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§ 23-1-85 — Construction of Electric Transmission, Telegraph, or Telephone Lines in Right-of-Way of County Highways

Alabama § 23-1-85
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 23Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Ch. 1Alabama Highways
Art. 3Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries

This text of Alabama § 23-1-85 (Construction of Electric Transmission, Telegraph, or Telephone Lines in Right-of-Way of County Highways) 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.

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Ala. Code § 23-1-85 (2026).

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The right-of-way is granted to any person or corporation having the right to construct electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone lines within this state to construct them along the margin of the right-of-way of public highways, subject to the removal or change by the county commission of the county, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highway.

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Related

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Mobile
171 F. Supp. 2d 1261 (S.D. Alabama, 2001)
6 case citations

Legislative History

(Code 1907, §5817; Code 1923, §1357; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §48.)

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