Alabama § 41-21-5 Vesting of Title to Sets of Code; Duty of Officers, Employees, Etc., of State as to Disposition of Sets of Code in Custody Thereof Upon Severance of Connection with Offices, Etc.; Effect of Failure to Dispose of Code in Manner Prescribed by Section

Alabama Statutes

§ 41-21-5 — Vesting of Title to Sets of Code; Duty of Officers, Employees, Etc., of State as to Disposition of Sets of Code in Custody Thereof Upon Severance of Connection with Offices, Etc.; Effect of Failure to Dispose of Code in Manner Prescribed by Section

Alabama § 41-21-5

Title 41State Government

Ch. 21State Code Distribution

This text of Alabama § 41-21-5 (Vesting of Title to Sets of Code; Duty of Officers, Employees, Etc., of State as to Disposition of Sets of Code in Custody Thereof Upon Severance of Connection with Offices, Etc.; Effect of Failure to Dispose of Code in Manner Prescribed by Section) 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 § 41-21-5 (2026).

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Except those sets of codes distributed to members of the Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor, the title to all of the sets of the annotated code, the distribution of which to officers and offices of the state and the several counties and municipalities thereof is provided for in this chapter, shall forever remain in the State of Alabama and said sets shall never become the personal property of any person or corporation, however long they shall have had possession thereof. Officers, employees, and agents of the state and of the several counties thereof to whom a set of said annotated code is transmitted by the Secretary of State under the provisions of this chapter, upon the severance of their connection with their offices, employments, or agencies, shall deliver over to their successor

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Except those sets of codes distributed to members of the Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor, the title to all of the sets of the annotated code, the distribution of which to officers and offices of the state and the several counties and municipalities thereof is provided for in this chapter, shall forever remain in the State of Alabama and said sets shall never become the personal property of any person or corporation, however long they shall have had possession thereof. Officers, employees, and agents of the state and of the several counties thereof to whom a set of said annotated code is transmitted by the Secretary of State under the provisions of this chapter, upon the severance of their connection with their offices, employments, or agencies, shall deliver over to their successors, if any, and, if there are no successors, to the Secretary of State, sets of the annotated code in their custody. Upon the failure of any officer, employee, or agent to comply with the provisions of this section relative to the return of sets of annotated code in their custody, they and the sureties upon their official bonds, if any, shall be liable for the value of the sets or volumes thereof not returned as required by this section, to be recovered by action in the name of the state, commenced and prosecuted by the district attorney of the county of their respective residences in any court having jurisdiction of said action.