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13A-6-157
Section 13A-6-157 Civil action by victims; venue; relief awarded. (a) An individual who is
a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action in the appropriate state court. (b)
Venue for any action brought under this section shall be in the county in which the offense
was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom it was committed
may have been carried in the commission of the offense. If venue is proper in more than one
county, venue shall be in either county. (c) The court may award actual damages, compensatory
damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate relief. A prevailing
plaintiff shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages shall be awarded
on proof of actual damages where defendant's acts were willful and malicious. (d) The court
shall award a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees and costs. (e) Upon commencement of any
action brought under this section, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy...
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15-18-151
Section 15-18-151 Employment income withholding order - Alteration, modification, etc. Any
court order issued pursuant to the provisions of this article may be altered, modified or
rescinded upon the filing of a petition by the defendant, district attorney, or the victim
for good and sufficient cause shown by a preponderance of the evidence. (Acts 1984, No. 84-370,
p. 859, ยง12.)...
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15-13-190
Section 15-13-190 Procedures upon arrest; conditions of release or bail. (a) A person arrested
for domestic violence in the first degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-130, domestic violence
in the second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-131, domestic violence in the third degree,
pursuant to Section 13A-6-132, interference with a domestic violence emergency call, in violation
of Section 13A-6-137, or domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, pursuant to Section
13A-6-138, or a violation of a domestic violence protection order, may not be admitted to
bail until after an appearance before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
and if the person is not taken before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
he or she shall be afforded an opportunity to make bail in accordance with the Alabama Rules
of Criminal Procedure. (b) The judge or magistrate may impose conditions of release or bail
on the person to protect the alleged victim of domestic violence or...
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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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15-15-4
Section 15-15-4 Forms of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers. The following forms
of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers are sufficient in all cases in which they
are applicable, but they are not exclusive, and any other form sufficient at common law, under
the statutes or any analogous or kindred pleadings, where no form is provided in this Code,
may be used: (1) CAPTION. - The following caption may be used as a part of each of the following
forms: The State of Alabama, v. In _____ court, ____County. A.B. (2) GENERAL FORM OF PLEA.
- Comes the defendant (in his own proper person, or by attorney) and for plea says: The state
ought not further to prosecute this indictment against him because _____ (stating matter constituting
the plea). And this the defendant is ready to verify and prays judgment that he be discharged
(or it may conclude, "and of this he puts himself upon the country," whenever appropriate).
___, defendant or attorney for defendant. (3)...
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15-18-144
Section 15-18-144 Employment income withholding order - Assets of defendant to be withheld
or attached. (a) Any provision of any law of this state to the contrary notwithstanding and
in addition to any other remedy which is or may be hereafter provided by law for the enforcement
or collection of a restitution order, any decree, judgment, or order requiring the payment
of restitution may include, upon motion of the victim, district attorney, the Attorney General,
or the court, an order requiring that any asset or other income or any portion thereof to
which a defendant is or may be entitled be withheld or attached, and such order may also require
any person in real or constructive possession, custody, or control thereof to pay over, deliver,
convey, transfer, or assign the same to the clerk of the court for disbursement, transfer,
or assignment to the victim in accordance with the defendant's restitution obligation. If
the prison authority reasonably believes that the defendant's...
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15-20A-48
Section 15-20A-48 Relation to other laws. (a) For the purposes of Sections 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6,
14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-22-27.3, or any other section of the Code of Alabama 1975, a criminal
sex offense involving a child shall mean a conviction for any sex offense in which the victim
was a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography. (b) For the purpose
of Section 12-15-107(a)(7), a juvenile probation officer shall notify the state and either
the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile sex offender, or the child's
attorney for the juvenile sex offender, of the pending release of the sex offender and provide
them with a copy of the risk assessment pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-20A-26. (c)
For the purpose of Section 12-15-116(a)(5), a juvenile court shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction to try any individual who is 18 years of age or older and violates any of the
juvenile criminal sex offender provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection...
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30-3D-102
Section 30-3D-102 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Child" means an individual,
whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support
by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order
directed to the parent. (2) "Child-support order" means a support order for a child,
including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state
or foreign country. (3) "Convention" means the Convention on the International Recovery
of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November
23, 2007. (4) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law
to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation
to provide support. (5) "Foreign country" means a country, including a political
subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support
orders and: (A) which has been...
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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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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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