SB417 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Roger Bedford, Jr.

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Legal notices, electronic publication through state-sanctioned website, required for legal notices published by state and permitted for legal notices published by certain counties or municipalities (with population over 50,000), fee, public access

Description

Under existing law, legal notices that are required by any law, mortgage, or other contract are generally required to be published in a newspaper.

This bill would require the State of Alabama to publish legal notices on a state-sanctioned website.

This bill would permit a county or municipality with a population of 50,000 or more to publish legal notices through a state-sanctioned public notice website. This bill would require the public notice website provider submit status reports to the director of the Administrative Office of Courts.

This bill would permit a reasonable fee, not to exceed $10, for the service and provide that an increase can be obtained after two years of operation.

This bill would permit the website provider to charge a fee to provide certified proof that the notice was advertised via the Internet.

This bill would provide that the public notice website be publicly accessible at all times at no cost to the state. This bill would also provide that both current and archived legal notices be searchable by keyword, file number, or area and no fee be charged for searching.

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Subjects

Notice, Legal