§ 11-1-8 — Closing of County Offices on Legal Holidays and for Special Circumstances; Deadlines Extended for Filing Documents

The county commission of any county in the State of Alabama may by resolution close the offices in the county courthouse or other county buildings on legal holidays set pursuant to Section 1-3-8, or for special circumstances deemed necessary or appropriate. Notice of the closing shall be posted at the courthouse and shall be published otherwise in the manner as the county commission may direct. In the event that any documents required to be filed by a time certain deadline cannot be filed in a timely manner due to the closing of an office under this section, the deadline for filing shall be extended to the date that the office is reopened as provided in Section 1-1-4.

Legislative History

(Acts 1945, No. 74, p. 72; Acts 1967, No. 418, p. 1079; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)