Ala. Code § 11-16-25: Preparation, Recordation, Filing, and Publication of Certified Copy of Election Result.

The board of commissioners upon the conclusion of canvassing said returns shall certify in writing the result of said election, a copy of which shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county and another copy published by at least one insertion in a newspaper published in the county if there be such newspaper.