Chapter

Administrative Procedure

Ala. Code § 41-22-1— Short Title.
Ala. Code § 41-22-2— Legislative Intent and Purpose; Effect on Substantive Rights; Applicability; Rulemaking Authority.
Ala. Code § 41-22-3— Definitions.
Ala. Code § 41-22-4— Adoption by Agencies of Rules Governing Organization, Practice, Etc.; Public Access to Rules, Orders, Etc.; Effect of Rules, Orders, Etc., Not Made Available to Public.
Ala. Code § 41-22-5— Notice of Intent to Adopt, Amend, or Repeal Rules; Adoption of Emergency Rules; Procedural Requirements; Proceedings to Contest Rules.
Ala. Code § 41-22-5.1— Public Notification of Proposed Rules; Business Economic Impact Statement; Applicability.
Ala. Code § 41-22-5.2— Review of Existing Rules.
Ala. Code § 41-22-5.3
Ala. Code § 41-22-6— Designation and Duties of Agency Secretaries; Effective Dates of Rules.
Ala. Code § 41-22-7— Contents, Publication, and Availability of Administrative Material; Duties of Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division.
Ala. Code § 41-22-8— Form for Petition for Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of Rules; Procedure Upon Submission of Petition.
Ala. Code § 41-22-9— Adoption by Reference of Codes, Standards, and Regulations of Other Agencies of This State or the United States or of Other Approved Organizations; Form of Reference; Availability from Agency of Information as to Rules, Etc., Adopted by Reference.
Ala. Code § 41-22-10— Action for Declaratory Judgment as to Validity or Applicability of Rule; Stay of Enforcement of Rule by Injunction.
Ala. Code § 41-22-11— Petition for Declaratory Ruling as to Validity of Rule, as to Applicability of Any Rule or Statute Enforceable by an Agency, or as to Meaning and Scope of Agency Order; Form and Contents; Binding Effect of Agency Ruling; Effect of Failure to Issue Ruling; Judicial Review.
Ala. Code § 41-22-12— Notice and Opportunity for Hearing in Contested Cases; Contents of Notice; Power of Presiding Officer to Issue Subpoenas, Discovery and Protective Orders; Procedure Upon Failure of Notified Party to Appear; Presentation of Evidence and Argument; Right to Counsel; Disposition by Stipulation, Settlement, Etc.; Contents of Record; Public Attendance at Oral Proceedings; Recordings and Transcripts of Oral Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 41-22-13— Rules of Evidence in Contested Cases.
Ala. Code § 41-22-14— Intervention in Contested Cases.
Ala. Code § 41-22-15— Majority Requirement for Adoption of Final Decision in Contested Cases; Use of Proposed Orders in Cases Where Any Official Is Unfamiliar with the Case; Finality of Proposed Orders.
Ala. Code § 41-22-16— Form and Content of Final Order; When Final Order to Be Rendered; Service of Notice and Copies of Final Order.
Ala. Code § 41-22-17— Filing of Application for Rehearing in Contested Cases; Form and Content; Effect of Application on Final Order; Grounds for Rehearing; Service of Application on Parties of Record; Agency Decision on Application.
Ala. Code § 41-22-18— Disqualification from Participation in Proposed Order or Final Decision Based Upon Conflict of Interest or Personal Bias.
Ala. Code § 41-22-19— Grant, Denial, Renewal, Etc., of Licenses.
Ala. Code § 41-22-20— Judicial Review of Preliminary, Procedural, Etc., Actions or Rulings and Final Decisions in Contested Cases. (Amended by Act 2026-319)
Ala. Code § 41-22-21— Appeal of Final Judgment of Circuit Court Under Section 41-22-20.
Ala. Code § 41-22-22— Joint Committee on Administrative Rule Review.
Ala. Code § 41-22-22.1— Review of Board and Commission Rules and Actions by Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, and Joint Committee on Administrative Rule Review; Fees.
Ala. Code § 41-22-23— Submission and Review of Proposed Rules; Fiscal Note Required for Rules with Economic Impact.
Ala. Code § 41-22-24— Reconsideration of Disapproved Rules by the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 41-22-25— Construction and Applicability of Chapter.
Ala. Code § 41-22-26— Repeal of Inconsistent Laws.
Ala. Code § 41-22-27— Effective Date of Chapter; Validity, Review, Etc., of Existing Rules; Disposition of Certain Cases and Proceedings.