15-7-21
Section 15-7-21 Discharge of defendant - By judge or magistrate; certification and delivery of warrant with undertaking. (a) When the offense described in the warrant is a misdemeanor and it is not executed by the sheriff or his deputy, at the defendant's request, he may be brought before a judge, or a magistrate when authorized by law to grant bail, of the county in which the warrant was executed; and such judge or magistrate may, without examination, discharge such defendant, upon sufficient bail for his appearance before the court having cognizance of the offense. (b) The judge or magistrate admitting a defendant to bail under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section must certify the same upon the warrant and deliver such warrant, with the undertaking, to the officer who executed the warrant, who must cause the same to be delivered without unnecessary delay to the clerk of the court in which the defendant is bound by his undertaking to appear. (Code 1852, §§441, 443; Code...
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15-18-86
Section 15-18-86 Procedure when condemned female believed pregnant. (a) If there is reason to believe that a female convict is pregnant, the sheriff must, with the concurrence of a judge of the circuit court, summon a jury of six disinterested persons, as many of whom must be physicians as practicable. The sheriff must also give notice to the district attorney or, in his absence, to any attorney who may be appointed by a circuit judge to represent the state and who has authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses. (b) The jury, under the direction of the sheriff or officer acting in his place, must proceed to ascertain the fact of pregnancy and must state their conclusion in writing, signed by them and the sheriff. If such jury is of opinion, and so find, that the convict is with child, the sheriff or officer acting in his place must suspend the execution of the sentence and transmit the finding of the jury to the Governor. (c) Whenever the Governor is satisfied that such convict is no...
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28-4-258
Section 28-4-258 Search warrant for seizure of prohibited liquors and beverages, etc., generally - Execution - Persons authorized. The warrant may be executed by any one of the officers to whom it is directed, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer, he being present and acting in its execution. The complainant may accompany the officer who executes the warrant and give information and assist him in executing the writ. A writ addressed to a sheriff may be executed by any lawful officers. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4744; Code 1940, T. 29, §213.)...
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28-4-27
Section 28-4-27 Enforcement of Section 28-4-26. If any person violates a provision of Section 28-4-26, upon complaint being made on oath before a judge of any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors that spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or other beverages or liquors, prohibited by law to be sold, given away or otherwise disposed of have been sold, given away or otherwise disposed of in violation of law and that the person committing such offense comes within the terms of Section 28-4-26 and that such person is known or unknown to the person making the complaint and that other parties present and participating in the tippling or drinking of liquors at such place are unknown to the person making the complaint, it shall be the duty of such judge to issue forthwith a warrant of arrest for such party for the offense charged in the complaint and immediately to place such warrant in the hands of the sheriff or other lawful officer. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4630; Code...
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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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27-10-24
Section 27-10-24 Licensing of surplus line brokers. (a) Any person, while licensed as a resident insurance producer in this state for the property lines of authority and who is deemed by the commissioner to have had sufficient experience in the insurance business to be competent for the purpose may be licensed as a surplus line broker for the types and kinds of insurance that he or she as a resident producer is licensed to handle as follows: (1) Application to the commissioner for the license shall be made on forms as designated and furnished by the commissioner. (2) License fee in the amount stated in Section 27-4-2 shall be paid to the commissioner. The license shall expire on December 31 next after its issue. (3) Prior to the issuance of the license, the applicant shall file with the commissioner, and thereafter for as long as any license remains in effect he or she shall keep in force and unimpaired, a bond in favor of the State of Alabama in the penal sum of at least fifty...
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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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11-2-1
Section 11-2-1 Bonds requirements. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY EMPLOYEE. An employee or clerk, deputy, or employee in any county office, but shall not mean an employee of the county board of education. (2) COUNTY OFFICIAL or COUNTY OFFICER. A county commissioner, county taxing official, judge of probate, sheriff, coroner, or constable. (3) COUNTY TAXING OFFICIAL. A tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, or other person charged by law in a county with the assessing or collecting of taxes. (b) All county officials of all counties in this state and any county employee designated by law or the county commission shall be required to execute official bonds for the faithful performance of their duties and such additional official bonds as from time to time the public interest may demand and as may be required by the provisions of law. Except for a local taxing official executing bond...
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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and functions of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions brought against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals, corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association, Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several states and with counties and municipalities in...
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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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