Lee County, AL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Act 99-411 (1999) opens with legislative findings under Section 45-41-170 declaring that regulating the accumulation and storage of junk and other litter, including discarded tires, protects public safety, health, highway investment and scenic beauty in unincorporated Lee County, and that junk, litter, tire accumulation and non-conforming junkyards are themselves a public nuisance. 02 turns that into a concrete rule for vehicles: it is unlawful to park, leave or store more than two motor vehicles that are not currently operable and validly registered and tagged on any premises in the unincorporated county, and each day those vehicles remain is a separate offense, stacking exposure the longer they sit.

The rule exempts a licensed business if storing the vehicles is a reasonably necessary part of running that business. 04: the Lee County Commission or its designee enforces the nuisance provisions, and the commission can file a civil action in the Circuit Court of Lee County to abate or enjoin the nuisance. The court is authorized to assess every cost of abating the nuisance against the violator, including attorney's fees, court costs and the expense of cleaning up or remedying the junk or vehicles. These sections apply only within the unincorporated territory of Lee County; Auburn, Opelika, Smiths Station, Loachapoka and Notasulga each enforce their own separate municipal litter and junk codes inside city limits. 03, requires a separate county license for an actual junkyard business located near a road.