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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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12-17-70
Section 12-17-70 Designation of judge to handle domestic relations, divorce, etc., cases in
districts having more than one judge. In those districts having more than one district court
judge, the presiding circuit court judge may designate from time to time a district court
judge, who shall have the same powers and authority as a circuit judge to handle all cases
involving domestic relations, divorce, annulments of marriage, custody and support of children,
granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under the Reciprocal Nonsupport Act and all
other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit court has jurisdiction as well as
all laws pertaining to juvenile and nonsupport cases arising in the county under Title 30
of this code and who shall serve as an ex officio circuit judge when handling such cases,
regardless of any provisions contained in this title or any other laws to the contrary; provided,
that in those counties having one district judge and in which a circuit...
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14-6-14
Section 14-6-14 Duty of sheriff to furnish list of confined prisoners to circuit court. It
is the duty of the sheriff, on the first day of each session of the circuit court of his county,
to make out and deliver to the presiding judge a certified list of the names of all the prisoners
confined in the jail and of the offenses with which they are charged or of which they have
been convicted; and, on failure to do so, the sheriff is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1852,
§255; Code 1867, §3803; Code 1876, §4503; Code 1886, §4552; Code 1896, §4963; Code 1907,
§7208; Code 1923, §4818; Code 1940, T. 45, §135.)...
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45-47-80.02
Section 45-47-80.02 Additional court costs - Circuit clerk's fund. (a) Any court costs assessed
pursuant to Act 720 of the 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 1035), in the Twenty-fifth
Judicial Circuit, before September 1, 2011, and which were collected after September 1, 2011,
pursuant to assessment as provided above for distribution to the public defender fund of each
county in the circuit, shall be distributed to the circuit clerk's fund of the respective
counties in the circuit. (b) In addition, the distribution of any funds collected pursuant
to Act 720 before September 1, 2011, which were distributed after the public defender fund
was no longer operable by order of the presiding circuit court judge, or otherwise, are retroactively
ratified and confirmed as to the distribution to the respective circuit clerk's funds in the
circuit. (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, while a supernumerary circuit clerk
may take an oath of office and serve as an active circuit clerk if...
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12-16-76
Section 12-16-76 Insufficient number of qualified jurors to form juries. Whenever there are
not enough qualified jurors in attendance upon the court to form the juries required, the
judge of the court shall cause to be provided from the master jury list names of as many prospective
jurors as the judge deems necessary to complete the empaneling of all juries then required.
The court shall forthwith cause to be summoned all prospective jurors thus drawn to attend
court when required, and they may be summoned by personal service or by telephone. The court
shall then proceed to empanel or complete the empaneling of the juries as provided in this
article. If, prior to commencement of striking, due to challenges for cause or for any other
reason, the number of names on the lists from which the parties are to strike is reduced below
the minimums established in Rule 18.4, Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, in criminal cases
or Rule 47, Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in civil cases, unless...
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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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36-11-3
Section 36-11-3 Investigations of alleged misconduct or incompetency of public officers by
grand juries; disposition of grand jury reports. It shall be the duty of every grand jury
to investigate and make diligent inquiry concerning any alleged misconduct or incompetency
of any public officer in the county which may be brought to its notice; and, if, on such investigation
and inquiry, it finds that such officer, for any cause mentioned in this chapter, ought to
be removed from office, it shall so report to the court, setting forth the facts, which report
shall be entered on the minutes of the court. If the officer so reported against is one of
those included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, the clerk of the court shall
transmit a certified copy of such report to the Attorney General. If the officer so reported
against is the presiding judge of the court, the report must not be made to the court or entered
on the minutes; and, in such cases, the report of the grand jury...
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45-36-81.02
Section 45-36-81.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2015 REGULAR
SESSION, EFFECTIVE. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In addition to all other costs
and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall
be levied and assessed a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in all cases in which court
costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk
of the court shall collect the court costs and shall periodically remit the proceeds to the
Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Jackson County to be used to operate the domestic
violence shelter program serving Jackson County that is in compliance with the standards for
operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2015-119, §1.)...
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45-36-81.03
Section 45-36-81.03 Domestic violence cases. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER
IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In addition
to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson
County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in all
cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence
cases. The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall periodically remit the
proceeds to the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Jackson County to be used to operate
the domestic violence shelter program serving Jackson County that is in compliance with the
standards for operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2015-119,
§1.)...
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45-43-81
Section 45-43-81 Law library. In each civil and criminal case hereafter filed in any municipal,
circuit, or district court in Lowndes County, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two
dollars ($2). The costs taxed under this section shall be collected as other costs in such
cases are collected, and when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers of such
courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall be by them paid over to the treasurer
or depository of Lowndes County for deposit in the county treasury. The sums so paid over
to the county treasury or depository shall be maintained in a separate fund in the county
treasury, designated as the Lowndes County Law Library Fund, and shall be expended by the
district court judge presiding over Lowndes County for establishing, maintaining, equipping,
and operating a law library at Hayneville. The presiding district court judge shall draw warrants
on the county treasury in making expenditures for the purposes...
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