Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 9-11-230 (2026)
Title to Wild Birds and Animals Vested in State.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The title and ownership to all wild birds and wild animals in the State of Alabama or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state are vested in the state for the purpose of regulating the use and disposition of the same in accordance with the laws of the state.
(Acts 1935, No. 383, p. 813, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §82.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Rogers v. State, 491 So. 2d 987 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986).
Rogers v. State, 491 So. 2d 987 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “(A)ll property rights in ferae naturae were in the sovereign.”
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