The official acts of any person in possession of a public office and exercising the functions thereof shall be valid and binding as official acts in regard to all persons interested or affected thereby, whether such person is lawfully entitled to hold office or not and whether such person is lawfully qualified or not, but such person shall be liable to all penalties imposed by law for usurping or unlawfully holding office or for exercising the functions thereof without lawful right or without being qualified according to law.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Chapter 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-1-2 - Validity of Official Acts of De Facto Official; Liabilities of Such Official.
Section 36-1-3 - Reduction of Number of Printed Copies of Reports.
Section 36-1-4 - Payroll Deductions, etc., for Community Chests, Etc.
Section 36-1-4.2 - Deductions From Salaries of Firefighters; Procedure.
Section 36-1-4.5 - Payroll Deduction for the Foster Care Trust Fund.
Section 36-1-4.6 - Salary Deductions for Purchase of Computers and Computer Software.
Section 36-1-7 - Employee Suggestion Award Program.
Section 36-1-7.1 - Alabama Employees' Suggestion Incentive Program.
Section 36-1-8 - Use of Polygraph Testing Prohibited.
Section 36-1-10 - Issuance of Passports; Disposition of Fees.