Home/Alabama/Statutes/Title 11: Counties and Municipal Corporations/Ch. 42: Alteration of Corporate Limits/Art. 3: Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More/§ 11-42-75
Alabama Statutes

§ 11-42-75 — Rearrangement, Etc., of Boundaries of Wards

Alabama § 11-42-75
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations
Ch. 42Alteration of Corporate Limits
Art. 3Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More

This text of Alabama § 11-42-75 (Rearrangement, Etc., of Boundaries of Wards) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Ala. Code § 11-42-75 (2026).

Text

The council or governing body of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable an equal number of qualified electors.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

(Code 1907, §1108; Code 1923, §1802; Code 1940, T. 37, §171.)

Nearby Sections

15
§ 11-1-1
Number and Names of Counties
§ 11-1-10
Contracts with Federal, State, and Other County Governments
§ 11-1-11
Payment of Membership Fees in State Organizations, Etc., for Sheriffs, Tax Assessors, Tax Collectors, Circuit Clerks and Registers, License Commissioners, Etc
§ 11-1-12
Preparation, Etc., of County Assessment Maps or Plats
§ 11-1-13
Alteration, Etc., of Precinct or Beat Lines or Creation of New Precincts or Beats
§ 11-1-14
Provision of Voting Places Where Precinct or Beat Lines Altered, Etc., or New Precincts or Beats Created
§ 11-1-15
Authority to Join National and State Association of County Commissions
§ 11-1-16
Warrants for Borrowing Purposes - Execution
§ 11-1-17
Warrants for Borrowing Purposes - Form of Warrants, Refunding Warrants, Coupons, Etc
§ 11-1-2
County Declared a Body Corporate
§ 11-1-3
Jurisdiction Over Navigable Streams Not Within Limits of Any County; Execution of Process on Said Streams
§ 11-1-5
Uniform Designation for County Governing Bodies
§ 11-1-6
Transfer of Money Erroneously Paid into County Treasury, Etc., to State Treasury
§ 11-1-7
Appointment and Use of Public Depositories; Liability
§ 11-1-8
Closing of County Offices on Legal Holidays and for Special Circumstances; Deadlines Extended for Filing Documents
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Alabama § 11-42-75, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/al/11-42-75.