Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 39-5-3 (2026)
Actions to Recover Funds Received Under Such Contracts.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
An action shall be brought by the Attorney General or may be brought by any interested citizen, in the name and for the benefit of the awarding authority, to recover paid public funds from the contractor, its surety, or any person receiving funds under any public works contract let in violation of or contrary to this title or any other provision of law, if there is clear and convincing evidence that the contractor, its surety, or such person knew of the violation before execution of the contract. The action shall be commenced within three years of final settlement of the contract.
(Acts 1961, No. 868, p. 1361, §2; Acts 1997, No. 97-225, p. 348, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Lake Cyrus Dev. Co. v. Attorney Gen. ex rel. Bessemer Water Serv., 143 So. 3d 771 (Ala. 2014).
Lake Cyrus Dev. Co. v. Attorney Gen. ex rel. Bessemer Water Serv., 143 So. 3d 771 (Ala. 2014). “previously tendered to BWS under the 1998 water agreement, those lines *776 were the property of BWS and the lines that LCDC had not yet tendered to BWS remained the property of LCDC; and (8) that any action to recover payments made by BWS to LCDC under the 1998 water agreement…”
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