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.
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.