Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 9-12-23 (2026)
Cancellation of Leases of Riparian Bottoms; Appeals.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Should any privately leased riparian bottoms be subsequently determined to be natural oyster reefs, said lease or leases shall be canceled by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; and, from the ruling so cancelling such lease or affecting the riparian rights, any person aggrieved may prosecute an appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the alleged natural reef is situated.
(Acts 1915, No. 107, p. 145; Code 1923, §2735; Code 1940, T. 8, §119.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Kuppersmith v. South Alabama Seafood Ass'n, 627 So. 2d 401 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992).
Kuppersmith v. South Alabama Seafood Ass'n, 627 So. 2d 401 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992). “They claim that the trial court misapplied the provisions of §§ 9-12-22 and -23 and misapplied the statutory scheme contemplated in § 9-12-23 to the facts of this case. Section 9-12-21 defines a natural oyster reef as follows: *404 “A natural oyster reef is declared and defined…”
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