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Article 1 - Alabama Coordinate System.
Section 35-2-1 - System Designated; State Divided Into East and West Zones. - The system of plane coordinates which has been established by...
Section 35-2-2 - Designation of System in Land Description. - As established for use in the east zone, the Alabama...
Section 35-2-3 - Plane Coordinates Used in System. - The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface,...
Section 35-2-4 - Description When Tract of Land Lies in Both Zones. - When any tract of land to be defined by a...
Section 35-2-5 - Definition of System by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Adopted. - (a) For purposes of more precisely defining the Alabama coordinate...
Section 35-2-6 - Limitation on Recordation of Coordinates Defining Position of Point on Land Boundary; Descriptions of Monuments, Markers, Etc. - No coordinates based on the Alabama coordinate system, purporting to...
Section 35-2-7 - Limitation on Use of Name of System. - The use of the term "Alabama coordinate system" on any...
Section 35-2-8 - Description by Reference to Subdivision, Line, or Corner of United States Public Land Surveys. - Whenever coordinates based on the Alabama coordinate system are used...
Section 35-2-9 - Purchaser or Mortgagee Not Required to Rely Exclusively on Description Based on System. - Nothing contained in this article shall require any purchaser or...
Article 2 - Division of Land Surveys.
Section 35-2-20 - Creation and Purpose. - There is hereby created, in the state Department of Conservation...
Section 35-2-21 - Appointment and Qualifications of Chief of Division. - The division of land surveys shall be headed by and...
Section 35-2-22 - Oath and Salary of Chief of Division; No Other Lucrative Position to Be Held. - Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the chief...
Section 35-2-23 - Functions and Duties of Chief of Division Generally. - The chief of the division of land surveys shall carry...
Section 35-2-24 - Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources Acting Through Chief of Division. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting by and...
Section 35-2-25 - Advisory Board - Creation and Membership. - There is hereby created an advisory board to the division...
Section 35-2-26 - Advisory Board - Terms of Members; Filling of Vacancies. - Of the five members first appointed to the division of...
Section 35-2-27 - Advisory Board - Oath of Members; Reimbursement for Expenses. - Members of the advisory board, upon induction into office, shall...
Section 35-2-28 - Advisory Board - Chairman; Meetings. - Members of the advisory board shall choose one of its...
Section 35-2-29 - Advisory Board - Duties. - The advisory board shall assist the Commissioner of Conservation and...
Section 35-2-30 - Acquisition of Land for Monuments and Office. - The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, division of land...
Section 35-2-31 - Custody and Ownership of Original Survey Corners and Accessories; Penalty for Alteration or Destruction, Etc. - The custody and ownership of the original United States public...
Section 35-2-32 - Right of Entry Upon Private Property; Liability for Damages; Immunity From Arrest for Trespass. - Members of the advisory board, the chief of the division...
Section 35-2-33 - Furnishing Copies of Records; Admissibility of Division Records in Court Proceedings. - On request of the chief of the division of land...
Section 35-2-34 - Registration of Employees; Private Surveying or Consultation Not Permitted. - Every employee of the division of land surveys who is...
Section 35-2-35 - Production, Reproduction, or Sale of Maps, Plats, Etc. - The division of land surveys may produce, reproduce, and sell...
Section 35-2-36 - Contracts. - Whenever the division of land surveys deems it expedient and...
Section 35-2-37 - Limitation on Amount of Warrants for Payment of Expenses and Compensation. - Under no circumstances shall the total amount of warrants issued...
Section 35-2-38 - Extent of Surveys or Resurveys Authorized by Article. - This article shall not be construed as to authorize or...
Article 3 - Town Surveys, Plats, or Maps, Etc.
Section 35-2-50 - Survey Required; What Plat or Map Must Show. - Any person, or his administrator, executor or guardian, desiring to...
Section 35-2-51 - Certification, Acknowledgment, and Recordation of Plat or Map; Copies as Evidence; Conveyance. - (a) The plat or map having been completed shall be...
Section 35-2-52 - Approval of Municipal Authorities Required. - It shall be the duty of every probate judge in...
Section 35-2-53 - Vacation of Plat or Map by Owner of Lands. - Any plat or map, whether or not executed and recorded...
Section 35-2-54 - Vacation of Streets or Alleys by Abutting Landowners. - Any street or alley shown by any map, plat, or...
Section 35-2-55 - Validation, Ratification, and Confirmation of Vacation of Streets, Etc. - Every change in location, or vacation, or attempted vacation of...
Section 35-2-56 - Mutilated, Lost, or Mislaid Maps or Plats. - Where land has been divided into lots, and the map...
Section 35-2-57 - Duty of Probate Judge Upon Recording Vacated Map or Plat. - When a map or plat or part thereof is vacated,...
Section 35-2-58 - Vacation and Annulment of Map or Plat, etc., by Circuit Court - Jurisdiction; Parties. - The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction and...
Section 35-2-59 - Vacation and Annulment of Map or Plat, etc., by Circuit Court - Conduct of Proceedings; Entry of Judgment; Appeals. - The proceedings for vacating and annulling such maps, plats, surveys,...
Section 35-2-60 - Vacation and Annulment of Map or Plat, etc., by Circuit Court - Recordation of Judgment. - If the final judgment or order of the court provides...
Section 35-2-61 - Fee for Recordation and Registration. - The party filing such petition, complaint, order, or judgment for...
Section 35-2-62 - Remedies Not Exclusive. - The remedies provided in this article for vacating maps, plats,...
Article 4 - Recording of Aerial Photographs or Maps.
Section 35-2-80 - Duty of Probate Judges to Record Aerial Photographs or Maps; Manner of Recordation and Maintenance. - In order to facilitate acquirement of easements by watershed associations,...
Section 35-2-81 - Approval of County Engineer; Recordation by Probate Judge Without Fee; Use After Recordation. - Before being recorded, all such photographs or maps must have...
Section 35-2-82 - Article Cumulative. - This article is cumulative.