Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 36-19-1 Police powers of Fire Marshal, deputies and assistants
  The Fire Marshal and his duly appointed deputies and assistants shall have full, general powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such...
• Section 36-19-2 Powers and duties of Fire Marshal, deputies and assistants generally
  The Fire Marshal and his duly appointed deputies and assistants shall have the specific duty of enforcing the laws, regulations and ordinances of the state...
• Section 36-19-2.1 Manufacture of destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon
  (a) No person may lawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon without first obtaining a permit from the office of the State...
• Section 36-19-3 Persons deemed assistants to Fire Marshal; duties, obligations, etc., thereof generally
  The chief of the fire department, the chief of police or marshal of every incorporated city or town in which a fire department is established,...
• Section 36-19-4 Right of Fire Marshal, etc., to enter buildings, etc., for purposes of investigations or inspections
  The Fire Marshal, his deputies or any of his assistants may at all hours enter any building or premises within this state for the purpose...
• Section 36-19-5 Investigation and reporting of fires by assistants generally
  The assistants to the Fire Marshal provided for in Section 36-19-3 shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstance of every fire occurring in any municipality...
• Section 36-19-6 Reports of fires to Fire Marshal by assistants
  Every fire occurring in the state shall be reported in writing to the Fire Marshal within 10 days after the occurrence of the same by...
• Section 36-19-7 Appointment of deputy inspectors; powers and compensation thereof generally; deputy inspectors to be commissioned
  The Fire Marshal may, in addition to the provisions of Section 36-19-3, appoint any person or persons who may be known to him as being...
• Section 36-19-8 Maintenance of statement of expenses of department; allowance and payment of vouchers for expenses
  The Fire Marshal shall keep on file in his office an itemized statement of all expenses incurred by his department. All vouchers issued therefor shall...
• Section 36-19-9 Promulgation of regulations for fire prevention and protection of any construction or building, etc., and keeping, storing, etc., of explosives, etc., by Fire Marshal
  The fire marshal, subject to the approval of the commissioner of insurance, shall make regulations for fire prevention and protection of any construction or building,...
• Section 36-19-10 Regulation of emergency drills and doors and exits in schools, factories, hospitals, etc
  The Fire Marshal and his or her deputies and assistants shall require officials and teachers of public and private schools and educational institutions to have...
• Section 36-19-11 Inspection of buildings, etc., by Fire Marshal, deputies or assistants; issuance of order for removal of combustible matter, correction of inflammable conditions, etc
  The Fire Marshal, his deputies or assistants, upon the complaint in writing of any citizen, or whenever he or they shall deem it necessary, shall...
• Section 36-19-12 Appeal from order to circuit court
  The owner or occupant of such building or premises may, within five days, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the property...
• Section 36-19-13 Appeal from decision of circuit court to Court of Civil Appeals
  Any owner or occupant who feels himself aggrieved by any such order or affirmed order may, within 10 days after the making or affirming of...
• Section 36-19-14 Repair, etc., of buildings, etc., upon failure of party, etc., to obey order of court; payment of expenses thereof
  In case the order of the circuit court is sustained or the appeal dismissed for any cause, if any party or parties fail to comply...
• Section 36-19-15 Lien for expenses of repair, etc., paid by Fire Marshal
  The expense so paid by the Fire Marshal shall be a lien on the property, including the real estate on which the property is located....
• Section 36-19-16 Fire Marshal may request district attorney to assist in investigations, etc.; effect of refusal to assist Fire Marshal
  The Fire Marshal or deputy fire marshal, when in the opinion of either of them it is necessary, may request the district attorney to aid...
• Section 36-19-17 Taking, etc., of testimony by Fire Marshal, etc., during investigations
  The Fire Marshal or his deputies, when in their opinion it is necessary, may take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of...
• Section 36-19-18 Fire Marshal may cause persons to be arrested and charged with offenses; furnishing of information to district attorneys having jurisdiction of offenses
  If the Fire Marshal shall be of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to charge any person with an offense, he shall cause such...
• Section 36-19-19 Fire Marshal, etc., may summon witnesses, require production of books, etc
  The Fire Marshal or his deputies may, each, in any county of this state, summon and compel the attendance of witnesses before them or either...
• Section 36-19-21 Imprisonment of witness for contempt upon complaint of Fire Marshal, etc
  The Fire Marshal or deputy fire marshal may make formal complaint of the act of such witness to the judge of any court of record...
• Section 36-19-22 Fees of witnesses and officers serving subpoenas, etc
  Every person summoned and testifying before the Fire Marshal, his deputies or assistants shall receive from the funds for the maintenance of this department, on...
• Section 36-19-23 Payment of fees to local assistants not receiving salary from state
  All local assistants not receiving a salary from the State of Alabama shall receive monthly on the audit of the Fire Marshal $.50 for each...
• Section 36-19-24 Reports by insurance companies as to fire losses
  Every fire insurance company transacting business in this state shall report to the Fire Marshal, through the secretary or other representative of the insurance company,...
• Section 36-19-25 Records of fires to be kept by Fire Marshal
  The Fire Marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in this state and all the facts concerning same, including statistics...
• Section 36-19-26 Annual report of Fire Marshal to Governor
  The Fire Marshal shall annually, on or before April 1, transmit to the Governor a full report of his proceedings under this chapter and such...
• Section 36-19-27 Failure of person or corporation to comply with provisions of chapter as to requirements of Fire Marshal
  Any person or persons or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this article as to the requirements of the Fire Marshal shall be...
• Section 36-19-29 Disposition of penalties, fees or forfeitures collected under provisions of chapter
  All penalties, fees or forfeitures collected under the provisions of this article, unless otherwise provided, shall be placed in the General Fund of the State.
• Section 36-19-30 Recreational park trailers
  (a) For the purposes of this section, a "recreational park trailer" is a transportable unit that has a body width not exceeding 14 feet and...
• Article 2 Investigatory Information Supplied Fire Marshals.
• Section 36-19-40 "Insurer" defined
  As used in this article, the word "insurer" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as is in Section 27-13-20.
• Section 36-19-41 Insurer to cooperate with and supply factual information to law enforcement personnel investigating fire loss; type of factual information
  The State Fire Marshal or personnel from any other authorized law enforcement agency charged with the responsibility of investigating a fire loss, may request any...
• Section 36-19-42 Insurers suspecting arson, etc., to notify and cooperate with law enforcement personnel
  If an insurer has reason to believe that a fire loss to its insured's real or personal property was caused by other than accidental means,...
• Section 36-19-43 Insurer or agents not liable for compliance with division; confidentiality; testimony; violations
  (a) In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurer, or person who furnishes information on its behalf, shall be liable for damages in a...
• Section 36-19-44 Penalties; good faith compliance exception
  Any person violating the provisions of subsections (d), (e), (f) and (g) of Section 36-19-43 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof...

Last modified: May 3, 2021