|
17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-16-56.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
27-2-32
Section 27-2-32 Hearings - Appeals. (a) An appeal from the commissioner shall be taken only
from an order on hearing, or as to a matter on which the commissioner has refused or failed
to hold a hearing after demand therefor under Section 27-2-28 or as to a matter as to which
the commissioner has refused or failed to make his order on hearing as required by Section
27-2-31. Any person who was a party to such hearing or whose pecuniary interests are directly
and immediately affected by any such refusal or failure to grant or hold a hearing and who
is aggrieved by such order, refusal, or failure may appeal from such order or as to any such
matter within 30 days after: (1) The order on hearing has been mailed or delivered to the
persons entitled to receive the same; (2) The commissioner's order denying rehearing or reargument
has been so mailed or delivered; (3) The commissioner has refused or failed to make his order
on hearing as required under Section 27-2-31; or (4) The commissioner...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/27-2-32.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
35-6-85
Section 35-6-85 Conduct of hearing generally; order confirming sale. On the day appointed for
such hearing, or on any other day to which it may be continued the court must proceed to hear
such report and the evidence for and against the confirmation of such sale. Such evidence
shall be taken orally in open court at the time of the hearing or by deposition as in actions
before the circuit court. If upon such hearing it shall appear to the satisfaction of the
court that such sale as made is to the interest of the ward, the court shall make an order
confirming the same, and, if it shall appear to the court that full payment has been made
to the guardian for the interest of the minor in such sale, such order shall direct the guardian,
or any other person appointed by the court, to make conveyance of the interest of the ward
in the land or realty to the purchaser thereof. (Code 1907, §5258; Code 1923, §9362; Code
1940, T. 47, §224.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/35-6-85.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-4-233
Section 45-4-233 Work Release board; powers and duties; work release fund; escape of inmates
from custody. In Bibb County, the sheriff shall execute every order from every court in Bibb
County to subpoena witnesses as provided in Section 12-21-180, or the service may be made
by first class mail as follows: It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county to enclose
the subpoenas in an envelope addressed to the person to be served and place all necessary
postage and a return address thereon. In the event the witness subpoena is returned to the
sheriff by the post office department of the United States without delivery, the subpoena
shall be by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All witness subpoenas not returned to the sheriff
by the post office department shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal
and legal service. It is specifically provided, however, that, if the party calling a witness
expressly requests in writing that the subpoena be delivered to such witness...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-4-233.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
6-6-40
Section 6-6-40 Form. The form of attachment must be in substance as follows, but no objection
shall be taken for any defect in form if the essential matters are set forth: The State of
Alabama, ___ county To any sheriff of the State of Alabama: Whereas A. B. (or C. D., as the
agent or attorney of A. B., as the case may be) hath complained on oath to me, E. F., judge
of the circuit court of said state (or district court judge, or judge of the probate court
or clerk of the circuit court of said county or as the case may be), that G. H. is (or will
be, as the case may be) justly indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of _____ dollars, and
the plaintiff having made affidavit and given bond as required by law in such cases, you are
hereby commanded to attach so much of the estate of G. H. as will be of value to satisfy the
said debt and costs, according to the complaint, and such estate, unless replevied, so to
secure that the same may be liable to further proceedings thereon, to be had...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/6-6-40.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-52-37.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-9-38
Section 15-9-38 Right of arrestee to be informed; application for writ of habeas corpus; penalty
for violation of section. (a) No person arrested upon a warrant of arrest issued under this
division shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall
have appointed to receive him unless he has been informed of the demand made for his surrender,
the crime with which he is charged and that he has the right to demand legal counsel. (b)
If the prisoner, his friends or counsel shall state that he or they desire to test the legality
of the arrest, the prisoner shall be taken forthwith before a judge of a district or circuit
court in this state, who shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed him within which to apply
for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time
and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the public prosecuting officer of the county
in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-9-38.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-9-42
Section 15-9-42 Arrest without warrant - Commitment to jail or admission to bail. If, from
the examination before the district or circuit court judge, it appears that the person held
is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, that he probably committed
the crime and, except in cases arising under Section 15-9-34, that he has fled from justice,
the judge must commit him to jail by a warrant reciting the accusation for such a time specified
in the warrant as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the
Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the
offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in Section 15-9-43, or until he shall be
legally discharged. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §62.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-9-42.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
12-13-40
Section 12-13-40 Powers of probate judges generally. The probate judge shall have authority:
(1) To administer oaths and take and certify the same in all cases in which administering
such oath and taking such affidavit is not confined expressly to some other officer; (2) To
cause jurors to be impaneled and sworn in any matter of fact pending before him in which the
right to a jury trial is given by law; (3) To appoint guardians ad litem for minors and persons
of unsound mind, when necessary, but he must not appoint as such guardian any clerk, employee
or other person connected with his office or related to him by consanguinity or affinity;
(4) To employ, at his own expense a chief clerk and such other clerks as he deems necessary,
for whose official acts he shall be responsible; (5) To complete the minute entries and decrees
of the court when the same are incomplete on account of the failure to make necessary entries
at the time when they should have been made, but the necessary...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-13-40.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
34-5-8
Section 34-5-8 Authority of Board of Barber Examiners; refusal to issue or renew license or
certificate; appeals. The board shall have the power to refuse, revoke, and suspend licenses
and certificates strictly in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, upon proof of
violation of any sections of this chapter. The members of the board shall have the power to
administer oaths and shall have the power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production
of books, records, and papers as it may desire at any hearing on any matter which the board
has the authority to investigate, and for that purpose may require the secretary of the board
to issue a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records, or papers,
directed to the sheriff of the county where such witness resides or may be found, which subpoenas
and subpoenas duces tecum shall be served and returned in the same manner as a subpoena in
a criminal case is served and returned. The fees and mileage of...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-5-8.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
|