Ala. Code § 40-7-26
The Department of Revenue or the agents or assistants thereof may work in an advisory capacity with the several county tax assessors of the state in the assessment and valuation of property.
Any valuation fixed by the tax assessor on any property returned for taxation may be approved by the Department of Revenue, which approval, if made, must be shown on each separate return so approved. When a tax return has been so approved by the Department of Revenue, the state has no appeal from such approved assessment. The taxpayer, however, may appeal from such assessment in the same manner and within the same time as appeals are allowed from nonapproved assessments.
The several county tax assessors are required to keep a docket of all nonapproved assessments in such form and containing such data as may be prescribed by the Department of Revenue. Such docket shall be furnished to the assessors by the Department of Revenue. The payment for such dockets shall be made out of the general appropriation for printing.
Ala. Code § 40-7-26 (1975)