Ala. Code § 11-16-28
Current with legislation from 2024 effective through April 25, 2024.
The county commission shall then procure by donation or by purchase at the expense of the county suitable lots or parcels of land in such city, town, or village, taking the fee simple title thereto to the county, and shall cause to be erected at the expense of the county a suitable courthouse and a suitable jail on said lots for the county as soon as practicable.
Ala. Code § 11-16-28 (1975)