Our Alabama landlord is requiring us to pay the utility bills two?
No that doesnt sound right. Assuming the utilities are in your name then there is no obligation for you to continue paying on a property you no longer occupy. For what possible reason would anyone do that? No utility provider can require a landlord to pay unpaid bills that are in the name of the tenant so its not like this two week provision is about protecting his interests. However, it is the LLs responsibility to revert all utilities to his name or the name of his company once a tenant vacates. You simply need to inform the utility providers you are disconnecting on whatever your date of departure is. After that its on him.