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15-21-8
Section 15-21-8 Writ to be granted without delay; to whom writ returnable. (a) The judge to
whom the application for a writ of habeas corpus is made must grant the same without delay,
unless it appears from the petition itself or from the documents thereunto annexed that the
person imprisoned or restrained is not entitled to the benefit of the writ under the provisions
of this chapter. (b) When the person is confined in the penitentiary, the writ must be made
returnable before the circuit court of the county in which the convict is confined, but if
the writ is granted more than 10 days before the time fixed for the holding of such court,
it must be made returnable before the nearest circuit court judge. When a person is a patient
or confined in any hospital in the state, the writ must be made returnable before the circuit
court of the county in which the hospital is located in which he is so confined. In all other
cases, the writ must be made returnable before the officer by whom it is...
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15-21-7
Section 15-21-7 When petition may be addressed to another judge; justifying proof required;
ouster of jurisdiction of nearest judge. (a) When the petition for a writ of habeas corpus
is required to be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge and such judge is absent, is
incapable of acting, has refused to grant the writ, has refused to grant the writ returnable
within five days or has granted the writ returnable in five days but has failed or refused
to rule therein within five days from the return date, it may be addressed to any other circuit
court judge. In such case, before the writ is granted, proof must be made, either by the oath
of the applicant or other sufficient evidence, of the particular facts which justify such
address. (b) The jurisdiction of the nearest circuit court judge shall be ousted when the
petition is filed with any other circuit court judge. (Code 1852, §714; Code 1867, §4265;
Code 1876, §4941; Code 1886, §4765; Code 1896, §4818; Code 1907, §7013;...
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15-21-6
Section 15-21-6 To whom petition addressed. (a) When the person is confined in a county jail
or any other place on a charge of felony or under a commitment or an indictment for felony,
the petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge.
(b) When the person is confined in the penitentiary or under a sentence, judgment or order
of the supreme court or the circuit court, other than an indictment for felony, the petition
must be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge. (c) In all other cases, it may be addressed
to any one of them, and when the person is confined in any other place than the county jail
or the penitentiary and on any other than a criminal charge, it may be addressed to any circuit
court judge. (Code 1852, §713; Code 1867, §4264; Code 1876, §4940; Code 1886, §4764; Code
1896, §4817; Code 1907, §7012; Code 1923, §4310; Code 1940, T. 15, §6.)...
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6-6-166
Section 6-6-166 Return - Where levy made in different county than where judgment entered or
original attachment issued; trial in circuit court; effect of copies; forfeiture of bond.
(a) When the levy is made in a different county from that in which the judgment was entered
or the original attachment issued, if a claim is interposed to the property, it is the duty
of the officer levying the writ to return the original to the court from which it issued,
with a statement thereon showing the interposition of the claim and true copies of the affidavit
and bond, certified by him; and he must return the original affidavit and bond and a true
copy of the writ under which the levy was made, certified by him, to the circuit court of
his own county, where, after 30 days, the trial of the right of property must be had. The
copies thus required to be made, certified as provided in this section, must be received in
lieu of and have, in all respects, the same effect as the originals. (b) If, in the...
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6-6-661
Section 6-6-661 Venue. The summary remedies given in this article must be enforced in the manner
following, except in cases otherwise specially provided in this article: (1) When the motion
is against a sheriff, coroner, clerk, or other officer of court, or their sureties, the motion
must be made in the circuit court of the county in which such officer was acting officially
at the time of the default or in the court to which the process was returnable when the default
consists in the failure to execute or return process or to pay over money collected thereon;
and (2) In all other cases not specially provided for, the motion must be made in the circuit
court of the county in which the person moved against resides or, if he has no permanent residence,
then in any county where he may be found. (Code 1852, §2600; Code 1867, §3029; Code 1876,
§3355; Code 1886, §3099; Code 1896, §3767; Code 1907, §5903; Code 1923, §10230; Code
1940, T. 7, §594.)...
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15-21-2
Section 15-21-2 Persons entitled to prosecute writ - Persons confined for failure to enter
into undertaking to keep the peace. Any person confined in jail for failing to enter into
an undertaking to keep the peace may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus as provided in this
chapter; but such writ can be heard only by a judge of the circuit court, who may discharge
the applicant, remand him to jail or reduce the amount of the undertaking as may seem right.
If the amount of the undertaking is reduced, the sheriff must discharge the applicant upon
the entering into the undertaking in the sum fixed by such judge. (Code 1896, §4813; Code
1907, §7008; Code 1923, §4306; Code 1940, T. 15, §2.)...
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17-16-76
Section 17-16-76 Execution for costs. After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives must tax the costs accrued and certify the amount of each separate
item, the name of the person entitled thereto, and the result of such contest and the names
of the sureties on the bond for contest, to the clerk of the circuit court of Montgomery County,
and the clerk must thereupon issue execution against the unsuccessful party, which execution
must be made returnable in 30 days after its issue; and alias and pluries executions may be
issued as often as may be necessary. And if it be certified that the determination of the
contest was against the contestant, the execution must issue against the sureties on the bond
for the contest as well as against the contestant. (Code 1896, §1685; Code 1907, §491; Code
1923, §581; Code 1940, T. 17, §267; §17-15-63; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §83.)...
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40-5-31
Section 40-5-31 Taxpayer about to jeopardize possibility of collection - Duty of collector.
It shall be the duty of the tax collector, whenever upon information or otherwise he has good
reason to believe that any person owing taxes, whether due or not, is about to leave or remove
his property from the county, or that such person is closing out or going out of business
or disposing of substantially all of his personal property and thereby the collection of such
taxes is endangered, to make out and certify to the judge of probate a bill against such person
for the amount of such taxes and any fees due the assessor or collector; and, upon the approval
thereof by the judge of probate in writing endorsed thereon, such bill shall operate as a
writ of fieri facias which the collector is authorized to execute by levy and sale, in the
same manner as sheriffs are authorized to execute such writs when issued out of the circuit
court. Said writ may be executed in any county of the state where...
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12-17-114
Section 12-17-114 Duties generally. (a) It is the duty of the register, within his respective
county: (1) To administer oaths in all cases; to issue all processes from the circuit court
as to equitable cases; to make orders of publication for defendants; to grant default judgments
for want of answers; to issue attachments and processes of sequestration; to make all interlocutory
decrees and orders, not affecting the decision of the controversy between the parties, subject
at all times to the control, direction and supervision of the circuit court; and to exercise
such other duties as are, or may be, conferred by law, including administrative rules promulgated
by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. (2) To keep a consolidated docket sheet of all cases
filed, in which must be entered the names of plaintiffs and defendants, the names of the attorneys
of the several parties, a minute of the time when process issued and was returned, the return
thereon and note of all the orders and...
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40-2A-7
Section 40-2A-7 Uniform revenue procedures. (a) Maintenance of records; audit and subpoena
authority; authority to issue regulations. (1) In addition to all other recordkeeping requirements
otherwise set out in this title, taxpayers shall keep and maintain an accurate and complete
set of records, books, and other information sufficient to allow the department to determine
the correct amount of value or correct amount of any tax, license, permit, or fee administered
by the department, or other records or information as may be necessary for the proper administration
of any matters under the jurisdiction of the department. The books, records, and other information
shall be open and available for inspection by the department upon request at a reasonable
time and location. (2) The department may examine and audit the records, books, or other relevant
information maintained by any taxpayer or other person for the purpose of computing and determining
the correct amount of value or correct...
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