{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-2","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 9-17-2","heading":"Declaration of Public Policy; Purpose of Article.","body":"The prevention of waste of oil and gas and the protection of correlative rights are declared to be in the public interest. The purpose of this article is to prevent such waste and to protect correlative rights.","path":["Title 9 Conservation and Natural Resources.","Chapter 17 Oil and Gas.","Article 1 Conservation and Regulation of Production."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=9-17-2","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"9a508dae05f78e1fc99604f2b615b1aa3edabcfaf4e48089cbb450eec2382ac4","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-1","next":"us-al/ala.-code-9-17-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}