Code of Alabama
Division 5 - Personnel System.
Section 45-51A-32.126 - Certification Requirement.

It shall be unlawful for any county, municipal, public corporation, board or commission, official, officer or employee, or any other fiscal officer, to draw or issue any warrant to the county, municipal, public corporation, board or commission treasury, or county, municipal, public corporation, board, or commission depository, for the payment of any salary or compensation to any person in the county, municipal, public corporation, board, or commission service for personal services, unless the payroll, estimate, voucher, or account for such salary or compensation containing the name of the person to be paid shall bear the certification of the head of the department wherein such person works that the person or persons named therein are employees of the county, municipality, public corporation, board, or commission and are legally entitled to receive the sums stated therein.