12-16-190
Section 12-16-190 Empaneling of grand juries generally; recessing and reassembling of grand
juries. (a) There shall be empaneled in every county having less than 50,000 population not
less than two grand juries in every year; and, when they have completed their labors, in its
discretion, the court may permit them to take a recess subject to the call of the judge of
the circuit court or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and they may be reassembled at any
place where the circuit court of the county is to be held. (b) In all counties having over
50,000 population, there shall be empaneled not less than four grand juries in every year.
(Acts 1915, No. 712, p. 809; Code 1923, §8665; Code 1940, T. 30, §72.)...
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12-16-221
Section 12-16-221 Disclosures in aid of law enforcement investigations and in public interest.
A district attorney or other prosecutor may, in his or her discretion, disclose evidence taken
within or before the grand juries of such circuit to law enforcement officers for the purpose
of bona fide investigations into violations of criminal law. A district attorney or a circuit
judge, in the public interest, may disclose the date, time and place that a particular case
will be or was presented to a grand jury, or that a particular matter or case was continued
by a grand jury and to what date, if any, or that a no bill or an indictment was returned
thereon, or that a particular defendant was otherwise exonerated or falsely accused. (Acts
1979, No. 79-457, p. 745, §8.)...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally.
(a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon
the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital
felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be
compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74.
In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective
basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof
given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court,
the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and
his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand.
After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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12-16-145
Section 12-16-145 Alternate juror selection and qualification plan; master list; random selection;
disqualification. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 12, Chapter 16, the presiding circuit
judge, with the consent of the circuit judges of the court, may elect to utilize the following
alternate juror selection and qualification plan after notice to the Administrative Director
of Courts, which eliminates the master jury box and the interposition of the jury commission
in the qualifying process, and embraces and combines the qualification and summoning process,
as follows: The jury commission shall meet and cause to be compiled and maintained a master
list of persons in the county, together with their residence addresses, who may be called
for jury service. The list shall be compiled and maintained, avoiding duplication as far as
possible, from one or more of the sources named in Section 12-16-57 to include persons whose
listings will foster the policy and protect the rights provided...
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38-2-6
Section 38-2-6 Duties, powers, and responsibilities of state department. The aim of the state
department shall be the promotion of a unified development of welfare activities and agencies
of the state and of the local governments so that each agency and each governmental institution
shall function as an integral part of a general system. In order to carry out effectively
these aims, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the state department to: (1) Administer
or supervise all forms of public assistance including general home relief, outdoor and indoor
care for persons in need of assistance, also including those duties that have to do primarily
with the determination of need and authorization of relief. (2) Exercise all the powers, duties,
and responsibilities previously vested by law in the State Child Welfare Department. (3) Provide
services to county or municipal governments including the organization and supervision of
counties for the effective carrying out of welfare...
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40-20-8
Section 40-20-8 Allocation and distribution of net taxes collected; property which consists
of submerged lands and onshore lands; onshore lands defined; applicability of section; final
determination establishing allocation base. (a) Ninety percent of the net amount of all taxes
herein levied and collected by the department on oil or gas produced from submerged lands
as herein defined shall be deposited to the State General Fund. The remaining 10 percent of
such net amount shall be allocated and distributed by the Comptroller to the county in which
the oil or gas was produced for county purposes or to be expended at the discretion of the
county governing body. (b) Twenty-five percent of the net amount of all taxes herein levied
and collected by the department, except as provided herein in subsection (a), shall be deposited
by the department to the General Fund of the state. (c) Sixty-six and two-thirds percent of
the remaining 75 percent of all taxes herein levied and collected by the...
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45-26-231.30
Section 45-26-231.30 Fund established; fees. (a) This section shall only apply to Elmore County.
(b) The Elmore County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund is created in the county treasury
and hereinafter referred to in this section as the sheriffs fund. (c) The Sheriff of Elmore
County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into contract or agreement
with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process. (d)(1)
In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff,
or other appropriate court official in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts
of Elmore County shall increase the fees by twenty dollars ($20) per document for the fund.
(2) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff,
or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts
of Elmore County shall increase the fees by twenty...
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45-49-85.60
Section 45-49-85.60 General and equity jurisdiction of probate courts; powers and authority
of judges of probate; procedures in administration of estates. (a) That the probate courts
in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have a population of over 300,000
and less than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall have
general and equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit courts of this state,
in the administration of the estates of deceased persons, minors, the developmentally disabled,
insane, incapacitated, protected or incompetent persons, or the like, and testamentary trust
estates. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be conferred without the necessity
of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may be exercised at the discretion
of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts shall have the same powers and
authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state have in connection...
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11-65-2
Section 11-65-2 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) ALABAMA-BRED. When this term is used
with reference to a horse, it means a horse which is registered in the registry designated
and administered by a commission in accordance with such rules concerning domicile and registration
requirements as may be established by such commission and which is either (i) foaled from
a mare domiciled in the state during the 10-year period beginning with January 1, 1991, or
(ii) sired by an Alabama stallion and foaled from a mare domiciled in the state at any time
after the expiration of such 10-year period. (2) ALABAMA STALLION. A stallion which is standing
in the state at the time he is bred to the dam of an Alabama-bred horse, which is registered
with a commission, and which is owned or leased by a resident of...
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