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2006 Alabama Code - Chapter 12 — MAINTENANCE, USE, ETC., OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, RECORDS, ETC.
Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 36-12-1 — Public officer or servant defined.
- Section 36-12-2 — Public officers and servants to accurately maintain and preserve from loss, destruction, etc., complete books, papers, files, etc.
- Section 36-12-3 — Permanence and uniformity in size, style, etc., of books, papers, files, etc., required; factors in selection of record books, writing paper, inks, typewriter ribbons, etc.
- Section 36-12-4 — Public officers and servants to deliver current papers, books, etc., to successors in office.
- Section 36-12-5 — Disposition of books, papers, etc., when no longer current.
Article 2 Recovery of Papers, Property, etc., by Successors to Office.
- Section 36-12-20 — Papers, property, etc., to be delivered to successor upon vacation of office.
- Section 36-12-21 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office generally — Filing of complaint; issuance of order to person refusing, etc., to deliver papers, etc., to show cause why delivery of same should not be compelled.
- Section 36-12-22 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office generally — Hearing; termination of proceedings against person charged with withholding papers, property, etc., upon making of affidavit.
- Section 36-12-23 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office generally — Imprisonment of person charged with withholding papers, property, etc., upon failure to make affidavit, etc.
- Section 36-12-24 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office generally — Issuance of warrant for search and seizure of papers, property, etc., upon failure of person charged with withholding same to make affidavit, etc.
- Section 36-12-25 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office generally — Examination of papers, property, etc., upon seizure and delivery thereof to complainant.
- Section 36-12-26 — Proceedings for recovery of papers, property, etc., by successor to office upon death of incumbent, etc.
Article 3 Inspection and Copying of Records.
- Section 36-12-40 — Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings; exceptions.
- Section 36-12-41 — Public officers to provide certified copies of writings upon payment of fees therefor; admissibility in evidence of copies.
Article 4 Use of State-Owned Property for Political Purposes.
- Section 36-12-60 — Purpose of article.
- Section 36-12-61 — Use, etc., of state-owned property for promotion or advancement of interests of candidates for public office.
- Section 36-12-62 — Transportation, etc., of campaign literature in state-owned vehicles, etc.
- Section 36-12-63 — Duty of department heads, etc., to discharge violators of provisions of article.
- Section 36-12-64 — Liability for violations of provisions of article.
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