Alabama Statutes
§ 35-2-31 — Custody and Ownership of Original Survey Corners and Accessories; Penalty for Alteration or Destruction, Etc
Alabama § 35-2-31
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Bluebook
Ala. Code § 35-2-31 (2026).
Text
The custody and ownership of the original United States public land survey corners and accessories has never been released or surrendered by the State of Alabama. These survey corners and their accessories are property of the State of Alabama. This includes all restorations and replacements of the original corners and all their accessories, witness trees, and objects as well. The alteration, removal, disfiguration, or destruction of any of the corners or accessories, without specific permission of the division of land surveys, is an act of destruction of state property and is punishable as a misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
(Acts 1971, No. 2249, p. 3608, §11.)
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Bluebook (online)
Alabama § 35-2-31, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/al/35-2-31.