Code of Alabama
Title 1 - General Provisions.

Section 1-1-4.1 - Oberservation of Daylight Saving Time Year-Round Upon Act by United States Congress. - If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. § 260a...

Section 1-1-5 - Public Offenses Defined. - Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §9901, as...

Section 1-1-6 - Certain Acts or Omissions Not Public Offenses. - Acts or omissions to which a pecuniary penalty is attached,...

Section 1-1-8 - When Penal Acts Take Effect. - No penal act shall take effect until 60 days after...

Section 1-1-9 - Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved. - This Code shall not affect any existing right, remedy or...

Section 1-1-10 - Repeal of Uncodified Statutes of Public, General, and Permanent Nature; Certain Statutes Saved From Repeal. - Subject to the provisions of this section, or as may...

Section 1-1-11 - Repealed Laws Not Revived. - All laws and all statutes or parts of statutes which...

Section 1-1-13 - Previous Validating Acts Not Repealed. - The omission from this Code of any acts heretofore passed...

Section 1-1-14 - Classification and Organization of Code; Notes and Catchlines of Sections Not Part of Law. - (a) The classification and organization of the titles, chapters, articles,...

Section 1-1-15 - References to Sections, Titles, Etc. - (a) Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in this...

Section 1-1-16 - Severability of Provisions of Code and Statutes. - If any provision of this Code or any amendment hereto,...

Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.

Section 1-2-1 - Official Coat of Arms - General Description. - Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall...

Section 1-2-2 - Official Coat of Arms - Description in Heraldic Terms. - The coat of arms of Alabama as described in heraldic...

Section 1-2-3 - Official Coat of Arms - Use. - The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama...

Section 1-2-4 - Great Seal of the State. - The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two...

Section 1-2-5 - Flag of the State - Description. - The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a...

Section 1-2-6 - Flag of the State - Display. - The flag of the state shall be hoisted on the...

Section 1-2-7 - State Bird. - The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the...

Section 1-2-8 - State Salt Water Fish. - The tarpon is hereby designated and named the official state...

Section 1-2-9 - State Fresh Water Fish. - The largemouth bass, Micropterus punctulatus, is hereby designated and named...

Section 1-2-10 - State Horse. - The racking horse is hereby designated and named the official...

Section 1-2-11 - State Flower; State Wildflower. - (a) The camellia, Camellia japonica L., is hereby designated and...

Section 1-2-12 - State Tree. - The southern longleaf pine, Pinus palustris Miller, is hereby designated...

Section 1-2-13 - Official Mineral. - Hematite is hereby designated and named the official mineral of...

Section 1-2-14 - Official Rock. - Marble is hereby designated and named the official rock of...

Section 1-2-15 - Poet Laureate. - There shall be the honorary office of Poet Laureate of...

Section 1-2-16 - State Song. - The poem "Alabama," a gift to the people of the...

Section 1-2-17 - State Game Bird. - The wild turkey is hereby designated and named the official...

Section 1-2-18 - State Dance. - The dance known as the square dance is designated the...

Section 1-2-19 - State Nut. - The pecan is designated as official state nut of the...

Section 1-2-20 - State Fossil. - The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State...

Section 1-2-21 - State Renaissance Faire. - The annual renaissance faire in Florence, Alabama, is hereby named...

Section 1-2-22 - State Championship Horse Show. - The Alabama State Championship Horse Show is hereby designated as...

Section 1-2-23 - State Butterfly. - The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is hereby designated as the official...

Section 1-2-24 - State Insect. - The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the...

Section 1-2-25 - State Reptile. - In recognition of its occurrence in the State of Alabama...

Section 1-2-26 - State Gemstone. - The Star Blue Quartz is designated as the official gemstone...

Section 1-2-27 - State Shell. - The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae is hereby designated as the official...

Section 1-2-28 - State Drama. - The drama by William Gibson, "The Miracle Worker," which is...

Section 1-2-29 - State Barbecue Championship. - The Demopolis Christmas on the River Barbecue Cook-off is hereby...

