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12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost
bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit
court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared
to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall
generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the
state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts.
The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may
best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of
costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal
process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be
assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for each
office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall
be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor. (3)
Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. (6) Attorney
General. (7) State Senator. (8) State Representative. (9) Supreme Court Justice. (10) Court
of Civil Appeals Judge. (11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. (12) Secretary of State. (13)
State Treasurer. (14) State Auditor. (15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (16)
Public Service Commissioner. (17) State Board of Education Member. (18) Circuit Court Judge.
(19) District Attorney. (20) District Court Judge. (21) Circuit Clerk. (22) Other public officers
(to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate). (23) Delegate to national
convention. (24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order...
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12-18-150
Section 12-18-150 (Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Definitions. When
used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS. The sum of
all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member credited to his or her individual
account in the Judges' and Clerks' Plan, together with regular interest thereon. (2) ACTUARIAL
EQUIVALENT. A benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of the mortality tables
adopted by the Board of Control and regular interest. (3) ANNUITY. Payments for life derived
from the accumulated contributions of a member. All annuities shall be payable in equal monthly
installments. (4) AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION. The average annual compensation of a judge or
clerk with respect to which he or she had made contributions pursuant to Section 12-18-152
during the five years in his or her last 10 years of membership service for...
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19-3-38
Section 19-3-38 Admissibility of evidence at hearings; exceptions; appeals. Upon a hearing
before the register or clerk under any of the provisions of this article, any competent legal
evidence, written or oral, may be received. All such evidence must be noted and oral testimony
reduced to writing by the register or clerk. Within 10 days thereafter, either party may file
exceptions to the action or conclusion of the register or clerk, and may have the same reviewed
by the circuit judge upon 10 days' notice to the other party, such review to be without any
presumption in favor of the correctness of the action or conclusion of the register or clerk.
From the decision of the circuit judge thereon an appeal lies to the court of civil appeals
or the supreme court within 42 days. (Code 1896, §4170; Code 1907, §6072; Code 1923, §10409;
Code 1940, T. 58, §26.)...
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11-48-43
Section 11-48-43 Appeals from judgment of circuit court - By property owner - Authorized; bonds.
An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama by any person interested in said property
from the judgment entered by the circuit court within 42 days from the date of entry of such
judgment, upon giving bond for costs of appeal or, if a stay of execution of the judgment
is desired, upon giving further bond in such sum as the judge of the circuit court may prescribe,
payable to the city or town with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of said
court, conditioned to pay such judgment or perform such judgment as the supreme court may
render in the action, and all such costs and damages as the city or town may have sustained
if the judgment is affirmed. (Code 1907, §1396; Code 1923, §2211; Acts 1927, No. 639, p.
753; Code 1940, T. 37, §552.)...
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12-3-35
Section 12-3-35 Appointment, compensation, etc., of additional staff attorneys. The Alabama
Court of Criminal Appeals is hereby authorized to hire two additional staff attorneys to assist
that court in legal research and analysis, including the preparation of staff memoranda, and
to perform such other duties as directed by the court. The staff attorneys shall be licensed
to practice law in the State of Alabama and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure
of the court. The salaries of all staff attorneys shall be fixed within the range of the proper
classification of attorneys under the merit system as may be determined by the court. Said
staff attorneys shall be subject to the Merit System Act only as to the pay plan selected
for them by the Court of Criminal Appeals. The court is hereby authorized to employ one additional
secretary to serve at the pleasure of the court to be classified as a confidential assistant
to the court, subject to the Merit System Act only as to pay...
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22-52-15
Section 22-52-15 Appeals. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a petition
seeking to commit a respondent to the custody of the department or designated mental health
facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo unless the probate
judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the appeal lies to the
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be given in writing to
the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual notice of the
granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to be approved by
the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the respondent is indigent, in which
case no security for costs shall be required. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the probate
judge shall determine and enter an order setting forth the limitations to be placed upon the
liberty of the respondent pending the appeal. Upon the filing of a notice...
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45-37-80.20
Section 45-37-80.20 Appointment; duties; special reporter; fee; salary; oath; supplies. (a)
That each of the judges of such circuit courts of this state shall appoint a competent shorthand
writer to perform the duties of official court reporters over the court in the circuit over
which the judge presides; that such official court reporter shall not be subject to the provisions
of any civil service system as may be effective in such county or counties or circuit or circuits;
that such official court reporter shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing judge; that
no two judges shall appoint the same court reporter; that no person shall be appointed official
or special court reporter under this section who is not able to correctly report in shorthand
the proceedings in all trials as the same may occur and neatly and expeditiously transcribe
on the typewriter the testimony taken by him or her. The official court reporter shall be
an officer of the court, and within his or her circuit...
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6-7-103
Section 6-7-103 Action for improper appointment of guardians ad litem; statute of limitations
thereon; liability for suggestion of appointment by plaintiff, etc. (a) Any judge, register,
clerk, or other officer who shall knowingly appoint any person as guardian ad litem for any
infant or non compos mentis in violation of the provisions of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure,
shall be liable to a penalty of $200, which may be recovered by such infant or non compos
mentis, or his next friend suing for him, in an action in any court having jurisdiction of
civil actions for such amount. Such a claim shall not be barred by the statute of limitations
until after two years after the arrival of the infant at the age of 19 years or the restoration
of the non compos mentis to sanity. (b) Any plaintiff or petitioner, his attorney, or counsel,
or any person for him who shall suggest or nominate a guardian ad litem in any action commenced
by such plaintiff or petitioner shall be liable to the same...
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12-9A-8
Section 12-9A-8 Assignment of circuit or district judges by presiding circuit judge. (a) A
presiding circuit judge, by order, may assign a circuit or district court judge who is within
the circuit to serve within the circuit or within the district courts of the circuit. Before
assigning a judge, the presiding circuit judge shall evaluate the needs of the circuit, including
the currency, congestion, and backlog of criminal and civil cases. (b) Assignments of judges
by the presiding circuit judge shall be in writing and shall be sent to the assigned judge
as soon as practicable. The presiding judge or the judge's designee may notify the assigned
judge orally of the assignment. An oral notification of an assignment is sufficient until
a written notification can be prepared and delivered to the assigned judge. A copy of each
written assignment shall be filed with the Administrative Director of Courts and in the office
of the clerk or register of the court to which the assignment is made....
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