Q. Real estate appraisals, negotiations.

1. County boards of equalization: The records of these boards are public records. 215 Op. Att’y Gen. Ala. 39 (June 14, 1989).

2. County real estate maps and plat books: Maps and plat books of all real estate in each county are required to be kept in the office of the county’s tax assessor “open to the inspection of the public at all times when not in use by the assessor or the board of equalization.” Ala. Code § 40-7-41 (2003).