United States Post Office Department provided that the land owners along such roads are willing to donate to the county the r…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mobile County governing body shall pay for the expense, from the county general fund or any county fund designated for roads or bridges, of relocating water pipes and lines outside of the municipal police jurisdiction when: (1) Owned b…

The County Commission of Mobile County may accept each year a total number of miles of public roads equal to the number of miles of county maintained dirt roads graded, drained, based, and paved under any pay-as-you-go program during the preceding calendar year and shall not acce…

In order for a road to be considered under this part, all of the owners of property located adjacent to the named road, or portion of the named road to be considered, and whose property does not gain access from another openly traveled public or private right-of-way, shall sign t…

A chair shall be designated on this petition to represent the petitioners and to act on their behalf. A map of legible size indicating the location of the named road shall be presented with the petition. The petition should clearly state the name to be assigned to the road. The p…

On or prior to the first day of the month of February, the county commission shall submit copies of each petition received to the county engineer. The county engineer, on or prior to the last day of the month of March of the same year, shall return to the commission a prioritized…

The following sequence dates shall apply to this part: (1) January: Petitions for road maintenance may be accepted by the county commission only during the month of January. (2) February: Petitions forwarded to the county engineer for analysis and recommendations. (3) March: On o…

Any chair who has not met all the requirements pursuant to the schedule set out in this part may request in writing a one-year extension, and upon the recommendation of the county engineer and approval of the county commission, be continued in the program and allowed one addition…

The county engineer shall submit a prioritized list based on density of development, as determined by a check of the records in the office of the county tax assessor, of those roads which have been submitted by petition to the county commission. The list shall be submitted to the…

The petitioners shall not submit any road or portion of road for consideration in this program that does not connect directly to an existing county, municipal, or state maintained road. Individual property owners shall be required to bear the expense of the purchase of driveway c…

The chair designated on the petition shall be the official representative for the petitioners and shall be responsible for the following duties: (1) Upon notification by the county commission that the road has been selected for the program, the chair shall contact the county engi…

The county shall be financially responsible for the cost of all consulting fees for the surveying and design or roadway construction plans, right-of-way surveys and the preparation of all deed and easement documents, for the recording of all right-of-way deed and easement documen…

The alignment of the centerline of the proposed right-of-way will follow as closely as feasible the existing centerline of the existing roadway except where such alignment would not comply with accepted design criteria or compromise the safety of the traveling public. The right-o…

Upon acceptance of any public roads into the county road maintenance system, the county engineer shall instruct the appropriate road maintenance departments to commence maintenance and to install the appropriate traffic control devices. The chair for any selected road which does …

(a) The county commission may adopt the necessary rules for the construction of county maintained roads in the county. The county commission may adopt rules regarding the planning and construction of streets and roads within subdivisions. Subdivision rules shall be adopted or ame…

(a) The governing body of Mobile County, jointly with the governing bodies of any incorporated municipalities within the county, may provide office accommodations for the members of the state legislative delegation from the county and also provide legislative assistants and an of…

(a) The Mobile County License Commissioner shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within Mobile County so as to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so tha…

(a) Effective upon the expiration of the current term of office, the License Commissioner of Mobile County shall be paid an annual supplemental salary in the amount of ten thousand and five hundred dollars ($10,500). (b)(1) The supplemental salary, as above determined, is in addi…

(a) In Mobile County there is hereby authorized to be charged and collected by the license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, or other public officer performing like duties an issuance, application, or license transfer fee as follows: (1) Motor vehicle license …

(a)(1) In Mobile County, the Mobile County Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) to be collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration,…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the license commissioner and other elected officials of Mobile County shall deposit all collection of monies by his or her office in an interest-bearing checking account or interest-bearing savings account within Mobile County. (b) Funds …

In Mobile County, within the City of Citronelle, there is hereby established a branch office of the county license commissioner. The office created by this section shall be funded by monies from the county general fund and shall perform all functions and duties of the license com…

(a) In Mobile County in cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the license commissioner shall notify the county commission, who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. The license commissioner is…

The License Commissioner of Mobile County may appoint a qualified person to serve as a secretary to the license commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the license commissioner. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed that of the salary of the secretaries to the Mobi…

(a) This section shall apply only in counties having a population of 300,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census. (b) On or after September 1st of each year, the Judge of Probate of Mobile County, if he or she elects to do so, may mail an application in…

An amount, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), shall be distributed annually to the Historic Mobile Preservation Society for payment of the utilities at Oakleigh Antebellum House Museum from the funds received by the county for the City of Mobile from the additional sta…

An amount, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), shall be distributed annually to the Historic Mobile Preservation Society for payment of the utilities at Oakleigh Antebellum House Museum from the funds received by the county for the City of Mobile from the additional sta…

(a) In the unincorporated areas of Mobile County, a metal structure or metal shed which is used for a hunting camp, hunting club, or hunting lodge shall be exempt from the inspection requirements of county ordinances and the county building code relating to plumbing, electricity,…

In all counties having populations of not less than 300,000 nor more than 500,000 according to the last federal decennial census, the chief deputy sheriff shall be paid a salary of not less than Range 41, Step D, twenty-nine thousand three hundred forty dollars ($29,340) annually…

(a)(1)a. The repeal of Acts 1976, No. 710, 1976 Regular Session (Acts 1976, p. 990), as amended, will not result in any financial loss for any deputy sheriff of any rank or grade, or both. b. This subsection shall include actual range and step for every position. c. Deputies shal…

(a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall continue to receive the annual salary the sheriff is receiving on June 1, 2024, for the remainder of the current term of office which commenced in January 2023. (b) In addition to the salary provided in subsection (a), the sheriff shall be e…

(a) On or after June 1, 2024, an individual qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Mobile County or any individual appointed to serve as a sheriff in the county shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required b…

Any person who picks up a dog wearing a collar and name plate bearing the name and address of the owner of the dog shall make contact with the owner and deliver the dog to the owner, or return the dog to the place where the dog was picked up. If the person fails to carry out this…

Any person who is convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm in Mobile County shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned for a term of six months, with no probation or suspended sentence. (Act 80-356, p. 477, §1.)

No person shall possess a firearm on the Escatawpa River from the Washington County boundary line to United States Highway 98. Provided, however, a person owning land adjacent to the river may possess a firearm, if other legal requirements are properly met. Provided, further, thi…