It shall be the duty of every probate judge in this state to decline to receive for record in his office any map or plat upon which any lands lying within the corporate limits or police jurisdiction of any city of this state having a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants are platted or mapped as streets, alleys, or other public ways, unless such map or plat shall have noted thereon the approval of the governing body or city engineer of such city.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 3 - Town Surveys, Plats, or Maps, Etc.
Section 35-2-50 - Survey Required; What Plat or Map Must Show.
Section 35-2-52 - Approval of Municipal Authorities Required.
Section 35-2-53 - Vacation of Plat or Map by Owner of Lands.
Section 35-2-54 - Vacation of Streets or Alleys by Abutting Landowners.
Section 35-2-55 - Validation, Ratification, and Confirmation of Vacation of Streets, Etc.
Section 35-2-56 - Mutilated, Lost, or Mislaid Maps or Plats.
Section 35-2-57 - Duty of Probate Judge Upon Recording Vacated Map or Plat.