12-17-251
Section 12-17-251 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of such administrative agency, subject to the administrative direction of the clerk of the district court. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position. In addition thereto, the Supreme Court may provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation and nomination by the judge or judges and the clerk of the district court under whom such magistrates are to serve. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants and, where such magistrate is licensed to practice law in Alabama or was serving as a full-time magistrate or warrant clerk on September 1, 1976, and who continued in such capacity as a merit system employee in the district court, search warrants; (2) Granting of...
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12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants. (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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12-12-70
Section 12-12-70 Right of appeal and procedure for appeals generally; dismissal for failure to appear. (a) Civil cases. Any party may appeal from a final judgment of the district court in a civil case by filing notice of appeal in the district court, within 14 days from the date of the judgment or the denial of a posttrial motion, whichever is later, or, if the appeal is to an appellate court, within the time prescribed by the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure or the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure where applicable, together with security for costs as required by law or rule. (b) Criminal cases. A defendant may appeal from a final judgment of the district court in a criminal or quasi-criminal case by filing notice of appeal within 14 days from the date of judgment or from the date of denial of a post-trial motion, whichever is later, together with such bond as may be fixed by the court, conditioned upon the defendant's appearance before the circuit court; provided, however, that...
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11-45-9.1
Section 11-45-9.1 Issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of arrest for violation of certain ordinances; procedure; schedule of fines; additional penalty for failure to appear; disposition of fines. (a) By ordinance, the governing body of any municipality may authorize any law enforcement officer of a municipality or any law enforcement officer of the state, in lieu of placing persons under custodial arrest, to issue a summons and complaint to any person charged with violating any municipal littering ordinance; municipal ordinance which prohibits animals from running at large, which shall include leash laws and rabies control laws; or any Class C misdemeanor or violation not involving violence, threat of violence or alcohol or drugs. (b) Such summons and complaint shall be on a form approved by the governing body of the municipality and shall contain the name of the court; the name of the defendant; a description of the offense, including the municipal ordinance number; the date and...
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45-17-80
Section 45-17-80 Public law library; librarian and advisory committee; personnel; law library fund; fee. (a) The governing body of Colbert County, Alabama, by whatever name called, is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a public law library in the county, and to accomplish that purpose, may from time to time, expend such public funds of the county, as are not required by law to be expended for any other purpose or purposes, to provide suitable housing quarters, furniture, fixtures, and equipment therefor, to keep the same in a good state of maintenance and repair, and, from time to time, to enlarge, expand, and improve such library, facilities, and equipment and, from time to time, to provide such books, reports, and periodicals for the library as are not provided therefor out of the special fund created by this section or otherwise, and to pay the salaries of an assistant librarian and such other personnel as may be necessary and proper to operate the same, to the extent that...
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15-22-54
Section 15-22-54 Period of probation; termination of probation; violation of terms of probation; sanctions. (a) The period of probation or suspension of execution of sentence shall be determined by the court and shall not be waived by the defendant, and the period of probation or suspension may be continued, extended, or terminated. However, except as provided in Section 32-5A-191 relating to ignition interlock requirements, in no case shall the maximum probation period of a defendant guilty of a misdemeanor exceed two years, nor shall the maximum probation period of a defendant guilty of a felony exceed five years, except as provided in Section 13A-8-2.1. When the conditions of probation or suspension of sentence are fulfilled, the court shall, by order duly entered on its minutes, discharge the defendant. (b) The court granting probation, upon the recommendation of the officer supervising the probationer, may terminate all authority and supervision over the probationer prior to the...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states; 4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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12-17-161
Section 12-17-161 Separate office of clerk of district court may be established; appointment and removal of clerk; abolition of separate office; participation in supernumerary fund. (a) Authority and responsibility for the operation of a separate clerk's office for the district court of a county may be authorized by the Supreme Court upon the written request of the clerk of the circuit court or the judges of the district court. When the Supreme Court authorizes a separate clerk's office for the district court of a county, the clerk of the circuit court shall not be the ex officio clerk of the district court and shall have no administrative responsibilities for and supervision over the operation of the office. Whenever a separate district clerk's office is authorized, the administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services of the respective district court is vested in an official who shall be known as the clerk of the district court, who shall perform...
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12-19-10
Section 12-19-10 Local purchasing procedures. In order to facilitate the prompt purchase and delivery of equipment, clerical office supplies, court forms, stationery and other printed court supplies, hereinafter referred to as "clerical office supplies," used by and in the offices of circuit judges, district judges, circuit clerks, district clerks, registers, court administrators, official court reporters, magistrates and jury commissions, the presiding circuit judge of each judicial circuit is hereby authorized to administer local purchasing procedures within such judicial circuit and each county thereof as provided in this section. (1) Not more than 90 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, each circuit judge, district judge, circuit clerk, district clerk, register, court administrator, official court reporter, magistrate and each jury commission shall submit to the Administrative Director of Courts a written estimate of the costs of clerical office supplies anticipated to...
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12-17-263
Section 12-17-263 Notice to Administrative Director of Courts of intention to become supernumerary magistrate; payment of percentage of salary earned as judge or magistrate; oath of office; appointment of supernumerary magistrate to fill vacancy. A former magistrate electing to come under the provisions of this article shall notify the Administrative Director of Courts in writing of his intention to become a supernumerary magistrate. He must also pay to the State General Fund an amount equal to six percent of the salary earned each year in his capacity as magistrate or as a judge of an inferior court. Upon receipt of a former magistrate's application for a supernumerary appointment, the Administrative Director of Courts shall notify said applicant within 60 days of the receipt of said application and of the amount of the contribution due to be paid to the State General Fund. Such supernumerary magistrates of the district courts in the various counties of the State of Alabama shall take...
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