Title 36 — Title 36

and Take Proof of Conveyances of Property, Etc., Within State. The Governor may appoint commissioners in other states and territories of the United States to take and certify depositions, to receive the acknowledgment and take the proof of conveyances of property within this stat…

A state official authorized by federal law or regulation may issue and execute passports in accordance with federal law. A fee prescribed by federal law or regulation shall be paid for each passport issued and the proceeds shall be collected and retained by the state official bef…

All persons who are regularly employed by the state and whose pay is seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less exclusive of benefits shall be permitted to also engage in employment in the private sector if the employment is not specifically prohibited by statute, and if the…

(a) For the purposes of this section, “education employee” means a certified or noncertified employee of the State Board of Education or any local board of education and an employee of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the Department of Yo…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Second Amendment Protection Act. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an official, officer, employee, or agent of the state or political subdivision thereof, when acting in an official capacity, …

The official acts of any person in possession of a public office and exercising the functions thereof shall be valid and binding as official acts in regard to all persons interested or affected thereby, whether such person is lawfully entitled to hold office or not and whether su…

Any state official who by law is required to publish an annual, biennial or quadrennial report is authorized to reduce the actual number of printed copies now required by law if, in the opinion of said officer, a decreased number of copies will adequately supply the needs of his …

(a) Any officer or employee of the State of Alabama, any political subdivision or school district thereof, of any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county or a municipality who desires to make a contribution to a community chest or other combination of non…

Rrepealed by Acts 1991, No. 91-561, p. 1037, § 8, effective July 1, 1992. History: (Acts 1979, No. 79-467, p. 854; Acts 1981, No. 81-692, p. 1163; Acts 1982, No. 82-564, p. 941.)

All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, every political subdivision of this state which employs full-time firefighters shall adopt policies or regulations which will provide for deductions from the salaries of its firefighters or groups of firefighters whenever a written reques…

(a)(1) Subject to the restrictions of Section 17-17-5, the Comptroller shall adopt statewide policies that provide for deductions from the salaries of state employees or groups of state employees whenever a request is presented to the Comptroller by a group of at least 200 partic…

The policies adopted by the state Comptroller for deductions from the salaries of state employees or groups of state employees for employee organizations shall provide that the deductions for membership dues and voluntary contributions shall be made based on membership lists and …

(a) The payroll clerk or other responsible person in charge of the payroll system, may deduct from the salary or wages of any state officer or employee, an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment to the Foster Care Trust Fund established by Sections 38-10-50 and 3…

(a) The state Comptroller shall adopt statewide policies which provide for the deductions from the salaries of state employees whenever a request is presented to the state Comptroller by the participating state employee to purchase a computer or computer software. The deductions …

Declined. Any person who is entitled to receive any retirement pay or allowance, pension, survivor’s benefit, disability benefit or other benefit under any retirement system or pension and relief system established for the benefit of employees either of the State of Alabama or an…

(a) Any director or head of a state department, agency, bureau, or division shall allow any state employee under his or her supervision, who operates a motor vehicle in the performance of his or her duties, whether such employee is in travel status or otherwise, and whether the v…

Insurance. (a) The various state agencies, departments, boards, or commissions shall determine and report their needs for liability coverage to the Finance Director, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Attorney General. The Finance Director, with the advice of the Insurance Commi…

(a) Any instrumentality or agency of the State of Alabama, whose principal activity consists of distributing goods or services by contract with the United States, or any federal governmental corporation, and which are not covered by the provisions of Chapter 29 of this title, sha…

Repealed by Act 2000-767, §2, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-505, p. 867; Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-700, p. 106; Acts 1996, No. 96-645, p. 1026, §1.)

(a) There is established the Alabama Employees’ Suggestion Incentive Program for merit and non-merit employees of state government. The program will make financial incentive awards to state employees whose adopted suggestions result in substantial financial savings or improvement…

(a) No person may require or demand as a condition of continued employment with the State of Alabama that an individual submit to or take a polygraph or similar test. (b) Any person found guilty of violating subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. History: (Acts …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Disaster Services Volunteer Leave Act of 1995.” (b) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DISASTER. Any disaster designated at level IV and above in the American National Red Cross Re…

This chapter shall be known as the “Alabama State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign Act.” History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-561, p. 1037, §1.)

