Code of Alabama
Chapter 13 - Salvage.
Section 35-13-3 - Notice.

(a) If the appraised value is over $30.00, the taker must, within 10 days thereafter, give notice thereof, once a week for three successive weeks, in a newspaper published nearest to the place where the property was taken up. Such advertisement must state the name of the taker, the time and place, a description of the property, with its marks, and the name of the owner, if known, its appraised value, and where the same is secured or deposited.
(b) If the property is not worth exceeding $30.00, the same must be advertised at the next steamboat landing, if the property was taken up on a navigable stream, otherwise, at the nearest public place, within five days after the taking up.