Title 1

The omission from this Code of any acts heretofore passed which validated any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any city, town, county, county board of education, city board of education or other political subdivision of the state s…

(a) The classification and organization of the titles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions and sections of this Code, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference or presumption of a legi…

(a) Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in this Code to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions or sections shall mean titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions or sections of this Code. (b) Whenever any reference is m…

If any provision of this Code or any amendment hereto, or any other statute, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of this Code or such…

Words used in this Code in the past or present tense include the future, as well as the past and present. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter. The singular includes the plural, and the plural the singular. All words giving a joint authority to three…

(a) As used in this Code or any statute of this state heretofore or hereafter enacted, unless the context requires a different meaning, the term “blind person” means a natural person who has no vision or whose vision with correcting glasses is so defective as to prevent the perfo…

Time within which any act is provided by law to be done must be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. However, if the last day is Sunday, or a legal holiday as defined in Section 1-3-8, or a day on which the office in which the act must be done shall close a…

If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. § 260a to authorize states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round, the State of Alabama shall adopt Daylight Saving Time as the year-round standard of time for the entire state and all of its political subdivisions. (Act 2021-421…

Acts or omissions to which a pecuniary penalty is attached, recoverable by action by a person for his own use, or for the use, in whole or in part, of the state, or of a county or municipal corporation, are not public offenses within the meaning of this Code. (Code 1852, §4; Code…

No penal act shall take effect until 60 days after the approval thereof, unless otherwise specially provided in the act. (Code 1867, §§3544, 3955; Code 1876, §4448; Code 1886, §3705; Code 1896, §5540; Code 1907, §7805; Code 1923, §5531; Code 1940, T. 1, §8.)

This Code shall not affect any existing right, remedy or defense, nor shall it affect any prosecution now commenced, or which shall be hereafter commenced, for any offense already committed. As to all such cases, the laws in force at the adoption of this Code shall continue in fo…

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…

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) Courthouses. (3) Lib…

Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall be as follows: a shield upon which is carried the flags of four of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now the State of Alabama: Spain, France, Great Britain and …

The racking horse is hereby designated and named the official state horse of Alabama. (Acts 1975, No. 1153.)

(a) The camellia, Camellia japonica L., is hereby designated and named as the official state flower of Alabama. (b) The oak-leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr., is hereby designated and named as the official state wildflower of Alabama. (c) Specimens of the state flower …

The southern longleaf pine, Pinus palustris Miller, is hereby designated and named as the official state tree of Alabama. A specimen of the state tree shall be deposited in the Auburn University Herbarium, which is the State Herbarium for Alabama. (Acts 1949, No. 143, p. 169; Act…

Hematite is hereby designated and named the official mineral of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1967, No. 503, p. 1215.)

Marble is hereby designated and named the official rock of Alabama. (Acts 1969, No. 755, p. 1334.)

There shall be the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama. The Writers’ Conclave, a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets and newspaper writers, may at any annual meeting of said Writers’ Conclave, designate a suitable person to ho…

The poem “Alabama,” a gift to the people of the state from Julia S. Tutwiler, together with the original music written for such poem by Edna Gockel-Gussen, which music has been approved and adopted by the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs, is hereby adopted as the state song of A…

The wild turkey is hereby designated and named the official state game bird for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1980, No. 80-734, p. 1490, §1.)

The dance known as the square dance is designated the American folk dance of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1981, No. 81-48, p. 60.)

The pecan is designated as official state nut of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1982, No. 82-17, p. 27.)

The coat of arms of Alabama as described in heraldic terms shall be as follows: arms: quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or (for France); second quarterly first and fourth gules a tower tripple towered or, second and third argent a lion rampant gules (for Spain); third…

The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State of Alabama fossil the “Species Basilosaurus Cetoides.” No fossil “Species Basilosaurus Cetoides” shall be removed from the State of Alabama, in whole or in part, except by prior written approval of the Governor. …

The annual renaissance faire in Florence, Alabama, is hereby named and designated as the official renaissance faire in the State of Alabama, and said city is now and shall remain as the permanent location of this event. (Acts 1988, No. 88-43, p. 44.)

The Alabama State Championship Horse Show is hereby designated as the official state championship horse show of Alabama. (Acts 1988, No. 88-656, p. 1054.)

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is hereby designated as the official mascot and butterfly of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-676, p. 1341.)

The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the official insect for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-935, p. 1842.)

In recognition of its occurrence in the State of Alabama only, Pseudemys alabamensis of the Family Emydidae and Order Testudines, or the Alabama red-bellied turtle, is hereby named and designated as the official reptile for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1990, No. 90-82, p. 87.)

The Star Blue Quartz is designated as the official gemstone for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1990, No. 90-203, p. 240.)

The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae is hereby designated as the official shell of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1990, No. 90-567, p. 964.)

The drama by William Gibson, “The Miracle Worker,” which is performed annually on the grounds of Ivy Green, the birthplace of native Alabamian Helen Keller, is hereby designated as the official outdoor drama of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1991, No. 91-37, p. 45.)

The Demopolis Christmas on the River Barbecue Cook-off is hereby designated as the official Alabama State Barbecue Championship. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-739, p. 116; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-748, p. 126.)

The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama shall be placed above the speaker’s stand in each house of the Alabama Legislature, in the office of the Governor of the state, in the Department of Archives and History and any other department or institution, and shall be used f…

The Dothan Landmarks Parks is hereby designated the official Agricultural Museum for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1992, No. 92-541, p. 1149.)

The annual fall horseshoe tournament in Stockton, Alabama, is hereby designated as the official championship horseshoe tournament for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-697, p. 90.)

The Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts is designated as the official State Historic Theatre for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1993, No. 93-26, p. 58; Acts 1993, No. 93-34, p. 67; Acts 1993, No. 93-240, p. 344.)

“The Incident at Looney’s Tavern” is designated as Alabama’s Official Outdoor Musical Drama. (Acts 1993, No. 93-110, p. 166.)

The Red Hills Salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton 1961, is hereby designated and named as the official state amphibian of Alabama. (Act 2000-232, p. 367, §1.)

The Blackberry, Rubus, R. occidentalis, is hereby designated and named as the official fruit of Alabama. (Act 2004-363, p. 592, §1.)

The Black Bear, subfamily ursinae, Ursus americanus Pollas, 1780, is hereby designated as the official state mammal of Alabama. (Act 2006-245, p. 443, §1.)

The Peach, Rosaceae, genus Prunus, species P. persica, is hereby designated as the official state tree fruit of Alabama. (Act 2006-520, p. 1208, §1.)

The West Indian Manatee, family Trichechidae, order Sirenia, species Trichechus manatus, is hereby designated as the official state marine mammal of Alabama. (Act 2009-488, p. 891, §1.)

The Brown Shrimp, family Penaeidae, order Descapoda, species Penaeus aztecus, is designated as the official State Crustacean of Alabama. (Act 2015-124, §1.)