9-15-37
Section 9-15-37 Institution of civil actions to clear title to school lands, etc.; cruising
of timber, surveying of lands, investigation of claims to lands, etc. The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions
in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes
for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall
be further empowered to have the timber on school lands cruised, the land surveyed, claims
to said lands investigated, the title cleared in any legal manner which he may deem advisable
and to do such other things regarding school lands which in his opinion shall be for the best
interests of said lands in the supervision and management of them. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p.
949, §4; Code 1940, T. 8, §237.)...
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9-15-41
Section 9-15-41 Sales of school lands - Authorized. School land, as defined by Section
16-20-1, may be sold or exchanged for other lands by the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education
under the terms and conditions provided for in this article. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949,
§10; Code 1940, T. 8, §242.)...
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35-4-380
Section 35-4-380 Lease of salt springs, etc. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources by and with the approval of the Governor may lease the salt springs and
lands granted to the state under the second clause of the sixth section of the act
of Congress of March 2, 1819, to the best advantage, in conformity with the provisions of
the grant or any amendment thereto, and may sell the timber on said lands or any part thereof
whenever he shall deem it to the best interest of the state to do so. (b) The Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, by and with the approval of the Governor, on behalf
of the state, is hereby authorized to lease upon such terms as he may approve, the lands granted
to the state under the second clause of the sixth section of the act of Congress of
March 2, 1819, or any right or interest therein for the purpose of exploring for and mining
or producing therefrom oil, gas, or other minerals. (c) If oil, gas, or other minerals or
products are...
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40-10-138
Section 40-10-138 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of
land bid in by state - Deed to department. When lands are required to be conveyed to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources, as hereinabove provided, the Land Commissioner, in
behalf of the state, with the approval of the Governor, shall execute to the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources, a deed, duly acknowledged, without warranty or covenant
of any kind on the part of the state, express or implied, conveying to the said Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources all the right, title, and interest of the state in and
to the lands so conveyed. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall thereafter
have all the right, title, and interest of the state in and to such lands and shall be held
and treated as the assignee of all the taxes due upon such lands or for which they were sold
and the penalties and all of the taxes that should have been under the law...
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9-15-42
Section 9-15-42 Sales of school lands - Issuance of patents to purchasers. All persons
purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama,
if he deems advisable, when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources and the State Superintendent of Education shall cause patents to be
issued to those purchasing said lands. Such patent shall vest a fee simple title in the grantee
named therein. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §11; Code 1940, T. 8, §243.)...
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40-10-137
Section 40-10-137 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of
land bid in by state - Procedure. Any lands which have been bid in by the state at tax sale
shall, after three years have elapsed from the date of sale to the state and no person having
any interest therein having redeemed same from tax sale, be subject to conveyance to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) Whenever the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine any lands which have been
bid in by the state at tax sale and the title to which has not passed out of the state, to
be suitable or desirable for the use of the said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
either for the purpose of being used as a state park, state forest, or for the purpose of
exchange for other lands of equal value, which are determined to be suitable for said purposes,
or for any other use or disposition which the Department of Conservation...
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9-15-15
Section 9-15-15 Disposition of revenues from unused lands managed by department; charges
for administration, protection, mapping, etc. Any revenues that shall accrue from the lands
so managed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources subject to costs of administration
shall be the property of the department or institution to which the lands belong or in which
the department or institution shall own the beneficial interest. If the land shall be owned
absolutely by the State of Alabama, and shall consist of submerged land, the revenue from
the use of the land, with the exception of offshore oil and gas capital payments and sand
and gravel royalties, shall become a part of the State Lands Fund of the Lands Division of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama. In all other
cases, however, the reasonable cost of administering, managing, protecting, mapping, surveying,
cruising, or developing any unused lands shall be a charge against the...
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9-17-65
Section 9-17-65 Lands to be leased upon basis of competitive bids; invitations for bids;
opening of bids; acceptance or rejection of bids. All lands proposed to be leased under the
provisions of this division shall be leased only upon the basis of competitive bids. The Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall obtain written, sealed competitive bids on every
proposed lease of each tract of such land. Invitations for bids shall be published in The
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Alabama, at least 25 days before the final date for submitting
bids. Invitations for bids shall contain a statement as to the final date for submitting bids;
the time and place at which the bids will be opened; and a legal description of the location
and the approximate acreage of the tract of land proposed to be leased. Publication of the
invitations for bids shall also be placed in a newspaper published in the county or counties
in which the land is located; however, if a typographical error...
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40-10-139
Section 40-10-139 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of
land bid in by state - Notice to former owner of intended conveyance. Whenever it is determined
by the Land Commissioner that it is to the best interest of the state to convey to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources the title of any lands which have been bid in at tax
sale and which remain unredeemed, he may, on his own motion and without application being
filed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, issue notice to the former
owner or some person having an interest in such land, in the same manner as heretofore provided
for in cases where application for conveyance has been filed by the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources; and, if such lands are not redeemed within the time so fixed, the same
shall, upon approval of the Governor, be conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources in the same manner as if application for such conveyance had...
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9-15-30
Section 9-15-30 Title to swamp and overflowed lands and swamp and overflowed indemnity
lands patented to state by federal government; utilization, disposition, etc., of same generally.
(a) Title to all lands of the swamp and overflowed category or swamp and overflowed indemnity
lands, which are, subsequent to September 5, 1951, patented to the State of Alabama by the
federal government and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, shall be vested in
the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) The Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall utilize such lands for the purpose or purposes
which he deems to be most expedient and beneficial. He is hereby authorized to practice forestry
upon such lands and may lease such lands for the exploration or extraction of oil, gas or
other minerals. Said land shall be supervised and managed in the same manner as other lands
which are under the supervision of the Department of Conservation...
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