Mobile County's weed power in unincorporated areas is narrow: under Ala. Code §11-3A-2 the commission may abate overgrowth only as a public nuisance, using the 12-inch standard of §11-67-60. It acts on complaints, not patrols; HOA rules cover most lots.
Alabama is a Dillon's Rule state, so Mobile County has only the abatement authority the Legislature grants. Section 11-67-60 defines overgrown grass or weeds, whether breeding vermin, fire-prone, or simply above 12 inches, as a public nuisance, and §11-3A-2 lets the county commission abate that nuisance in the unincorporated Gulf Coast stretches once it adopts the power by resolution or voter petition. The humid climate drives fast weed and kudzu growth around Wilmer, Irvington, and Grand Bay, but the county responds to complaints about specific nuisance lots rather than policing every yard. Inside Mobile, Saraland, Citronelle, and Semmes the municipal weed ordinances control. For subdivision homeowners, the HOA covenant is usually the real weed rule.
A nuisance lot gets written notice and a deadline; if ignored, the county abates the growth and charges the cost to the owner as a property lien. Municipal weed ordinances follow the same notice-and-lien pattern.
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