Ala. Code § 11-42-64: Rendition of Decree Adjudging Property Subject to Taxation, Etc., as to Noncontesting Property Owners.

On the day fixed in the citation published by the mayor for the hearing before the judge of probate or the day to which such case is continued, as to such property owner or owners as do not file a contest, the judge of probate shall render a decree adjudging that the land owned by such property owner or owners and all property having a situs thereon shall thereafter be subject to taxation by the city, and taxes thereon shall be paid to the city, and shall cause the map attached to the certified resolution passed by the board or governing body of the city to be recorded, and after the said map is recorded, the judge of probate shall endorse on said map, “adjudged subject to city taxation,” on such portion of the property covered by said map as is adjudged to be subject to city taxation.