Code of Alabama - Title 1: General Provisions - Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors

• Section 1-2-1 Official coat of arms - General description
  Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall be as follows: a shield upon which is carried the flags of four of the...
• Section 1-2-2 Official coat of arms - Description in heraldic terms
  The coat of arms of Alabama as described in heraldic terms shall be as follows: arms: quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or...
• Section 1-2-3 Official coat of arms - Use
  The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama shall be placed above the speaker's stand in each house of the Alabama Legislature, in...
• Section 1-2-4 Great Seal of the State
  The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two and a quarter inches; near the edge of the circle shall be the word "Alabama,"...
• Section 1-2-5 Flag of the state - Description
  The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross...
• Section 1-2-6 Flag of the state - Display
  The flag of the state shall be hoisted on the dome of the Capitol when the two houses of the Legislature are in session, and...
• Section 1-2-7 State bird
  The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the state bird.
• Section 1-2-8 State salt water fish
  The tarpon is hereby designated and named the official state salt water fish of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-9 State fresh water fish
  The largemouth bass, Micropterus punctulatus, is hereby designated and named the official fresh water fish of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-10 State horse
  The racking horse is hereby designated and named the official state horse of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-11 State flower; state wildflower
  (a) The camellia, Camellia japonica L., is hereby designated and named as the official state flower of Alabama. (b) The oak-leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.,...
• Section 1-2-12 State tree
  The southern longleaf pine, Pinus palustris Miller, is hereby designated and named as the official state tree of Alabama. A specimen of the state tree...
• Section 1-2-13 Official mineral
  Hematite is hereby designated and named the official mineral of the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-14 Official rock
  Marble is hereby designated and named the official rock of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-15 Poet Laureate
  There shall be the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama. The Writers' Conclave, a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets and...
• Section 1-2-16 State song
  The poem "Alabama," a gift to the people of the state from Julia S. Tutwiler, together with the original music written for such poem by...
• Section 1-2-17 State game bird
  The wild turkey is hereby designated and named the official state game bird for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-18 State dance
  The dance known as the square dance is designated the American folk dance of the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-19 State nut
  The pecan is designated as official state nut of the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-20 State fossil
  The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State of Alabama fossil the "Species Basilosaurus Cetoides." No fossil "Species Basilosaurus Cetoides" shall be removed...
• Section 1-2-21 State renaissance faire
  The annual renaissance faire in Florence, Alabama, is hereby named and designated as the official renaissance faire in the State of Alabama, and said city...
• Section 1-2-22 State championship horse show
  The Alabama State Championship Horse Show is hereby designated as the official state championship horse show of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-23 State butterfly
  The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is hereby designated as the official mascot and butterfly of the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-24 State insect
  The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the official insect for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-25 State reptile
  In recognition of its occurrence in the State of Alabama only, Pseudemys alabamensis of the Family Emydidae and Order Testudines, or the Alabama red-bellied turtle,...
• Section 1-2-26 State gemstone
  The Star Blue Quartz is designated as the official gemstone for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-27 State shell
  The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae is hereby designated as the official shell of the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-28 State drama
  The drama by William Gibson, "The Miracle Worker," which is performed annually on the grounds of Ivy Green, the birthplace of native Alabamian Helen Keller,...
• Section 1-2-29 State barbecue championship
  The Demopolis Christmas on the River Barbecue Cook-off is hereby designated as the official Alabama State Barbecue Championship.
• Section 1-2-30 State agricultural museum
  The Dothan Landmarks Parks is hereby designated the official Agricultural Museum for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-31 State horseshoe tournament
  The annual fall horseshoe tournament in Stockton, Alabama, is hereby designated as the official championship horseshoe tournament for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-32 State historic theatre
  The Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts is designated as the official State Historic Theatre for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-33 State outdoor musical drama
  "The Incident at Looney's Tavern" is designated as Alabama's Official Outdoor Musical Drama.
• Section 1-2-34 State amphibian
  The Red Hills Salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton 1961, is hereby designated and named as the official state amphibian of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-35 State fruit
  The Blackberry, Rubus, R. occidentalis, is hereby designated and named as the official fruit of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-36 State mammal
  The Black Bear, subfamily ursinae, Ursus americanus Pollas, 1780, is hereby designated as the official state mammal of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-37 State tree fruit
  The Peach, Rosaceae, genus Prunus, species P. persica, is hereby designated as the official state tree fruit of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-38 State marine mammal
  The West Indian Manatee, family Trichechidae, order Sirenia, species Trichechus manatus, is hereby designated as the official state marine mammal of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-39 State crustacean
  The Brown Shrimp, family Penaeidae, order Descapoda, species Penaeus aztecus, is designated as the official State Crustacean of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-40 State agricultural insect
  The queen honey bee is hereby named and designated as the official agricultural insect for the State of Alabama.
• Section 1-2-41 State cake
  The Lane Cake, which originated in Clayton, Alabama, is designated as the official State Cake of Alabama.

Last modified: May 3, 2021