Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 9-11-151 (2026)
Seizure, Confiscation and Disposition of Fishing Gear Used in Violation of Article.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Should any law enforcement officer of this state or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama discover commercial fishing gear being used in violation of the terms of this article, he shall seize and hold the same; and, in the event no one within a reasonable time claims seized commercial fishing gear and the owner thereof is unknown to the person finding the same, it shall be confiscated and shall become the property of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be disposed of as ordered by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §9.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1981–1981 · leading case: Ex Parte Carter, 395 So. 2d 65 (Ala. 1981).
Ex Parte Carter, 395 So. 2d 65 (Ala. 1981). “, of the Alabama Code of 1975, to hold it for a reasonable time to be claimed by the owner and, in the event that it is not claimed, to confiscate it as the property of the Department, § 9-11-151. Clearly, the legislature has delegated to the Department the police power to seize…”
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