Ala. Code § 35-2-52

It shall be the duty of every probate judge in this state to decline to receive for record in his office any map or plat upon which any lands lying within the corporate limits or police jurisdiction of any city of this state having a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants are platted or mapped as streets, alleys, or other public ways, unless such map or plat shall have noted thereon the approval of the governing body or city engineer of such city.