Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 9-11-81 (2026)
Title to Freshwater Fish Vested in State.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The title ownership to all fish in the public fresh waters of the State of Alabama is vested in the state for the purpose of regulating the use and disposition of the same in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this state and regulations based thereon.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §59.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices, 665 So. 2d 1378 (Ala. 1995).
Opinion of the Justices, 665 So. 2d 1378 (Ala. 1995). “Defendants) for alleged deprivation of the plaintiffs’ civil rights, stated: “Title 8, Section 59, Code of Alabama 1940 [§ 9-11-81, Ala.Code 1975] is a positive declaration that, until reduced to possession, title to all game and non-game fish is vested in the State.”
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