§ 1-5. Police jurisdiction.  


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  • The police jurisdiction of the city shall cover all adjoining territory within three miles of the corporate limits. Ordinances of the city enforcing police or sanitary regulations and prescribing fines and penalties for violations thereof shall have force and effect in the limits of the city and in the police jurisdiction and on any property or rights-of-way belonging to the city.

(Code 1979, § 1-9)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Ala. 1975, § 11-40-10; licensing outside city limits, Code of Ala. 1975, § 11-51-91.