Any person, or his administrator, executor or guardian, desiring to subdivide his lands into lots shall cause the same to be surveyed by a competent surveyor, if not already surveyed, and shall cause a plat or map thereof to be made, showing the subdivisions into which it is proposed to divide the same, giving the length and bearings of the boundaries of each lot and its number; and, if it is the purpose of the owner to divide the lands into town lots, such plat or map shall show the streets, alleys, and public grounds and give the bearings, length, width, and name of each street, as well as the number of each lot and block. Such plat or map must show the relation of the lands so platted or mapped to the government survey.
(Code 1896, §3899; Code 1907, §6028; Code 1923, §10357; Code 1940, T. 56, §12.)
Notes of Decisions
Montabano v. City of Mountain Brook, 653 So. 2d 947 (Ala. 1995).
· cites it 5× “The City claims fee simple title by means of a statutory dedication that it claims occurred pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 35-2-50 and § 35-2-51. It contends that the property was dedicated to the City as a public park on May 11, 1961.”
Kizer v. Finch, 672 So. 2d 511 (Ala. 1995).
· cites it 2× “That Olympia Circle and Seattle Slew Drive were statutorily dedicated by the filing of the subdivision map pursuant to § 35-2-50, Ala.Code 1975. "4. That the defendants, Vining, Wiggonton, and Finch, acquired Lots 5, 45, and 4, respectively, in the spring of 1992.”
Pritchett v. Mobile Cnty., 958 So. 2d 349 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “In this case, the evidence and the trial court’s judgment clearly indicate that the 1910 subdivision plat was properly recorded in the probate office as required by § 35-2-50 and § 35-2-51, Ala.Code 1975. Pritch-ett has not presented any evidence indicating that the 1910…”
Mobile Cnty. v. Isham, 695 So. 2d 634 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996).
· cites it 2× “Ala.Code 1975, § 35-2-50, provides: “Any person, or his administrator, executor or guardian, desiring to subdivide his lands into lots shall cause the same to be surveyed by a competent surveyor, if not already surveyed, and shall cause a plat or map thereof to be made, showing…”
State v. Wright, 409 So. 2d 795 (Ala. 1982).
“These statutory requisites are prescribed by Code 1975, §§ 35-2-50, -51, -52, which have remained essentially unchanged since 1896.”
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