15-5-64
Section 15-5-64 Determination of abandonment. In order for property or proceeds to be deemed
abandoned, a representative of the law enforcement agency having possession of abandoned property
or proceeds shall file with the district attorney a sworn affidavit setting forth the circumstances
of the abandonment, including the results of a search of records to identify the owner or
lienholders. The records to be searched shall include records of the Alabama Department of
Revenue, judge of probate, and the Secretary of State. After the filing of the affidavit,
the district attorney or Attorney General may file an action in the circuit court to declare
the property or proceeds abandoned. If the location of the owner, registrant, secured party,
or lienholder is unknown, service shall be made at the last known address of the current owner,
registrant, secured party, or lienholder, as well as by publication on a governmental web
site or a newspaper of general circulation for a period of three...
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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking, etc., of
ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment, etc.,
of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc. (a)
The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established,
and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws
and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article
and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish his own ballot
with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of the proposed corporate
limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate limits or "Against
the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote against the adoption
of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to...
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11-42-63
Section 11-42-63 Filing of contest as to right of city to tax lands or property; city to file
separate causes against contesting property owners. (a) On the day fixed in the notice or
any day to which said cause may be continued, any owner of any of the property declared to
be subject to taxation by the city in the resolution may file with the judge of probate a
contest contesting the right of the city to tax any of the land or property owned by him,
assigning as grounds for such contest the nonexistence of some one or more of facts required
by this article to be in existence before the property is subject to city taxation. (b) A
separate case shall be docketed by the city against each property owner who files a contest,
and thereafter such cause shall be a separate and distinct cause. (Code 1907, §1096; Code
1923, §1790; Code 1940, T. 37, §159.)...
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11-14-12
Section 11-14-12 Location of courts and offices when courthouse damaged, destroyed, or undergoing
repair. When the courthouse of any county is damaged or destroyed or is undergoing repair
so as to interfere with the sittings of the courts or the occupancy of offices therein, such
courts may sit and such offices may be kept at such other place in the city, town, or village
where such courts and offices are required by law to be held and kept as may be provided by
the county commission, or, in case of an emergency, such place as may be provided by the judge
of probate, sheriff, and clerk of the circuit court. (Code 1896, §1406; Code 1907, §135;
Code 1923, §214; Code 1940, T. 12, §187.)...
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35-6-116
Section 35-6-116 Sale by sheriff; distribution of proceeds by probate judge. If the crops are
ordered sold, the judge of probate must forthwith issue a writ, directed to the sheriff, commanding
him to sell such crops for division, at a place to be designated in the decree and writ; and
thereupon the sheriff must proceed to advertise and sell such crops at the place designated,
in the same manner as he is required to advertise and sell personal property under execution
issuing from the circuit court; and after making the sale, he shall forthwith make due return,
and pay over the proceeds thereof to the judge of probate, who shall distribute the same among
the parties according to their respective interests. If a forthcoming bond has not been executed
under section 35-6-114 and the sheriff is not in possession of the crops, he shall seize the
same for the purpose of making a sale thereof, if in the hands of any of the parties to the
proceedings. (Code 1876, §3526; Code 1886, §3270;...
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40-5-31
Section 40-5-31 Taxpayer about to jeopardize possibility of collection - Duty of collector.
It shall be the duty of the tax collector, whenever upon information or otherwise he has good
reason to believe that any person owing taxes, whether due or not, is about to leave or remove
his property from the county, or that such person is closing out or going out of business
or disposing of substantially all of his personal property and thereby the collection of such
taxes is endangered, to make out and certify to the judge of probate a bill against such person
for the amount of such taxes and any fees due the assessor or collector; and, upon the approval
thereof by the judge of probate in writing endorsed thereon, such bill shall operate as a
writ of fieri facias which the collector is authorized to execute by levy and sale, in the
same manner as sheriffs are authorized to execute such writs when issued out of the circuit
court. Said writ may be executed in any county of the state where...
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12-21-73
Section 12-21-73 Additional or alternative mode of proof of certain official documents. As
an additional or alternative mode of proof, the following documents may be proved as follows:
(1) Acts of the executive of this state, by the records of the state Department of the State,
and of the United States, by the records of the State Department of the United States, certified
by the heads of these departments respectively; they may also be proved by public documents
printed by order of the Legislature or Congress, or either house thereof; (2) The proceedings
of the Legislature of this state or of Congress, by the journals of those bodies respectively,
or either house thereof, or by published statutes or resolutions or by copies certified by
the clerk or printed by their order; (3) The acts of the executive or the proceedings of the
Legislature of a sister state, in the same manner; (4) The acts of the executive or the proceedings
of the Legislature of a foreign country, by journals...
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13A-12-200.8
Section 13A-12-200.8 Property subject to forfeiture for violation of this division; procedures;
hearing; forfeiture action; action for money judgment. (a) The following property is subject
to forfeiture: (1) All obscene material and material which is harmful to minors used, intended
to be used or obtained in violation of the provisions of this division; (2) All moneys, negotiable
instruments, and funds used, intended to be used, or obtained in any violation of the provisions
of this division; (3) All proceeds or receipts derived from property which is subject to forfeiture
pursuant to subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section. (b) Property taken or detained
under this section shall not be subject to replevin but is deemed to be in the custody of
the state, county or municipal law enforcement agency subject only to the orders and judgment
of the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings. When property is seized
under this division, the state, county or municipal law...
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11-25-13
Section 11-25-13 Disposition of funds. (a) In any county that has established a county law
library fund pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to local act, and in any county which hereafter
shall establish a law library fund pursuant to lawful authority, in addition to, and not to
supersede, the authority granted to the presiding judge in a judicial circuit by such authority,
the presiding circuit judge may authorize the moneys designated for the use of the law library
to be expended for any of the following purposes: (1) The purchase of books, periodicals,
equipment, software, hardware, furniture, fixtures, technology, and computers. (2) The cost
of securing advice and attendance of witnesses. (3) Registration fees and expenses incurred
by the judges and court employees when attending seminars, institutions, conferences, and
other meetings related to continuing legal education and judicial education. Allowances and
reimbursements for expenses incurred by the judges and court employees...
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12-13-41
Section 12-13-41 Duties of probate judges generally. It shall be the duty of the probate judge:
(1) To issue all citations, letters testamentary, of administration and guardianship, subpoenas,
executions and all other process which is necessary for the exercise of his powers, the jurisdiction
of the court and the enforcement of its judgments, orders and decrees. (2) To keep minutes
of all his official acts and proceedings and, within three months thereafter, to record the
same in well-bound books. (3) To keep all the books, papers and records belonging to his office
with care and security, the papers arranged, filed and labeled so as to be of easy reference
and the books and records lettered and kept with general, direct and reverse indexes, but,
without the authority of the county commission, he shall not make new indexes. (4) To keep
constantly in his office a well-arranged docket, showing the date of the issue and return
of all process, the day set for the hearing, the kind of...
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