Alabama § 41-4-401 - Electronic Submission and Signing of Documents.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 41-4-401 — Electronic Submission and Signing of Documents., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-4-401. Electronic Submission and Signing of Documents.
(a) The Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance shall provide for the submission and signing of documents via electronic means, at no additional cost to the party submitting or signing the document.
(b) No later than November 30 of each year, the Division of Construction Management shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House, the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The report shall include all of the following, as they relate to each plan or project proposal submitted to the division during the preceding fiscal year relating to a public K-12 school:
(1) The name of the public K-12 school at which the project will take place.
(2) The final cost of the project.
(3) The number of state building code violations of a project as discovered by the field inspection of the construction improvements by the division, itemized by categories, including, but not limited to, accessibility for disabled persons, fire safety, and life safety.
(4) For each document submitted to the division for review or approval, the time elapsed between the receipt of the document and the return of the document to the submitting party or other appropriate response by the division.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 41-4-401 cover?
Section 41-4-401 ("Electronic Submission and Signing of Documents.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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