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2006 Alabama Code - Chapter 2 — SURVEYS.
Article 1 Alabama Coordinate System.
- Section 35-2-1 — System designated; state divided into east and west zones.
- Section 35-2-2 — Designation of system in land description.
- Section 35-2-3 — Plane coordinates used in system.
- Section 35-2-4 — Description when tract of land lies in both zones.
- Section 35-2-5 — Definition of system by United States coast and geodetic survey adopted.
- Section 35-2-6 — Limitation on recordation of coordinates defining position of point on land boundary; descriptions of monuments, markers, etc.
- Section 35-2-7 — Limitation on use of name of system.
- Section 35-2-8 — Description by reference to subdivision, line or corner of United States public land surveys.
- Section 35-2-9 — Purchaser or mortgagee not required to rely exclusively on description based on system.
Article 2 Division of Land Surveys.
- Section 35-2-20 — Creation and purpose.
- Section 35-2-21 — Appointment and qualifications of chief of division.
- Section 35-2-22 — Oath and salary of chief of division; no other lucrative position to be held.
- Section 35-2-23 — Functions and duties of chief of division generally.
- Section 35-2-24 — Functions, duties and responsibilities of commissioner of conservation and natural resources acting through chief of division.
- Section 35-2-25 — Advisory board - Creation and membership.
- Section 35-2-26 — Advisory board - Terms of members; filling of vacancies.
- Section 35-2-27 — Advisory board - Oath of members; reimbursement for expenses.
- Section 35-2-28 — Advisory board - Chairman; meetings.
- Section 35-2-29 — Advisory board - Duties.
- Section 35-2-30 — Acquisition of land for monuments and office.
- Section 35-2-31 — Custody and ownership of original survey corners and accessories; penalty for alteration or destruction, etc.
- Section 35-2-32 — Right of entry upon private property; liability for damages; immunity from arrest for trespass.
- Section 35-2-33 — Furnishing copies of records; admissibility of division records in court proceedings.
- Section 35-2-34 — Registration of employees; private surveying or consultation not permitted.
- Section 35-2-35 — Production, reproduction or sale of maps, plats, etc.
- Section 35-2-36 — Contracts.
- Section 35-2-37 — Limitation on amount of warrants for payment of expenses and compensation.
- Section 35-2-38 — Extent of surveys or resurveys authorized by article.
Article 3 Town Surveys, Plats or Maps, etc.
- Section 35-2-50 — Survey required; what plat or map must show.
- Section 35-2-51 — Certification, acknowledgment and recordation of plat or map; copies as evidence; conveyance.
- Section 35-2-52 — Approval of municipal authorities required.
- Section 35-2-53 — Vacation of plat or map by owner of lands.
- Section 35-2-54 — Vacation of streets or alleys by abutting landowners.
- Section 35-2-55 — Validation, ratification and confirmation of vacation of streets, etc.
- Section 35-2-56 — Mutilated, lost or mislaid maps or plats.
- Section 35-2-57 — Duty of probate judge upon recording vacated map or plat.
- Section 35-2-58 — Vacation and annulment of map or plat, etc., by circuit court - Jurisdiction; parties.
- Section 35-2-59 — Vacation and annulment of map or plat, etc., by circuit court - Conduct of proceedings; entry of judgment; appeals.
- Section 35-2-60 — Vacation and annulment of map or plat, etc., by circuit court - Recordation of judgment.
- Section 35-2-61 — Fee for recordation and registration.
- Section 35-2-62 — Remedies not exclusive.
Article 4 Recording of Aerial Photographs or Maps.
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