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12-16-219
Section 12-16-219 Oath of secrecy; effect of refusal. Any prosecutor, grand jury foreman, or
circuit court may require all persons testifying in or before a grand jury to submit to an
oath or affirmation of secrecy. The failure of any witness to be so sworn shall not relieve
such witness of any criminal liability imposed by this division. (Acts 1979, No. 79-457, p.
745, §6.)...
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12-21-147
Section 12-21-147 Use of registered therapy dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MEMBER.
Therapy dog teams who have had recorded visits at facilities including hospitals, nursing
homes, libraries, and extended care facilities in the past 18 months. (2) REGISTERED HANDLER.
A volunteer registered by the court system as a therapy dog handler who has not been convicted
of sexual, animal, or domestic abuse or any felony, who has been registered by a qualifying
therapy dog organization, and has taken an oath of confidentiality. An officer of the court
may be a handler only if there is no expense to the state. (3) REGISTERED THERAPY DOG. a.
A trained emotional support dog that has been tested and registered by a nonprofit therapy
dog organization that sets standards and requirements for the health, welfare, task work,
and oversight for therapy dogs and their handlers, including at a minimum, all...
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12-21-131
Section 12-21-131 Interpreters for persons defective in speech and/or hearing - Qualified interpreter
provided in certain criminal and juvenile proceedings; requirements; fees. (a) Deaf person
means any person either totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective
hearing and speech. (b) For the purpose of this section, the term qualified interpreter means
an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available,
an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services
of a qualified interpreter certified with a legal skills certificate or a comprehensive skills
certificate will be made prior to accepting services of an interpreter with lesser certification.
No qualified interpreter shall be appointed unless the appointing authority and the deaf person
make a preliminary determination that the...
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36-25-4
Section 36-25-4 State Ethics Commission - Duties; complaint; investigation; hearings; fees;
finding of violation. (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Prescribe forms
for statements required to be filed by this chapter and make the forms available to persons
required to file such statements. (2) Prepare guidelines setting forth recommended uniform
methods of reporting for use by persons required to file statements required by this chapter.
(3) Accept and file any written information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements
of this chapter. (4) Develop, where practicable, a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system
consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (5) Make reports and statements filed with the
commission available during regular business hours and online via the Internet to public inquiry
subject to such regulations as the commission may prescribe. (6) Preserve reports and statements
for a period consistent with the statute of limitations as...
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12-21-148
Section 12-21-148 Use of certified facility dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For the purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFIED FACILITY
DOG. A trained working dog that is a graduate of an assistance dog organization, a nonprofit
organization that sets standards of training for the health, welfare, task work, and oversight
for assistance dogs and their handlers, and shall have at a minimum all of the following:
a. Two years of training and must have passed the same public-access test as a service dog.
b. Documentation showing that the certified facility dog has graduated from an assistance
dog organization. c. A current annual certificate of health from an Alabama veterinarian.
d. Proof of liability insurance in the minimum amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2) CERTIFIED HANDLER. A certified handler who has received training from an assistance dog
organization and has received training on the protocols and...
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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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12-16-218
Section 12-16-218 Damage to participant's property or person prohibited. No person shall injure
or endeavor to injure the property or person of any grand juror, witness, prosecutor, judicial
officer, or grand jury reporter as a result of their participation in, appearance, or testimony
before any duly empaneled grand jury. (Acts 1979, No. 79-457, p. 745, §5.)...
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12-16-214
Section 12-16-214 Legislative findings; desirability of secrecy. The Legislature hereby finds,
declares and determines that it is essential to the fair and impartial administration of justice
that all grand jury proceedings be secret and that the secrecy of such proceedings remain
inviolate. The provisions of this division are to be construed for the accomplishment of this
purpose and to promote the following: (1) That grand juries have the utmost freedom in their
discussions, deliberations, considerations, debates, opinions and votes without fear or apprehension
that the same may be subsequently disclosed, or that they may be subject to outside pressure
or influence or injury in their person or property as a result thereof. (2) That those persons
who have information or knowledge with respect to the commission of crimes or criminal acts
be encouraged to testify freely and truthfully before an appropriate grand jury without fear
or apprehension that their testimony may be subsequently...
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