The state auditor of Alabama is constitutionally required to make a complete report to the governor of Alabama showing the receipts and disbursement of every character, all claims audited and paid out, and all taxes and revenues collected and paid into the treasury.

The office also makes other reports to the governor and the Alabama Legislature as the law requires.

Until 1899 the office was responsible for maintaining all land records of the state when at that time, that function was transferred to the Alabama Forestry Commission.

He was constitutionally ineligible to seek a third term and unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State of Alabama instead.

Listed below are the state auditors for the past several terms: Candidates Cooke and Sorrell squared off in a debate at the Gardendale Civic Center just more than a week ahead of the Republican primary runoff on June 13, 2022.