Ala. Code § 9-15-8
It shall be the duty of each state department or institution of the State of Alabama which holds the legal title to or any interest in any lands in the State of Alabama and any department charged by law with the administration, control or management of any state department or institutional lands to file in the office of the Land Agent within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a complete list of all lands of whatsoever kind to which it holds the legal title or in which it claims any interest. If any land is held by any person, firm, corporation, department or institution of the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of any institution or department of the State of Alabama, such land shall also be included in such list to be filed in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Such list shall be compiled under the supervision of the managing head of such institution or department, and the real estate described therein shall be numbered by parcel and described legally.
The lands set forth in said list shall be classified by institution or department owning the same as used lands or unused lands. The terms "used lands" and "unused lands," as herein used, shall have the same meaning as described by Section 9-15-1. Said list shall also show the manner in which title to or interest in said land was acquired; the character of the title; the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agriculture, mining, timber culture or other use; and the use to which it is being put.
In case of any improvements on any of said lands, a full description of the improvements shall be furnished the land agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on a form prescribed by the said land agent, to be filled in by the managing head of any state institution or department. Said lists so filed with the land agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall be preserved and kept on file in office of Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ala. Code § 9-15-8 (1975)