12-19-173
Section 12-19-173 Distribution of docket fees - Cases in circuit and district courts in which bond forfeited. (a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees in cases where the defendant forfeits bond in either the district court or circuit court: (1) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (2) Thirty-nine dollars ($39) to the State General Fund. (3) Five dollars ($5) to the county general fund. (4) Five dollars ($5) to the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund. (b) Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees for bond forfeitures in district and circuit courts shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-129; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §8; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §8; Act 99-427, p. 759, §1.)...
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15-13-80
Section 15-13-80 Failure of defendant to appear; forfeiture of money deposited in lieu of bail. (a) The essence of all undertakings of bail, whether upon a warrant, writ of arrest, suspension of judgment, appeal or in any other case, is the appearance of the defendant at court; and the undertaking is forfeited by the failure of the defendant to appear, although the offense, judgment or other matter is incorrectly described in such undertaking, the particular case or matter to which the undertaking is applicable being made to appear to the court. (b) If, by reason of the neglect of the defendant to appear, money deposited instead of bail is forfeited and the forfeiture is not discharged or remitted, the clerk with whom it is deposited must, at the end of 30 days, unless the court has before that time discharged the forfeiture, pay over the money deposited to such officer, official or employee authorized by law to receive fines levied by such court. Thereupon the court shall, without any...
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45-9-81
Section 45-9-81 Additional costs and fees; disposition of funds; Judicial Administration Fund. (a) In Chambers County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in each criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment or conviction in any inferior or municipal court of the county, in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, or the District Court of Chambers County, hereinafter filed in or arising in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, or the District Court of Chambers County, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Chambers County, or the District Court of Chambers County, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk, or ex officio clerk, of the courts or the register of the Circuit Court of Chambers County as the case may be. Such fees, when collected by...
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6-7-30
Section 6-7-30 Proceedings when defendant involved in bankruptcy. In any civil action in any court in this state in which the defendant has been adjudicated a bankrupt, in which a defendant has filed a petition in bankruptcy or against whom a petition in bankruptcy has been filed, it shall be the duty of the court in which such civil action is pending to proceed with the trial of such action, if leave to do so is granted by the bankruptcy court, and to enter judgment in accordance with the law and the evidence in the case. The court in which such civil action is pending shall also have authority, and it shall be its duty, to grant such stay of execution against such defendant as may be appropriate or as may be provided for in the order of the bankruptcy court, or to embody in the judgment entered in such case such provision as may be appropriate, or as may be provided in the order of said bankruptcy court, so as to limit the manner of enforcement of said judgment, or so as to limit the...
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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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12-22-192
Section 12-22-192 Petition for appeal under division; contents thereof. In such criminal cases where the defendant has been adjudicated guilty by the trial court he may, if no motion for a new trial is filed within 10 days after the last day on which a motion for a new trial could have been filed or within 10 days after the ruling of the trial court upon a motion for a new trial, duly filed and ruled on adversely to defendant, file with the clerk or the trial judge of the court wherein such defendant was adjudicated guilty and sentenced a petition in writing, sworn to and subscribed by said defendant, stating that the defendant desires to take an appeal under the provisions of this division. Such petition must identify the style of the case, the offense for which the defendant was convicted, the plea made by the defendant, the date of the adjudication of guilt, the sentence and the punishment therefor and the name of the court imposing such punishment, together with the name of the...
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45-24-80.20
Section 45-24-80.20 Additional court costs and fees. In Dallas County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond, or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment or conviction in any inferior or municipal court of the county, in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, or the District Court of Dallas County, hereinafter filed in or arising in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, or the District Court of Dallas County, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Dallas County, or the District Court of Dallas County, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk, or ex officio clerk, of the courts or the register of the Circuit Court of Dallas County, as the case may be. Such fees, when collected by the clerks or...
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12-15-601
Section 12-15-601 Appeals from judgments and orders of juvenile courts. A party, including the state or any subdivision of the state, has the right to appeal a judgment or order from any juvenile court proceeding pursuant to this chapter. The procedure for appealing these cases shall be pursuant to rules of procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama. All appeals from juvenile court proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall take precedence over all other business of the court to which the appeal is taken. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-152; §12-15-120; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §26.)...
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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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12-22-112
Section 12-22-112 Liability of defendant failing to appear; warrant of arrest. (a) If the defendant fails to appear at the circuit court as required by the appeal bond, he shall be liable to the same penalties, forfeitures and proceedings as on a forfeited bail bond taken in the court, and a new warrant of arrest may issue from that court without any other authority therefor. (b) Such warrant of arrest must be directed to any sheriff of the State of Alabama; and, when the defendant is arrested, he must be dealt within all respects as if the arrest had been made on capias from the circuit court. (Code 1852, §§507, 508; Code 1867, §§4057, 4058; Code 1876, §§4727, 4728; Code 1886, §§4229, 4230; Code 1896, §§4625, 4626; Code 1907, §§6728, 6729; Code 1923, §§3841, 3842; Code 1940, T. 15, §§361, 362.)...
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