Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-47-130 (2026)
Maintenance of Health and Cleanliness Generally.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
All cities and towns in this state shall have the power to maintain the health and cleanliness of the city or town within its limits and within the police jurisdiction thereof.
(Code 1907, §1290; Code 1923, §2048; Code 1940, T. 37, §491.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2005–2011 · leading case: St. Clair Cnty. Home Builders Ass'n v. City of Pell City, 61 So. 3d 992 (Ala. 2010).
St. Clair Cnty. Home Builders Ass'n v. City of Pell City, 61 So. 3d 992 (Ala. 2010). “” § 11-47-130, Ala.Code 1975. “Cities and towns shall have the right to establish, purchase, maintain, and op *1005 erate waterworks or contract for a supply of wholesome water for their inhabitants.”
Benson W. Peak v. City of Tuscaloosa., 73 So. 3d 5 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “) In addition, “[a]ll cities and towns in this state shall have the power to maintain the health and cleanliness of the city or town within its limits and within the police jurisdiction thereof,” § 11-47-130, Ala.Code 1975, and have the power “[t]o adopt such ordinances and…”
Cunningham v. City of Attalla, 918 So. 2d 119 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “2d at 244 (cutting weeds in a ditch along a public street is a governmental function); § 11-47-18 (power to clean streets); § 11-47-130 (power to maintain health and cleanliness of the municipality).”
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