16-20-6
Section 16-20-6 When title acquired by adverse possession. When a person is in possession of any sixteenth section lands under color of title, and has been in such possession for more than 20 years prior to the first day of May, 1908, and neither the state, nor any department thereof, holds any note, bond, obligation or other contract of anyone for the purchase money of such land, and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance shall so certify, and the Attorney General shall certify that proof of adverse possession, by the person now in possession, or coupled with his predecessor in possession, for 20 years prior to May 1, 1908, under color of title, has been made, which proof is satisfactory to the Attorney General. The Governor must cause a patent to issue to said land under the seal of the state to the person entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if the Attorney General is satisfied with...
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33-5-25
Section 33-5-25 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. (a) It shall be the duty of the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, so far as he or she can do so without serious danger to his or her own vessel, crew, and passengers, if any, to render to other persons affected by the collision, accident, or other casualty assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident, or other casualty, and also to give his or her name, address, and identification of his or her vessel in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, accident, or other casualty. (b) In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a vessel, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000), shall within 10 days file with...
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33-6-10
Section 33-6-10 Enforcement of chapter, rules, etc.; prosecutions under chapter; violations and penalties. (a) This chapter and rules and orders adopted under this chapter shall be enforced by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources according to rules adopted by the board and department. (b) Any person may complain under oath to a magistrate, district attorney, or grand jury concerning a violation of this chapter or of a rule adopted under this chapter and if a warrant is issued by the magistrate or district attorney, or indictment returned by a grand jury, the charge shall be tried in court to which the warrant is returnable, and the warrant may be made returnable to a district court or to the circuit court and the courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of the offense, or if an indictment is returned, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the offense. Convicted persons may appeal as now provided by law. Whether...
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9-11-16
Section 9-11-16 Seizure, forfeiture and disposal of prohibited devices, etc., used in catching, killing, etc., fish or fur-bearing animals. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or any of his wardens or agents to seize all instruments or devices prohibited by or constructed contrary to law and used unlawfully in trapping, capturing and killing fur-bearing animals in this state, as well as all instruments or devices prohibited by or constructed contrary to law and used unlawfully in taking, catching or killing fish in the public streams or waters of this state and after such seizure to hold the same for evidence. (b) In all cases of arrests and convictions for the use of such unlawful or illegal instruments or devices, such instruments or devices are declared to be a nuisance and shall be carried before the court having jurisdiction of such offense, and said court shall order such instruments or devices forfeited to the Department of...
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9-12-115.1
Section 9-12-115.1 Landing and reporting requirements for certain saltwater finfish and other seafood products. All saltwater finfish commercially harvested in the State of Alabama, except those lawfully taken by purse seine, shall be landed in this state and reported through a properly licensed Alabama seafood dealer. Other seafood products commercially harvested in this state shall be landed in this state, or in lieu thereof any subject person shall comply with any reporting procedures established by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations which provide for and require reporting procedures for both resident and nonresident Alabama commercial fishermen who sell or land seafood products other than finfish outside the State of Alabama. Upon determination by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that any...
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9-12-21
Section 9-12-21 "Natural oyster reef" defined. A natural oyster reef is declared and defined as not less than one acre in continuous area of any bottoms of any bay, sound, bayou, creek, inlet or any other body of salt or brackish water on which oysters grow naturally, or have grown naturally, in quantity sufficient to warrant fishing for them with hand tongs as a means of a livelihood within a period of five years next preceding the time at which said matter may be presented for consideration and determination by the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. But in no case shall an oyster bed be declared or defined to be a natural oyster reef when such bed is located within the limits where the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters may be grown have the right to create and have created, by artificial means such as planting oysters or oyster shells or by any other means, culture grounds for the growth of oysters and have...
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9-14A-8
Section 9-14A-8 Additional powers of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation. In addition to the powers provided in the above Section 9-14A-6, the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation shall have the following powers: (a) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (c) To enter into contracts with...
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9-15-33
Section 9-15-33 Land clerk - Examination, etc., of lands. Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be sent to make such examination or to obtain such evidence, and his actual expenses shall be paid upon his filing with the Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a statement thereof by items and duly verified. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p. 217, §3; Code 1923, §1504; Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255; Code 1940, T. 8, §234.)...
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9-15-76
Section 9-15-76 Binders. Each person or corporation submitting a bid on real property or an interest therein to be sold or leased by the State of Alabama under this article shall present with his or her bid, payable to the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a certified check or bank cashier's check in the amount to be determined by the Lands Division not to exceed 20 percent of his or her bid, as a binder on the real property upon which he or she has bid. If the property is being sold at public auction, the Lands Division shall determine the amount of the binder required. The binder shall be forfeited by the person or corporation to whom the bid is awarded if the person or corporation does not complete purchase by presenting to the state a cashier's check or certified check for the amount due less the amount of the binder previously submitted on the real property within 30 days after receiving notice in writing that he or she is the successful...
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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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