Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-5-13

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs and State Service Commissioner shall maintain offices in the capital city of the state. In each city of the state wherein the United States Veterans’ Administration maintains a regional or branch office, the State Service Commissioner, under authority of the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs, in addition to the office of any district service commissioner or county service commissioner, may, if he deems it necessary, set up and maintain a service office staffed by an assistant service commissioner with ample clerical assistants.