Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-43-43 (2026)
Powers and Duties Generally.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance. The council shall perform the duties required by this title and other applicable provisions of law.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Ex Parte Krages, 689 So. 2d 799 (Ala. 1997).
Ex Parte Krages, 689 So. 2d 799 (Ala. 1997). “" Ala.Code 1975, § 11-43-43. Simply stated, the FCPA in general, and § 17-22A-21 in particular, have no bearing on municipal governing bodies functioning within the context of § 11-43-42(b).”
KTK Mining of Virginia, LLC v. City of Selma, 984 F. Supp. 2d 1209 (S.D. Ala. 2013). “Code § 11-43-59. KTK has presented to the Court City Ordinance No.”
Town of Boligee v. Greene Cnty. Water & Sewer Auth., 77 So. 3d 1166 (Ala. 2011). “” § 11-43-43, Ala.Code 1975. Further, “[ejxcept as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have the management and control of the finances and all of the property, real and personal, belonging to the city or town.”
Holley v. Town of Camp Hill, 351 F. Supp. 3d 1359 (M.D. Ala. 2018). “Frank Holley and Danny Evans have both been the mayor of Camp Hill.”
Thomas v. City of Rainsville, 502 So. 2d 346 (Ala. 1987). “It is not the City’s lack of statutory authority to institute a suit for the abatement of a public nuisance (§§ 11-47-117, -118, and 6-5-122), says Appellant, but the failure of the city council’s official minutes to reflect its decision to sue (§ 11-43-43), that characterizes…”
Carder v. City of Orange Beach, 689 So. 2d 799 (Ala. 1997). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 11-43-43. Simply stated, the FCPA in general, and § 17-22A-21 in particular, have no bearing on municipal governing bodies functioning within the context of § 11^13-42(b).”
Leroy Bandy & David Russell v. City of Birmingham., 73 So. 3d 1233 (Ala. 2011). “” § 11-43-43, Ala.Code 1975. Also, § 11-45-1, Ala.”
Scott v. Coachman, 73 So. 3d 607 (Ala. 2011). “See § 11-43-43, Ala.Code 1975. The general law providing for the adoption and enforcement of ordinances by municipalities is as follows: “Municipal corporations may from time to time adopt ordinances and resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of the state to carry into…”
Edwards v. First Nat'l Bank, Brewton, 377 So. 2d 966 (Ala. 1979). “” Code 1975, § 11-43-43. The city “. . . council shall prescribe by an ordinance the powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by the officers appointed or elected so far as such duties and powers are not prescribed by law.”
Braxton v. Stokes (S.D. Ala. 2024). “See Ala. Code § 11-43-43 (“All legislative power and other powers granted to cities and towns shall be exercised by the council…”).”
Greystone at Auburn, LLC v. The City of Auburn, Alabama (M.D. Ala. 2021). “” Ala. Code § 11-43-43 . In exercising these duties, the council prescribes powers and duties to be performed so far as those powers and duties are not set out by law.”
John C. Brown v. State of Alabama ex rel. Deanna Ceasor, as informant (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-23-901937). (Ala. 2024). “See generally § 11-43-43, Ala. Code 1975 ("All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance.”
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