Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 44-1-20 (2026)
Created; Composition and Principal Offices.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
There is hereby created and established a department of the state to be known as the Department of Youth Services. The department shall be composed of the Youth Services Board, the director, and such divisions and administrative sections as the board may establish. The principal offices of the department shall be located at the state capital. The department shall have the powers and duties and shall perform the functions prescribed in this chapter.
(Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Alabama Dep't of Youth Servs. v. Broaden, 204 So. 3d 440 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).
Alabama Dep't of Youth Servs. v. Broaden, 204 So. 3d 440 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “816, § 3, codified at § 44-1-20, Ala. Code 1975, to, among other things, establish and provide educational services and facilities for youths who juvenile judges have deemed in need of such services.”
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