Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-43-5 (2026)
Provision for Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Chief of Police, Etc.; Designation of Persons to Administer Oaths, Issue Warrants, and Approve Appearance Bonds.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The council may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, and chief of the fire department and shall specifically prescribe their duties. The council shall designate the persons who shall administer oaths and issue warrants of arrest for violations of law and the ordinances of the city or town and the persons authorized to approve appearance bonds of persons arrested.
(Code 1907, §1227; Code 1923, §1951; Code 1940, T. 37, §407.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2013 · leading case: Scott v. Coachman, 73 So. 3d 607 (Ala. 2011).
Scott v. Coachman, 73 So. 3d 607 (Ala. 2011). “Code 1975 (city council appoints city treasurer and city clerk in towns having more than 6,000 inhabitants); § 11-4341 (city council appoints city clerk in cities having less than 6,000 inhabitants and in towns); and § 11-43-5, Ala.Code 1975 (“The council may provide for a tax…”
Morris v. Town of Lexington, 915 F. Supp. 2d 1246 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “See § 11-43-5, Code of Alabama (1989) (“The council may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police and chief of the fire department and shall specifically prescribe their duties.”
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