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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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15-12-21
Section 15-12-21 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Trial court. (a) If it appears to
the trial court that an indigent defendant is entitled to counsel, that the indigent defendant
does not expressly waive the right to assistance of counsel, and that the indigent defendant
is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel through another indigent
defense system for the circuit, the court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the
defendant. It shall be the duty of the appointed counsel, as an officer of the court and as
a member of the bar, to represent and assist the indigent defendant to the best of his or
her ability. (b) If it appears to the trial court in a delinquency case, need of supervision
case, or other judicial proceeding in which a juvenile is a party, that the juvenile is entitled
to counsel and that the juvenile is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel or that appointed counsel is otherwise required by...
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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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6-5-156.3
Section 6-5-156.3 Standard of proof; damages and other relief; jurisdiction and powers of court;
appointment of receiver; eviction of tenant. (a) The plaintiff is required by a preponderance
of the evidence to establish that a drug-related nuisance exists. The plaintiff is required
by clear and convincing evidence to establish that the owner of the property who is not a
resident or in actual possession of the property was criminally culpable in aiding and abetting
in the drug related nuisance. (b) If the existence of a drug-related nuisance is found, the
judgment may include actual damages and an injunction to restrain, abate, and prevent the
continuance or recurrence of the drug-related nuisance. The court may grant declaratory relief,
mandatory orders, or any other relief deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the injunction
or order and enforce the judgment or order. (c) The court may retain jurisdiction of the case
for the purpose of enforcing its orders. (d) If the...
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8-19-10
Section 8-19-10 Private right of action. (a) Any person who commits one or more of the acts
or practices declared unlawful under this chapter and thereby causes monetary damage to a
consumer, and any person who commits one or more of the acts or practices declared unlawful
in subdivisions (19) and (20) of Section 8-19-5 and thereby causes monetary damage to another
person, shall be liable to each consumer or other person for: (1) Any actual damages sustained
by such consumer or person, or the sum of $100, whichever is greater; or (2) Up to three times
any actual damages, in the court's discretion. In making its determination under this subsection,
the court shall consider, among other relevant factors, the amount of actual damages awarded,
the frequency of the unlawful acts or practices, the number of persons adversely affected
thereby, and the extent to which the unlawful acts or practices were committed intentionally;
and (3) In the case of any successful action or counterclaim to...
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37-2-34
Section 37-2-34 Joint actions against connecting carriers. When goods, wares, merchandise or
other personal property are shipped to some point of delivery in this state over two or more
connecting lines of transportation companies, both or all of which are engaged in the business
of a transportation company in the State of Alabama, and such goods, wares and merchandise
or other personal property are lost, destroyed, or damaged because of unreasonable delay in
the delivery thereof or by the neglect of duty of any such transportation company or connecting
transportation companies, and the owner or consignee of such freight sustains injury or loss
thereby, and payment for such injury or loss or destruction is not made after notice to and
demand therefor of such connecting and delivering companies within 30 days thereafter, the
owner or consignee thereof may bring a civil action against such delivering and connecting
companies jointly; the action to be instituted in the county of delivery,...
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40-1-2
Section 40-1-2 Lien for taxes - Generally. (a) If any person liable to pay any tax, other than
ad valorem taxes, neglects or refuses to pay the same the amount, including any interest,
penalty, additional amount, or addition to such tax, together with any costs which may accrue
in addition thereto, shall be a lien in favor of the State of Alabama upon all property and
the rights to property, real or personal, belonging to such person. Unless another date is
specifically fixed by law, the lien shall arise at the time the assessment list, return therefor
or the payment thereof, as the case may be, was due to have been filed with or made to the
Department of Revenue or other agency of the state or county and shall continue until the
liability for such amount is satisfied or becomes unenforceable by reason of the lapse of
time. (b) Such lien shall not be valid against any mortgagee, purchaser in the usual course
of trade, or conventional judgment creditor with an actual money judgment of...
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40-10-76
Section 40-10-76 Action for possession defeated on grounds other than that taxes were not due.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-494 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,
2020. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. If, in any action brought
by the purchaser, or other person claiming under the purchaser, to recover the possession
of lands sold for taxes, a recovery is defeated on the ground that such sale was invalid for
any reason other than that the taxes were not due, the court shall forthwith, on the motion
of the plaintiff, ascertain the amount of taxes for which the lands were liable at the time
of the sale and for the payment of which they were sold, with interest thereon from the date
of sale, and the amount of such taxes on the lands, if any, as the plaintiff, or the person
under whom he claims, has, since such sale, lawfully paid or assumed by the state after its
purchase, with interest thereon from the date of such payment, the interest...
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6-5-160.3
Section 6-5-160.3 Standards of proof; remedies; enforcement. (a) A plaintiff is required by
a preponderance of the evidence to establish that a nuisance exists. The plaintiff is required
by clear and convincing evidence to establish that the owner of the property who is not a
resident or in actual possession of the property was criminally culpable in aiding and abetting
the nuisance. (b) If the existence of a nuisance is found, the judgment may include actual
damages and an injunction to restrain, abate, and prevent the continuance or recurrence of
the nuisance. The court may grant declaratory relief, mandatory orders, or any other relief
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the injunction or order and enforce the judgment
or order. (c) The court may retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcing its
orders. (d) If a nuisance is found, the court shall have additional power to fashion any one
or more of the following remedies: (1) Assess damages against the...
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45-39-81
Section 45-39-81 Public law library; Lauderdale County Law Library Fund. (a) The governing
body of Lauderdale County, Alabama, by whatever named 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 the 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 such salaries are not paid...
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