Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 14 - Secretary of State

• Section 36-14-1 Duties generally
  It is the duty of the Secretary of State: (1) To keep the state seal, the original statutes and public records of the state, and...
• Section 36-14-2 Bond
  Before entering upon his duties of office, the Secretary of State shall execute to the state of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the...
• Section 36-14-3 Fees for services performed
  The Secretary of State shall charge the person for whom the service is rendered the following fees: (1) For reproducing any law or other material...
• Section 36-14-4 Custody of books
  The Secretary of State has the charge of all the books owned and kept for sale by the state and it is his duty to...
• Section 36-14-6 Disposal of certain books, acts, codes, etc. - Authorized; restrictions
  The Secretary of State may dispose of, at public or private sale, in such quantities and at such price as may be deemed most expedient,...
• Section 36-14-7 Disposal of certain books, acts, codes, etc. - List of books to be filed with Governor; returns and payments to Director of Finance
  The Secretary of State must, at the commencement of his term of office, file in the Governor's office a list of such books as come...
• Section 36-14-8 Disposal of certain books, acts, codes, etc. - Accounts of sales and money paid over
  The Secretary of State must keep in his office a book in which shall be entered an account of books sold and money paid over.
• Section 36-14-9 Disposal of certain books, acts, codes, etc. - Duty upon leaving office; liability on bond
  At the end of his term of office or his resignation, the Secretary of State must file, in the office of the Governor, a full...
• Section 36-14-10 Disposal of certain books, acts, codes, etc. - Receipt of doorkeeper sufficient voucher for books, etc
  The receipt of the doorkeeper of the Senate or House of Representatives is a sufficient voucher for the Secretary of State for each book so...
• Section 36-14-11 Acts and resolutions of Legislature - Distribution to departments, officers, courts, etc.; electronic storage and distribution
  (a) The Secretary of State shall retain for the use of the executive offices and the two houses of the Legislature the number of copies...
• Section 36-14-12 Acts and resolutions of Legislature - Copy to be furnished to Library of Congress
  The Secretary of State shall furnish, by electronic means or otherwise, to the Library of Congress, for the Division of Documents, a copy of the...
• Section 36-14-13 Acts and resolutions of Legislature - Distribution of additional copies, and sale of surplus copies; electronic distribution
  (a) The Secretary of State must also transmit to the chair of the county commission and the judges of probate of each county, for such...
• Section 36-14-14 When duplicate copies of books, etc., to be furnished to judicial officers
  Whenever any of the books furnished by the state to the judicial officers thereof have been destroyed without fault on their part, or on the...
• Section 36-14-15 Photographic reproduction of records, etc.; legal effect of such reproductions
  (a) The Secretary of State may cause any record, document, plat, file, book, map, paper or other writing made, acquired or received as required by...
• Section 36-14-16 Secretary of State authorized to hire executive assistant
  The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to hire, without regard to the state Merit System law, one additional employee who shall serve at the...
• Section 36-14-17 Centralized data collection and display regarding appointees to certain state entities
  (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. A state board, commission, committee, task force, or similar multi-member...
• Section 36-14-18 Performance of duties under Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act
  The Secretary of State shall perform all duties required by the Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Maintain...
• Section 36-14-19 Electronic recordation process for business entity filings
  (a) The Secretary of State shall develop a program to facilitate the administration of an electronic process for the recordation of filing activities by business...

Last modified: May 3, 2021