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Alabama State overlays

All 16 tracked preemption laws for Alabama.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for Alabama. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
16
Preempted fields
38
Required city attrs
23
Last reviewed
2026-05-18
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Tracked laws

Alabama Short-Term Rentals — No State Preemption (April 2026)0 fields
Effective
2026-04-18
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_STR_NO_PREEMPTION_2026
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Alabama Density / ADU / Inclusionary Zoning / Design Review — No State Preemption0 fields
Effective
2026-04-18
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_DENSITY_ADU_IZ_DESIGN_NO_PREEMPTION_2026
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area — Non-Regulatory Heritage Designation1 field
Effective
2023-01-05
Authority
federal · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_BLACK_BELT_NHA_HERITAGE_NON_REGULATORY
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Alabama Land Recycling & Economic Redevelopment Act — Voluntary Brownfield Cleanup3 fields
Effective
2001-05-21
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_BROWNFIELD_22_30E
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Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail — NPS Viewshed Compatible-Use Advisory1 field
Effective
1996-11-12
Authority
federal · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_SELMA_MONTGOMERY_NHT_VIEWSHED
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Mobile Bay National Estuary Program — CCMP Coordination (Non-Regulatory)2 fields
Effective
1996-10-01
Authority
federal_state_joint · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_MOBILE_BAY_NEP_COORDINATION
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Alabama Group-Home Preemption — Multi-Family District Inclusion2 fields
Effective
1991-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_GROUP_HOME_11_52_75_1
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Alabama Manufactured Housing — No Zoning Preemption (Title 40/24 govern taxation, installation)3 fields
Effective
1991-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_MANUFACTURED_HOUSING_NO_PREEMPTION
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Alabama Historic Preservation — Title 11 Chapter 68 Local Authority Enabling3 fields
Effective
1989-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_HISTORIC_PRESERVATION_11_68
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Alabama Tax Increment Financing — Title 11 Chapter 99 TIF Districts4 fields
Effective
1987-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_TIF_TAX_INCREMENT_11_99
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Alabama Coastal Area Management Program — Permitting Overlay (Mobile + Baldwin)3 fields
Effective
1979-09-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_ACAMP_COASTAL_9_7_10
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Alabama Right-to-Farm — Agricultural Nuisance & SWCD Framework3 fields
Effective
1978-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_RIGHT_TO_FARM_AGRICULTURE_6_5_127
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Alabama Dillon's Rule Baseline — Title 11 Chapter 52 Delegated Zoning Authority4 fields
Effective
1975-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_HOME_RULE_DILLON_TITLE_11_CHAPTER_52
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Alabama Airport Hazard Zoning — Title 4 Chapter 6 Enabling and Limits3 fields
Effective
1975-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_AIRPORT_HAZARD_ZONING_4_6
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Alabama Flood Damage Prevention — NFIP Participation + ADEM Floodplain Coordination3 fields
Effective
1968-08-01
Authority
state_federal_joint · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_FLOOD_DAMAGE_PREVENTION_NFIP
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Alabama Military Installation Influence — AICUZ + JLUS (Redstone, Maxwell, Fort Novosel, Anniston, Marshall)3 fields
Effective
1958-01-01
Authority
state_federal_joint · scope: state:AL
ID
AL_MILITARY_INFLUENCE_REDSTONE_AICUZ
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • county_population
  • is_dillons_rule_municipality
  • has_adopted_chapter_52_zoning
  • in_acamp_coastal_area
  • in_mobile_or_baldwin_county
  • in_mobile_bay_estuary_program_watershed
  • in_cahaba_river_watershed
  • in_tenn_tom_waterway_corridor
  • in_alabama_black_belt_national_heritage_area
  • on_selma_to_montgomery_national_historic_trail
  • has_adopted_chapter_68_historic_preservation_ordinance
  • has_adopted_chapter_99_tif_district
  • in_redstone_arsenal_jlus_study_area
  • in_marshall_space_flight_center_buffer
  • in_tuskegee_airmen_nhs_buffer
  • in_us_space_and_rocket_center_compatible_use_area
  • airport_influence_zones
  • military_installation_influence
  • in_femap_special_flood_hazard_area
  • has_designated_swcd_agricultural_area
  • parcel_in_adem_brownfield_voluntary_cleanup
  • has_multifamily_districts