Ala. Code § 41-13-23: Local Government Commission to Make Determination as to County, Municipal, Etc., Records to Be Preserved or Destroyed, Etc., After Microfilming; Classification of Records; Officials Not to Cause Destruction, Etc., of Records Without Prior Approval of Commission.

The Local Government Records Commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which county, municipal, and other local government records shall be permanently preserved because of historical value and which county, municipal, and other local government records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after they have been microfilmed. The commission may classify the different types of records accordingly.

No county, municipal, or other local government official shall cause any county, municipal, or other local government record to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of without first obtaining the approval of the Local Government Records Commission.