Code of Alabama
Title 41 - State Government.
Chapter 13 - Public Records.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 41-13-1 - Public Records Defined. - As used in this article, the term "public records" shall...

Section 41-13-4 - Assistance of Public Officials in Preserving, Filing, etc., of Public Records by Department of Archives and History. - The Department of Archives and History may examine into the...

Section 41-13-5 - Destruction, etc., of Public Records Having No Significance, Importance or Value. - Any public records, books, papers, newspapers, files, printed books, manuscripts,...

Section 41-13-6 - Use of Social Security Numbers on Documents Available for Public Inspection. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a state department,...

Section 41-13-7 - Identifying Information of State Employees on Records Available for Public Inspection. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...

Article 2 - State and Local Government Records Commissions.

Section 41-13-20 - State Records Commission Created; Composition; Compensation; Meetings. - There is hereby created a State Records Commission consisting of...

Section 41-13-21 - State Records Commission to Make Determination as to State Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, etc., After or Without Microfilming; Classification of Records; State Officers, etc., Not to Cause Destruction, etc., of Records Witho... - The State Records Commission shall be charged with the responsibility...

Section 41-13-22 - Local Government Records Commission Created; Composition; Compensation; Meetings. - There is hereby created a Local Government Records Commission consisting...

Section 41-13-23 - Local Government Commission to Make Determination as to County, Municipal, etc., Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, etc., After Microfilming; Classification of Records; Officials Not to Cause Destruction, etc., of Records Withou... - The Local Government Records Commission shall be charged with the...

Section 41-13-24 - Conduct of Surveys by State and Local Government Records Commissions Authorized; Issuance, etc., by Commissions of Regulations Classifying Public Records, Etc. - (a) Both the State Records Commission and the Local Government...

Section 41-13-25 - Payment of Expenses of Certain Members of State and Local Government Records Commissions. - The expenses allowed by law for the county, municipal, and...

Article 3 - Photographing or Microphotographing of Records.

Section 41-13-40 - Photographing or Microphotographing of Records, Books, Files, etc.; Admissibility in Evidence, etc., of Photographs, Microfilms, Etc. - The head of any office, court, commission, board, institution, department...

Section 41-13-41 - Photographing or Microphotographing of State Records Centralized in Department of Archives and History; Charges for Photographing or Microphotographing. - The photographing or microphotographing of public records, except the public...

Section 41-13-42 - Purchase or Lease of Photographic or Microphotographic Equipment and Supplies by Department of Archives and History Authorized; Appropriation of Funds Therefor. - The Department of Archives and History is hereby authorized to...

Section 41-13-43 - Appropriation of Funds by Counties or Municipalities for Photographing or Microphotographing of Public Records Authorized. - The county commission of any county or municipality may appropriate...

Section 41-13-44 - State and County Officials, etc., Not to Destroy, etc., Public Records Until Microfilmed Copies Processed and Checked for Accuracy. - No state or county official or employee shall destroy, dispose...