Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-16-9

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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

The Examiners of Public Accounts, in making their examination or audit of the accounts and records of each state department or agency, shall compare the inventory of personal property of the department or agency kept by the Property Inventory Control Division with personal property in the custody of the department or agency, and shall include a statement of the result of the comparison in their report. The value of any personal property lost to the state due to the neglect or willful act of the person having the custody of the property shall be recoverable from such persons in an appropriate action instituted on behalf of the state by the Attorney General.