Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 31-9-1 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article may be cited as the “Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955.”
(Acts 1955, No. 47, p. 267, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2024 · leading case: City of Selma v. Dallas Cnty., 964 So. 2d 12 (Ala. 2007).
City of Selma v. Dallas Cnty., 964 So. 2d 12 (Ala. 2007). “The Dallas County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management [‘the county department’] was created by the Dallas County Commission pursuant to § 31-9-10 of the [Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, Ala.Code 1975, § 31-9-1 et seq.,] as amended, which authorized…”
Ex parte Jackson Hosp. & Clinic, Inc. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Theresa Johnson, individually & as of the Est. of Nathaniel Johnson v. Jackson Hosp. & Clinic, Inc.) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-21-900980). (Ala. 2024). “" Therefore, under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955 ("the AEMA"), § 31-9-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, Governor Ivey 1This case was originally assigned to another Justice on this Court; it was reassigned to Justice Shaw.”
Smith v. Ivey (M.D. Ala. 2020). “15 pursuant to the EMA, Ala. Code § 31-9-1 , et seq., to empower the Alabama Emergency Management Agency to prepare for emergency responses.”
Case v. Ivey (M.D. Ala. 2021). “See Ala. Code § 31-9-1 et seq. The AEMA defines a state public health emergency as “[a]n occurrence or imminent threat of an illness that .”
in Re Certified Question (Midwest Inst of Health V (Mich. 2020). “See Ala Code 31-9-1 and Ala Code 31-9-3(4); Alas Stat 26.”
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