Ala. Code § 11-1-12: Preparation, Etc., of County Assessment Maps or Plats.

The county commissions shall have prepared county assessment maps or plats showing the county boundary lines, main creeks, rivers, railroads, exempt lands, public roads, schoolhouses, and churches and all lands which have escaped state and county taxation for the next preceding five years in their respective counties, and which shall also show all subdivisions of lands made for the assessment of taxes or other purposes and shall pay for the same out of the county treasury.