The Legislature finds that: (1) It is the policy of the state to lessen the burden of government at both the state and local levels in meeting the needs of human health, welfare and human care services by supporting charitable giving; (2) There is a need to provide a single conve…

As used in this chapter the following words have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA STATE EMPLOYEE COMBINED CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN (ASECCC). The annual combined charitable fund-raising program established through this chapter to receive and distribute voluntary payroll deduction co…

(a) The Governor of the State of Alabama shall be the ultimate authority for implementation of the ASECCC, including promulgation of administrative regulations and procedures not covered in this chapter. (b) The campaign manager shall be selected by the LARC through a bid process…

Presence. (a) Participation in the Alabama State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign shall be limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care federations and agencies with a substantial local presence that provide or support direct health and welfare services to individ…

(a) ASECCC is the only authorized payroll deduction charitable fund-raising effort among state employees. (b) The state Comptroller and each disbursing officer shall promptly transmit the amounts deducted, and an accounting of the amounts designated to the various charitable fund…

(a) The following persons shall be ineligible to and disqualified from holding office under the authority of this state: (1) Those who are not qualified electors, except as otherwise expressly provided; (2) Those who have not been inhabitants of the state, county, district or cir…

All county officers and officers chosen for any portion or district of a county shall be authorized to exercise the duties and functions of the office to which they are elected after they shall have received certificates of their election as provided by law whether they have rece…

Any person, being disqualified by law, who by election or appointment enters upon any public office must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00. History: (Code 1852, §106; Code 1867, §145; Code 1876, §4168; Code 1886, §3968; Code 1896, §5153; Code 1907, §7446; Code 1923, …

All officers must reside in this state and keep their offices in such places as are or may be designated by law. History: (Code 1852, §108; Code 1867, §147; Code 1876, §152; Code 1886, §244; Code 1896, §3057; Code 1907, §1468; Code 1923, §2576; Code 1940, T. 41, §7.)

Every state official or officer holding office under the authority of this state and who is paid a salary or receives pecuniary profit for his or her services as such official and whose office or post of duty is located in the Capitol building or in the City of Montgomery may res…

The failure of any such official to comply with the requirements of Section 36-2-4 shall be ground for impeachment or removal of such official from office in the manner provided by law for the impeachment or removal from office of any such official. History: (Acts 1919, No. 643, …

The judges of the several courts, the Attorney General, district attorneys, the Secretary of State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Public Service Commissioners, the Director o…

The commission must issue in the name and by the authority of the State of Alabama, must be sealed with the Great Seal and signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of State, unless it is the commission of the secretary, which must be signed by the Governor. Histo…

No commissioned officer of this state required by law to give bond shall receive his commission until he has made his bond and had the same properly approved and filed. In all other cases, commissions may issue on the production of the certificate of election to the person therei…

Any state officer required by law to be commissioned who exercises any of the duties of the office to which he has been elected or appointed without having first obtained his commission must, on conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $20.00. History: (Code 1852, §…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-345, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the President of the Public Service Commission and two associate…

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and associate justices of said court, the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit judges, judges of probate courts and clerks of the circuit court and judges of inferior courts, when not otherwise prov…

District attorneys shall hold office for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. History: (Code 1907, §1465; Code 1923, §2568; Code 1940, T. 41, §17.)

(a) The sheriff, one coroner, members of county commissions, one county treasurer, when elective, and one constable for each election precinct shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January next after their…

There shall be elected at the general election in November a tax assessor for each county in the state, who shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law and whose term of office shall be six years from October 1 next after his election and until his successor is elected and…

There shall be elected at the general election in November a tax collector for each county in the state, who shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law and whose term of office shall be six years from October 1 next after his election and until his successor is elected an…

In all cases in which it is not otherwise provided by law, the oaths of office may be administered by any officer authorized to administer an oath, must be written out and subscribed by the person taking the same and must be accompanied with the certificate of the officer adminis…

Such oaths must, when taken by the Governor, any judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, judge of the circuit court, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, district attorney or any other officer whose general duties are no…

Judges of probate must file their official oaths in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of their respective counties. History: (Code 1852, §113; Code 1867, §152; Code 1876, §158; Code 1886, §252; Code 1896, §3065; Code 1907, §1478; Code 1923, §2590; Code 1940, T. 41, §23…

Judges of other inferior courts and all other officers whose general duties are confined to a single county must, unless otherwise provided, file such oath and certificate in the office of the judge of probate of their respective counties. History: (Code 1852, §114; Code 1867, §1…

Whenever any officer is authorized or required to appoint a deputy, such deputy, before he proceeds to act, must take the oath prescribed by the constitution, which must be accompanied with the same certificate, filed in the same office, with the same endorsement thereon, as the …

The governing officials of the various cities or towns in this state shall take the oath of office prescribed in the constitution of the state and none other. History: (Code 1876, §162; Code 1886, §256; Code 1896, §3068; Code 1907, §1481; Code 1923, §2593; Code 1940, T. 41, §26.)…