{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44e-71","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 11-44E-71","heading":"Statement of Candidacy.","body":"Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by a minimum of 100 registered voters of such city endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or by a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he (she) desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the day set for such election and shall be in substantially the following form:\n“State of Alabama, _____ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of _____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in said City at the election for said office to be held on the _____ day of _____ and that I am duly qualified to hold said office if elected thereto and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at said election.\nSigned ________;\nSworn to and subscribed before me by said _____ on this _____ day of _____, 2__, and filed in this office for record on said day _____, City Clerk.”\nSaid statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount equal to $300.00 which qualifying fee shall be paid over by the city clerk to the general fund of the city. Any person may file with the city clerk, a verified pauper’s oath that he (she) does not have the financial resources to pay a qualifying fee and thereupon shall be exempt from filing such fee. No names shall appear upon said ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to provisions of this chapter.","path":["Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.","Title 2 Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.","Chapter 44E Adoption of Mayor/Commission/City Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.","Article 4 Mayor."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=11-44E-71","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"52daa4929318099890115ff2f3bb733c210768e6cf477ab5b1db4f7b91d3900d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44e-70","next":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44e-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}