Recreational cannabis retail is illegal in Alabama. The only lawful outlets are medical dispensaries licensed by the state Medical Cannabis Commission, and Code Section 20-2A-51 bars any in unincorporated Mobile County unless the county commission first authorizes them.
There are no recreational marijuana dispensaries to zone in Mobile County; selling marijuana is a crime under Alabama's drug laws. The sole legal cannabis retailers are dispensing sites licensed under the Darren Wesley 'Ato' Hall Compassionate Act and regulated by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission. Code Section 20-2A-51 makes those sites opt-in for local government: the Commission cannot permit a dispensing site in an unincorporated county area unless the county commission has authorized dispensing sites there by resolution. So Mobile County's real lever is a one-time authorization decision, not use zoning, and without that resolution no dispensary may open in the unincorporated county.
Operating an unlicensed cannabis outlet is prosecuted as unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, not a zoning citation, and a licensed dispensary that opens in an unincorporated area without the county commission's authorization is operating in violation of Section 20-2A-51.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Mobile County, AL
Mobile County has no ordinance regulating holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas, and Alabama has no statute on them. A homeow...
Mobile County, AL
Garage-sale signs face no Mobile County rule on your own property — the county has no sign ordinance. But Alabama Code §23-1-6 makes it illegal to plant a si...
Mobile County, AL
Political signs are unregulated by Mobile County on private property — the county has no sign ordinance. Alabama Code §23-1-6 bars signs in a state highway r...
Mobile County, AL
Unincorporated Mobile County has no rental registration. Alabama counties have no zoning or home-rule power, so the county cannot license, register, or inspe...
Mobile County, AL
Alabama has no just-cause eviction rule, and Mobile County cannot add one. Under Alabama Code §35-9A-421 a landlord ends a tenancy with a seven-business-day ...
Mobile County, AL
Rent control is illegal in unincorporated Mobile County. Alabama Code §11-80-8.1 bars every county, city, and town from enacting or enforcing any ordinance t...
See how Mobile County's dispensary zoning rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.