Ala. Code § 11-42-184

All the public books, papers, and documents of said city or town so absorbed on file in any office or with any public officer thereof shall be transferred to and filed with the appropriate officer or department of the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered or rearranged as the council or other governing body thereof may direct. It shall be the duty of all persons having charge of such books, papers, and documents to deliver the same to and file the same with the appropriate officer or department.