Ala. Code § 9-15-70
This article applies to all real property and interests therein owned by the State of Alabama and the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, and agencies of the state with the exception of those sales, transfers, and reversions set out in Section 9-15-82. As used in this article, real property shall include land, lots, and all things and interests, including leasehold interests, pertaining thereto, and all other things annexed or attached to the land which would pass to a vendee by conveyance of the land or lot, including mineral and gas and oil interests. The state has the right to reserve all or any part of the mineral, oil, or gas interests and also the right of ingress and egress thereto.
Ala. Code § 9-15-70 (1975)