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8-1-150
Section 8-1-150 Contracts founded upon gambling consideration void; recovery of money paid
or things of value delivered. (a) All contracts founded in whole or in part on a gambling
consideration are void. Any person who has paid any money or delivered any thing of value
lost upon any game or wager may recover such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced
within six months from the time of such payment or delivery. (b) Any other person may also
recover the amount of such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced within 12 months
after the payment or delivery thereof for the use of the wife or, if no wife, the children
or, if no children, the next of kin of the loser. (c) A judgment under either subsection (a)
or (b) for the amount of money paid, thing delivered, or its value is a good defense to any
action brought for such money, thing, or its value under the provisions of the other subsection.
(d) A judgment recovered under the provisions of this section is a defense...
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12-21-160
Section 12-21-160 Expert witnesses. (a) Generally. If scientific, technical, or other specialized
knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact
in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education,
may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise. (b) Scientific evidence. In addition
to requirements set forth in subsection (a), expert testimony based on a scientific theory,
principle, methodology, or procedure is only admissible if: (1) The testimony is based on
sufficient facts or data, (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods,
and (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.
(c) Nothing in this section shall modify, amend, or supersede any provisions of the Alabama
Medical Liability Act of 1987 and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with
Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any judicial interpretation...
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11-81-143
Section 11-81-143 Covenants in bond authorization resolutions; enforcement of provisions of
division and bond resolutions. (a) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance
of revenue anticipation bonds under this division may contain covenants as to the purpose
or purposes to which the proceeds of sale of said bonds may be applied and to the use and
disposition thereof, the use and disposition of the revenue of the undertaking in anticipation
of which said bonds are to be issued, including the creation and maintenance of reserves,
the issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the revenue of said undertaking to
pay from the general funds of the municipality or county to the account or accounts of the
undertaking the reasonable value for furnishing the municipality or county or any of its departments
with the services, facilities and commodities of said undertaking, the operation and maintenance
of such undertaking, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and...
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28-4-250
Section 28-4-250 Authorization and procedure generally. Prohibited liquors and beverages kept,
stored or deposited in any place in this state for the purpose of sale or unlawful disposition
or unlawful furnishing or distribution and the vessels and receptacles in which such liquors
are contained are declared to be contraband and are forfeited to the state when seized and
may be condemned for destruction as provided in this article, and prohibited liquors and beverages
may be searched for, seized and ordered to be destroyed as set forth in this article. In all
criminal prosecutions against any person for violating the provisions of the prohibition laws
of this state, the court, upon a conviction, may order the destruction of such prohibited
liquors or beverages as had been sold, offered for sale, had, kept in possession for sale
or otherwise disposed of by the defendant, or had been employed by him for use or disposition
at any unlawful drinking place or had been kept or used in...
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32-9-3
Section 32-9-3 Enforcement of chapter. Any peace officer, including sheriffs and their deputies,
constables and their deputies, police officers and marshals of cities or incorporated towns,
county police or patrols, state or county license inspectors and their deputies, state troopers
and special officers appointed by any agency of the State of Alabama for the enforcement of
its laws relating to motor vehicles, now existing or hereafter enacted, shall be authorized,
and it is hereby made the duty of each of them to enforce the provisions of this chapter and
to make arrests for any violation or violations thereof, without warrant, if the offense is
committed in his or her presence, and with warrant if he or she does not observe the commission
of the offense. If the arrest is made without warrant, the accused may elect to be immediately
taken before the nearest court having jurisdiction, whereupon it shall be the duty of the
officer to so take him or her. If the accused elects not to be...
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10A-2-14.05
Section 10A-2-14.05 Effect of dissolution. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A dissolved corporation
continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except that appropriate
to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs, including: (1) Collecting its assets; (2)
Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind to its shareholders; (3)
Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities; (4) Distributing its remaining
property among its shareholders according to their interests; and (5) Doing every other act
necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs. (b) Dissolution of a corporation
does not: (1) Alter the limited liability status of its subscribers and shareholders under
Section 10A-2-6.22, except as provided in Section 10A-1-9.22(d)(2) with respect to assets
distributed to a shareholder in liquidation; (2) Transfer title to...
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36-22-3
Section 36-22-3 Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and
return the process and orders of the courts of record of this state and of officers of competent
authority with due diligence when delivered to him or her for that purpose, according to law.
(2) To attend upon the circuit courts and district courts held in his or her county when in
session and the courts of probate, when required by the judge of probate, and to obey the
lawful orders and directions of such courts. (3) To, three days before each session of the
circuit court in his or her county, render to the county treasury or custodian of county funds
a statement in writing and on oath of the moneys received by him or her for the county, specifying
the amount received in each case, from whom and pay the amount to the county treasurer or
custodian of county funds. (4) To, with the assistance of deputies as necessary, ferret out
crime, apprehend and arrest criminals and, insofar as within their...
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28-4-288
Section 28-4-288 Execution of bond by defendant or claimant for recovery of seized vehicle,
etc., pending appeal; proceedings upon failure of bondsmen to deliver said vehicle, etc.,
upon affirmance of judgment upon appeal, etc. Whenever a conveyance, vehicle of any kind or
animal used in drawing the same is seized by an officer of the state under the prohibition
laws of this state and has been condemned by the circuit court that tried the action, the
defendant in the proceedings or the claimant of the property, pending an appeal to the Supreme
Court or Court of Civil Appeals, may, upon motion, have the court immediately appraise the
value of said property and of the several items separately and shall have the right to execute
a bond with two good sureties in double the appraised value of such property or of any item
or items thereof, to be approved by the clerk or register of the circuit court, conditioned,
in the event the appeal is affirmed or reversed and the conveyance, vehicle,...
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32-5A-195
Section 32-5A-195 Cancellation, suspension, or revocation of driver's license; grounds, procedure,
etc. (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is authorized to cancel
any driver's license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof
or that the licensee failed to give the correct or required information in his or her application.
Upon such cancellation, the licensee must surrender the license so cancelled. If the licensee
refuses to surrender the license, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The privilege
of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident shall be subject
to suspension or revocation by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency in
like manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued may be suspended or revoked. (c)
The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is further authorized, upon receiving
a record of the conviction in this state of a...
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35-4-137
Section 35-4-137 Release of land from lien upon execution of bond. When any lis pendens in
an action or proceeding to enforce a lien has been filed and recorded in the office of the
judge of probate, as prescribed in Sections 35-4-131 and 35-4-132, the person owning or claiming
the land described in the lis pendens may at any time, before a judgment is entered enforcing
the lien, nullify the notice given by such lis pendens by executing a bond with sufficient
surety in double the amount of the fair market value of the land described in the lis pendens
and as to which the lis pendens is to be nullified, the amount of the bond and the surety
or sureties thereon to be approved by the judge of probate. The bond shall be payable to the
judge of probate and conditioned to pay any sum of money found to be a lien against such land,
up to the fair market value of the said land, said payment to be made by 12:00 noon of the
day and at the place appointed for the sale thereof. When said bond has...
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