35-2-53
Section 35-2-53 Vacation of plat or map by owner of lands. Any plat or map, whether or not executed and recorded as provided in this article, may be vacated by the owner, his executor, administrator, or guardian of the lands at any time before the sale of any lot therein by a written instrument declaring the same to be vacated, executed, acknowledged, and recorded in like manner as conveyances of land which declaration, being duly recorded, shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat or map so vacated and to divest all public rights in the streets, alleys, and public grounds and all dedications laid out or described in such plat or map. When lots have been sold, the plat or map may be vacated, in the manner herein provided by all the owners of lots in such plat or map joining in the execution of such writing. (Code 1896, §3902; Code 1907, §6031; Code 1923, §10360; Code 1940, T. 56, §16.)...
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35-2-54
Section 35-2-54 Vacation of streets or alleys by abutting landowners. Any street or alley shown by any map, plat, or survey, whether such map or plat is executed and recorded as provided by law or not, may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the lands abutting the street or alley (or that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated), or their executors, administrators, or guardian, joining in a written instrument declaring the same to be vacated, such written instrument to be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in like manner as conveyances of land, which declaration being duly recorded shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the dedication by the map, plat, or survey and to divest all public rights, including any rights which may have been acquired by prescription, in that part of the street or alley so vacated. If any such street or alley is within the limits of any municipality, the assent of the mayor and aldermen or other governing body of...
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35-2-56
Section 35-2-56 Mutilated, lost, or mislaid maps or plats. Where land has been divided into lots, and the map or plat thereof mutilated, lost, or mislaid, and a part or all of the lots indicated therein have been sold, the owner thereof may cause a new survey to be made and a plat or map to be made therefrom, or reproduce the one mutilated, lost, or mislaid, from a survey already made, which new plat or map, if certified, acknowledged and recorded as required by law, shall have the same effect in all respects as a plat or map recorded under Section 35-2-50 and may be vacated in the same manner and under the same conditions as plats or maps may be vacated. (Code 1896, §3904; Code 1907, §6033; Code 1923, §10363; Code 1940, T. 56, §19.)...
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35-20-2
Section 35-20-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. A homeowners' association. (2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The group of persons vested with the management of the association irrespective of the name by which the group is designated. (3) COMMON AREA. Property within a development which is owned, leased, or required by the declaration to be maintained or operated by a homeowners' association for the use of its members and designated as common area in the declaration or on a recorded subdivision map or plat. (4) DECLARANT. The person or entity who submits property to a declaration. (5) DECLARATION. Any instrument, however denominated, including any amendment, modification, restatement, or supplement, recorded in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the development or any part thereof is located which satisfies the following: a. Imposes on the association maintenance or operational...
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11-42-86
Section 11-42-86 Acquisition of rights and privileges of resident citizens by persons residing in territory exempt from taxation. When and as often as the owner or owners of any land situated in territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall desire to exercise all of the rights and privileges conferred upon resident citizens not residing in territory exempt from taxation, they may apply to the council or governing body of the city by petition in writing to have such land assessed for city taxation, attaching to such petition a map of such land showing the location of the same. If the council or governing body assent to such petition, a resolution shall be passed by such council or governing body to that effect, and the mayor of such city shall endorse on such map or plat a certificate certifying that the petition was filed for the land shown on the map to be taxed by the city and that the council or governing body assent to the taxing of such land, which map...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-52-33
Section 11-52-33 Remedies and penalty for transfer, sale, etc., of lands in subdivision prior to approval of plat. (a) Where the regulation of a subdivision development is the responsibility of the municipal planning commission, if the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision conveys, transfers, or sells any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before the plat has been approved by the appropriate commission, department, or agency of any municipality requiring such approval and recorded or filed in the office of the appropriate county probate office, the owner or agent shall forfeit and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each lot or parcel so transferred and the description of the lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from the penalties or from the remedies provided in this...
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40-7-37
Section 40-7-37 Plat books - Blocks and lots platted and recorded. It is the duty of the tax assessor of every county in the state to procure at the expense of the county a book in the form to be prescribed by the Department of Revenue, in which he shall enter a complete map and list of all the blocks and lots which have been platted, and the maps of which are recorded in the office of the judge of probate or can be procured within his county, beginning with the lowest numbered block and lot and proceeding in numerical order to the highest, with the name of the owner set opposite each block and lot. Each subdivision or addition to any town or city shall be shown by proper headings at the top of each page of such lot book and by index in the front thereof. The tax assessor shall annually make the entries thereon, for which he shall be allowed a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the governing body of the county at not less than $150 for each book of 400 pages or more; provided, that...
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45-49-85
Section 45-49-85 Indexing system. (a) The following words, phrases, and terms including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this section, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) CODE. The Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended. (2) COMPUTERIZED METHODS OF INDEXING. The use of computer hardware and software to alphabetize, store, assemble, transmit electronically, and generally prepare index information and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a. Display terminals used to enter, transmit, and retrieve index information for specified periods. b. Computer speed printers used to prepare hard copy index books. c. Storage of index information using disks, magnetic tape, cartridges, chips, or any other method approved by the judge of probate. d. Computer processors to sort and alphabetize index information. e. Any other computer techniques or equipment necessary for preparing the various indexes. (3) COUNTY. Mobile County, Alabama. (4) GENERAL PROPERTY...
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40-10-28
Section 40-10-28 Disposition of excess arising from sale. (a)(1) The excess arising from the sale of any real estate remaining after paying the amount of the decree of sale, including costs and expenses subsequently accruing, shall be paid over to a person or entity who has redeemed the property as authorized in Section 40-10-120 or any other provisions of Alabama law authorizing redemption from a tax sale, provided proof that the person or entity requesting payment of the excess has properly redeemed the property is presented to the county commission within three years after the tax sale has occurred. The county commission may retain any interest earned on those funds. Until and unless the property is redeemed, the excess funds from the tax sale shall be held in a separate account in the county treasury during the three-year period. If at the end of the three-year period there has been no proper request for the excess funds, those funds and any interest earned on those funds shall be...
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