Section 1-2-30 - State Agricultural Museum. - The Dothan Landmarks Parks is hereby designated the official Agricultural...

Section 1-2-31 - State Horseshoe Tournament. - The annual fall horseshoe tournament in Stockton, Alabama, is hereby...

Section 1-2-32 - State Historic Theatre. - The Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts is designated as...

Section 1-2-33 - State Outdoor Musical Drama. - "The Incident at Looney's Tavern" is designated as Alabama's Official...

Section 1-2-34 - State Amphibian. - The Red Hills Salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton 1961, is hereby...

Section 1-2-35 - State Fruit. - The Blackberry, Rubus, R. occidentalis, is hereby designated and named...

Section 1-2-36 - State Mammal. - The Black Bear, subfamily ursinae, Ursus americanus Pollas, 1780, is...

Section 1-2-37 - State Tree Fruit. - The Peach, Rosaceae, genus Prunus, species P. persica, is hereby...

Section 1-2-38 - State Marine Mammal. - The West Indian Manatee, family Trichechidae, order Sirenia, species Trichechus...

Section 1-2-39 - State Crustacean. - The Brown Shrimp, family Penaeidae, order Descapoda, species Penaeus aztecus,...

Section 1-2-40 - State Agricultural Insect. - The queen honey bee is hereby named and designated as...

Section 1-2-41 - State Cake. - The Lane Cake, which originated in Clayton, Alabama, is designated...

Section 1-2-42 - State Vegetable. - (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 1-2-43 - Official Aquarium. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Chapter 2A - The Alabama State Flag Act.

Section 1-2A-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 1-2A-2 - Historical Information. - The Legislature finds it is appropriate to include within this...

Section 1-2A-3 - Flag Display Protocol. - For purposes of this chapter and any other provision of...

Section 1-2A-4 - Display of Alabama State Flag - Courthouses. - (a) Each county courthouse and courthouse annex in which a...

Section 1-2A-5 - Display of Alabama State Flag - Law Enforcement Agencies. - (a) Each state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency headquarters,...

Section 1-2A-6 - Display of Alabama State Flag - State Parks or Historic Sites. - (a) Each state park or historic site administrative building, which...

Section 1-2A-7 - Display of Alabama State Flag - Department or Agency Facilities. - (a) Each facility or building located in this state that...

Section 1-2A-8 - Display of Alabama State Flag - Municipal Buildings. - (a) Each municipal building located in this state which is...

Chapter 2B - Displays on Public Property

Article 1 - Display of Pow-Mia Flag on State Owned Buildings and State Parks

Section 1-2B-1 - Display of Flag. - On and after July 1, 2009, each state-owned building and...

Article 2 - National Motto "In God We Trust" Act

Section 1-2B-30 - Use of National Motto by Government Entities on Public Buildings and Vehicles. - The governing body of any political subdivision of the state...

Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions.

Section 1-3-1 - Common Law of England Adopted. - The common law of England, so far as it is...

Section 1-3-2 - When Undertaking Without Seal Sufficient. - When by law a bond is required, an undertaking without...

Section 1-3-3 - Execution of Bonds, Warrants, Notes, etc., With Facsimile Signatures and Seals. - (a) In any instance where any bond, warrant, note or...

Section 1-3-4 - Fiscal Year of State. - The fiscal year of the government shall commence on the...

Section 1-3-5 - Reclassification Date. - The one hundred twentieth day after the first day of...

Section 1-3-6 - Fees of Certain County and City Officials to Be Paid Into Local Treasury. - In all counties and cities where officials are paid on...

Section 1-3-7 - Notice, etc., Required to Be Served by Registered Mail May Be Served by Certified Mail. - In any case or matter in which the giving or...

Section 1-3-8 - Holidays Enumerated; Personal Leave Days; State Holidays Observed by Closing of State Offices; Compensatory Leave Days. - (a) Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King,...

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Code of Alabama Title 1 - General Provisions.

Code of Alabama
Title 1 - General Provisions.