Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 36-12-61 (2026)
Use, Etc., of State-Owned Property for Promotion or Advancement of Interests of Candidates for Public Office.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the State of Alabama to use or to permit to be used any state-owned property of any character or description, including stationery, stamps, office equipment, office supplies, automobiles or any other property used by him, in his custody or under his control for the promotion or advancement of the interest of any candidate for the nomination or election to any public office of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1939, No. 657, p. 1031, §1; Code 1940, T. 41, §147(1).)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2012–2014 · leading case: Davis v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 92 So. 3d 737 (Ala. 2012).
Davis v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 92 So. 3d 737 (Ala. 2012). “The comptroller based the aforesaid changes in the manner of executing salary deductions on his interpretation of the provisions in §§ 36-12-61 and 17-17-5, Ala. Code 1975. Section 36-12-61, Ala.”
State Superintendent of Educ. v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 144 So. 3d 265 (Ala. 2013). ““The comptroller based the aforesaid changes in the manner of executing salary deductions on his interpretation of the provisions in §§ 36-12-61 and 17-17-5, Ala.Code 1975. Section 36-12-61, Ala.”
Thomas L. White, Jr., as Comptroller of the State of Alabama v. Karen John, 164 So. 3d 1106 (Ala. 2014). “" The comptroller also based his position on § 36-12-61, Ala. Code 1975, which provides: "It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the State of Alabama to use or to permit to be used any state-owned property of any character or description, including stationery,…”
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