45-49-233.01
Section 45-49-233.01 Fees for services. (a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the services as listed below in civil and criminal cases: SERVICE FEE (1) Levying attachment. $25 (2) Summoning garnishee and making return. $10 (3) Garnishment notice to defendant. $10 (4) Serving summons and other mesne process, except subpoenas for witnesses, and returning same. $10 (5) Summoning each witness and returning subpoenas. $ 5 (6) Executing a writ of possession. $25 (7) Making a deed to real estate sold. $25 (8) Serving summons and making returns in cases of forcible entry and detainer. $25 (9) Executing writs of restitution in such cases. $25 (10) Collecting execution for cost only. $25 (11) Serving subpoenas on bill in chancery proceedings and returning the same, for each defendant. $25 (12) Serving any court summons not herein provided for and making return. $10 (13) Serving attachment for contempt of court or rule to show cause. $10 (14) Taking...
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6-5-272
Section 6-5-272 Conviction or plea of guilty not prerequisite to suit; letter of demand for remittance. (a) A conviction or a plea of guilty to the criminal offense of theft of property as defined in Title 13A, Chapter 8, is not a prerequisite to the bringing of a civil suit, obtaining a judgment, or collecting that judgment under this article. (b) The fact that a merchant may bring a civil action against an individual as provided in this article shall not limit the right of the merchant to demand, in writing as set out in subsection (c) below, that a person who is liable for damages and penalties under this article remit the damages and penalties prior to the consideration of the commencement of any legal action. (c) The demand letter must be prepared and include the following: On (insert date), you were apprehended for taking possession of, without paying for, merchandise belonging to (name of retailer/merchant). Under Alabama statute, a retailer/merchant is granted a civil cause of...
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13A-8-152
Section 13A-8-152 Penalties. (a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. However, if the offense involves five or more unlawful telecommunication devices, the person shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (b) The court shall, in addition to any sentence authorized by law, sentence a person convicted of violating this article to make restitution to any telecommunication service provider wishing restitution. (c) A telecommunication service provider aggrieved by a violation of this article may, in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, obtain appropriate relief, including preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief, compensatory and punitive damages, reasonable investigation expenses, costs of suit, and attorney fees as are provided by law. (Acts 1996, No. 96-499, p. 630, §3.)...
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45-37A-100.14
Section 45-37A-100.14 Civil action against person operating vehicle. Any person against whom a determination of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this article, and who actually pays the fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the fine actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and a reasonable attorney fee, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of a fine shall first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the fine, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be extinguished and no attorney fees...
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45-49-83.41
Section 45-49-83.41 Creation; procedures; collection and distribution of funds; enforcement. The District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a Recovery Unit of the Special Services Division. The district attorney, after electing to establish the unit, shall assign sufficient staff and resources to effectively operate the unit. The recovery unit shall be created for the purpose of the administration, collection, and enforcement of court costs, fines, fines for failure to appear in court, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, or other payments which are ordered in any criminal proceeding, quasi-criminal, or any other court proceeding by any court including, but not limited to, municipal courts, district courts, and circuit courts payable to the state, the county, to any municipality, or town within the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, to any crime victim on any court order or judgment entered which has not been otherwise...
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6-6-351
Section 6-6-351 Writs of restitution or possession - Suspension upon payment of rent by defendant. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in cases of forcible entry or unlawful detainer, an appeal to circuit court or to appellate court does not prevent the issue of a writ of restitution or possession unless the defendant pays to the clerk of the district court all rents called for under the terms of the lease, since the date of the filing of the action and continues to pay all rent that becomes due and payable under the terms of the lease as they become due, during the pendency of the appeal, and the sums are to be ascertained by the judge. (b) If the defendant should fail to make any payments as they become due under subsection (a), the court shall issue a writ of restitution or possession and the plaintiff shall be placed in full possession of the premises. (c) Upon disposition of the appeal, the court shall direct the clerk as to...
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8-19A-18
Section 8-19A-18 Civil penalties; recovery of penalties. (a) Any person who engages in any act or practices that violate this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation. (b) The civil penalty may be recovered by any of the following: (1) Civil action against the person engaging in the violative act or practice. (2) Agreement and settlement of a civil action filed by stipulation of terms by the person engaging in the violative act or practice and the director of the division by authority of the Attorney General, and by payment of any agreed upon amount by the person against whom the claim was filed. (3) The settlement of a claim against a person for violation of this chapter before civil action is filed by agreement upon terms and by the payment of any settlement amount agreed upon by the person and the director of the division by authority of the Attorney General. (c) Upon ceasing the violative act or practice and agreeing to desist...
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22-19-47
Section 22-19-47 Powers, duties and liabilities upon death. (a) The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he may, subject to the terms of the gift, authorize embalming and the use of the body in funeral services. If the gift is of a part of the body, the donee, upon the death of the donor and prior to embalming, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. After removal of the part, custody or the remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next of kin or other persons under obligations to dispose of the body. (b) The time of death shall be determined by a physician who attends the donor at his death or, if none, the physician who certifies the death. The physician shall not participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part. (c) A person who acts in good faith in accord with the terms of this article or with the anatomical gift laws of another state or a foreign country is not liable for...
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15-18-147
Section 15-18-147 Employment income withholding order - Receipt and disposition of income, etc. When any court order issued pursuant to the provisions of this article requires any employment income, other income or any asset or portion thereof to be withheld, or attached and paid over, conveyed, assigned, delivered or otherwise transferred to the clerk of the court, it shall be the duty and responsibility of such clerk to receive such income or asset and convey, assign, transfer, or disburse the same to the victim in accordance with the defendant's restitution obligation as the court issuing such order may direct. (Acts 1984, No. 84-370, p. 859, §8.)...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation" does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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