{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-41-6-8","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 41-6-8","heading":"Director - Powers, Functions, and Duties Generally.","body":"The powers, functions and duties of the Director of the Department of Archives and History shall be as follows:\n(1) To control and direct the work and operations of the Department of Archives and History;\n(2) To administer the state official archives;\n(3) To prepare the Alabama official and statistical register;\n(4) To diffuse knowledge in reference to the history and resources of the state;\n(5) To administer all military records for historical purposes;\n(6) To administer the state’s historical library and to collect and administer historical portraits and museums;\n(7) To collect, organize and preserve noncurrent county records for historical purposes;\n(8) To edit the Alabama Historical Quarterly and other historical publications;\n(9) To distribute state official reports;\n(10) To designate and describe historic spots in Alabama for monumental purposes;\n(11) To have custody and supervision, under the direction of the Director of Finance, of the Alabama Memorial Building; and\n(12) To perform any and all other powers, functions and duties as may now or hereafter be placed upon the Director of the Department of Archives and History.","path":["Title 41 State Government.","Chapter 6 Department of Archives and History.","Article 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=41-6-8","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"69101003a772126a3b5bd0140f9218a7a39ee24335913ee7d577107c8eb8c4ef","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-41-6-7","next":"us-al/ala.-code-41-6-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}