12-21-246
Section 12-21-246 Subpoena of witnesses - Execution. (a) In criminal cases, at the request of the state, or the defendant or the defendant's attorney, the clerk of the court must issue subpoenas for witnesses whose address shall be given by the person requesting the subpoena, specifying therein the time and place for their appearance, the title of the case and at whose instance the witness is summoned, and commanding the witness to appear in conformity therewith and give testimony. (b) No subpoena shall issue for a witness residing more than 100 miles from the place of trial, computed by the route usually traveled, unless the person requesting the subpoena makes affidavit that the personal attendance of the witness is necessary to a proper decision of the case and that the deposition of the witness would be insufficient for that purpose, and the fact that such affidavit has been made must be endorsed by the clerk upon the subpoena. (c) A subpoena issued under this section shall be...
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2-17-30
Section 2-17-30 Jurisdiction and prosecution of injunctive proceedings under chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder. The circuit courts of the several counties of this state are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter or any regulation promulgated under authority thereof by temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or otherwise. Petitions for injunctive relief as authorized hereunder shall be filed in the circuit court of the county of residence of the person who violates the provisions of this chapter. Any action commenced hereunder based upon facts furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or others having knowledge thereof may be brought in the name of the State of Alabama upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval, and such officer shall upon request be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney of the judicial circuit in which injunctive...
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26-17-636
Section 26-17-636 Order adjudicating parentage; limitation on liability for education and support; cost, fees, and expenses. (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child. (b) An order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, if known. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, fees for genetic testing, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in a proceeding under this article, subject to the following rules: (1) Parties to proceedings under this chapter should pay the fees and expenses of retained counsel, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, the costs of appropriate tests and other costs of the trial as they may, themselves, incur. The court may order reasonable fees for attorneys, expert witnesses, guardian ad litem fees, costs of appropriate tests and other costs of...
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26-2A-158
Section 26-2A-158 Termination of proceedings. (a) The protected person, conservator, or any other interested person may petition the court to terminate the conservatorship. A protected person seeking termination is entitled to the same rights and procedures as in an original proceeding for a protective order. If the conservator has accounted to the formerly protected person, no accounting is necessary. The court, upon determining after notice and hearing that the minority or disability of the protected person has ceased, shall terminate the conservatorship. Upon termination, title to assets of the estate passes to the formerly protected person or to successors. The order of termination must provide for expenses of administration and direct the conservator to execute appropriate instruments to evidence the transfer. (b) A conservator appointed by any court of this state, on termination or removal of the protected person's minority or disability, may present a verified petition to the...
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34-25-35
Section 34-25-35 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Judicial review. Any person dissatisfied with the action of the board in refusing his application or suspending or revoking his license, or any other action of the board, may appeal the action of the board by filing a petition within 30 days thereafter in the circuit court in the county where the person resides or in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, and the court is vested with jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of the court to set the matter for hearing upon 10-days' written notice to the board and the attorney representing the board. The court in which the petition of appeal is filed shall determine whether or not a cancellation or suspension of a license shall be abated until the hearing shall have been consummated with final judgment thereon or whether any other action of the board should be suspended pending hearing, and enter its order accordingly, which shall be operative when served...
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13A-10-130
Section 13A-10-130 Interfering with judicial proceedings. (a) A person commits the crime of interfering with judicial proceedings if: (1) He engages in disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior, committed during the sitting of a court in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect due its authority; (2) He intentionally creates a breach of the peace or disturbance under circumstances directly tending to interrupt a court's proceedings; (3) As an attorney, clerk or other officer of the court, he knowingly fails to perform or violates a duty of his office, or knowingly disobeys a lawful directive or order of a court; (4) Knowing that he is not authorized to practice law, he represents himself to be an attorney and acts as such in a court proceeding; or (5) He records or attempts to record the deliberation of a jury. (b) Interfering with judicial proceedings is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5050.)...
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41-16-86
Section 41-16-86 Violations. (a) A person who knowingly violates this article shall be subject to civil penalty in an amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or 10 percent of the amount of the contract, whichever is less, to be deposited in the State General Fund. The statute of limitations for the acts covered in this article shall be one year. Any action brought to enforce the provisions of this article shall be initiated by the Attorney General in the circuit or district court in the county in which the awarding entity is located. (b) If there is a finding of a knowing violation of this article, the contract or grant shall be voidable by the awarding entity. (Act 2001-955, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 815, §7.)...
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45-44-81
Section 45-44-81 Law library. In any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed, whether at law or in equity in any circuit or district court in Macon County, there is hereby authorized to be charged a tax of one dollar ($1) which tax shall be in addition to all other court costs heretofore authorized to be charged. 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 Macon County for deposit in the county treasury. The sums so paid over to the county treasurer or depository shall be maintained in a separate fund in the county treasury, designated as the Macon County Law Library Fund. Such fund shall be administered by a committee composed of five members consisting of the state senator from Macon County, the member of the House of Representatives whose...
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45-49-151.40
Section 45-49-151.40 Limitations on construction or operation of racetrack in county. (a) The Mobile County Commission shall not license the construction or operation of any racetrack, for any purpose, in an area of the county that has five or more residences within 1,000 yards of the location for the racetrack. (b) No person shall construct or operate a racetrack, for any purpose, in any area of the county within 1,000 yards of the location of the residence. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a public nuisance. (c)(1) This section shall be enforced by the Mobile County Commission. (2) The Mobile County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Mobile County Commission in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any violation of this section. In any action pursuant to this subdivision, the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, is authorized to assess all costs of abating a public nuisance declared by this section, including...
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12-15-109
Section 12-15-109 Issuance of orders to parents for payment of court costs, fees of attorneys, and expenses for support, treatment of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter; manner of payment; proceedings upon failure of parents to pay amounts directed. If, after making a parent, or other person legally obligated to care for and support a child, a party to the action pursuant to this chapter and the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure and after a hearing, the juvenile court finds that the parent or other person is financially able to pay all or part of the court costs, as provided by law, attorney fees, and expenses with respect to examination, treatment, care, detention, or support of the child incurred from the commencement of the proceeding in carrying out this chapter, the juvenile court shall order them to pay the same and may prescribe the manner of payment. Unless otherwise ordered, payment shall be made to the clerk of the juvenile court...
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