Ala. Code § 11-42-201: Certification and Filing with Probate Judge of Resolution, Plat or Map, and List of Qualified Electors.

Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person holding the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together with a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and the names of all qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be excluded from the area of such corporation, and file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which said city or town is situated.