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15-18-82.1
Section 15-18-82.1 Methods of execution; election of method; constitutionality. (a) A death
sentence shall be executed by lethal injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively
elects to be executed by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia. The sentence shall be executed
pursuant to Section 15-18-82. (b) A person convicted and sentenced to death for a capital
crime at any time shall have one opportunity to elect that his or her death sentence be executed
by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia. (1) The election for death by electrocution is waived
unless it is personally made by the person in writing and delivered to the warden of the correctional
facility within 30 days after the certificate of judgment pursuant to a decision by the Alabama
Supreme Court affirming the sentence of death or, if a certificate of judgment is issued before
July 1, 2002, the election must be made and delivered to the warden within 30 days after July
1, 2002. If a warrant of execution is pending on...
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15-6-21
Section 15-6-21 Arrest warrant. (a) If on examination by the circuit, district or municipal
court judge, it appears that there is reason to fear the commission of any offense by the
person complained of, such judge must issue a warrant directed to any lawful officer of the
state, containing the substance of the complaint and commanding such officer forthwith to
arrest the person complained of and bring him before him or some other judge having jurisdiction
of the matter. (b) The warrant may be after the following form: "State of Alabama, ___
County. To any lawful officer of the state: Complaint on oath having been made before me that
C. D. had threatened to assault and beat A. B. (or is about) to (here set forth particularly
the offense threatened or about to be committed) on the person or property of ______, you
are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest said C. D. and bring him before me (or some other
judge having jurisdiction of the matter, setting forth his name and office)....
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15-9-35
Section 15-9-35 Arrest warrant - Issuance; contents. If the Governor shall decide that an extradition
demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with
the state seal and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner or other person whom he may
think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. The warrant must substantially recite the
facts necessary to the validity of its issue. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15,
§54.)...
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35-13-2
Section 35-13-2 Appraisement and description of property. (a) Such person must, within two
days after the same is taken up, exhibit the property to the district court, and if, in his
opinion, it is worth over $30.00, he must issue an order of appraisement to three disinterested
freeholders or householders, who, after being duly sworn to estimate the value of such property
fairly, must appraise and certify the same to the court, with a description of the property;
if not exceeding the value of $30.00, the court must make the appraisement and description
of the property. (b) The court must give the taker a copy of the appraisement and description
of the property, retaining the original. (Code 1852, §§2076, 2077; Code 1867, §§2468,
2469; Code 1876, §§2864, 2865; Code 1886, §§3283, 3284; Code 1896, §§3526, 3527; Code
1907, §§5845, 5846; Code 1923, §§10159, 10160; Code 1940, T. 47, §§258, 259.)...
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35-9-7
Section 35-9-7 Service of demand or notice. (a) Any demand may be made or notice served by
delivering a written or printed, or partly written and printed, copy thereof to the tenant,
or by leaving the same with some person above the age of 18 years, residing on or in possession
of the premises; and in case no one is in the actual possession of said premises, then by
posting the same on the premises. (b) When any such demand is made or notice served by an
officer authorized to serve process, his return shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
therein stated, and if such demand is made or notice served by any person not an officer,
the return may be sworn to by the person serving the same, and shall then be prima facie evidence
of the facts therein stated. (Code 1923, §§8824, 8825; Code 1940, T. 31, §§7, 8.)...
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15-16-21
Section 15-16-21 Suspension of felony trial to inquire into accused's sanity; proceedings upon
jury findings; resumption of proceedings when sanity restored; release restriction. If any
person charged with any felony is held in confinement under indictment and the trial court
shall have reasonable ground to doubt his sanity, the trial of such person for such offense
shall be suspended until the jury shall inquire into the fact of such sanity, such jury to
be impaneled from the regular jurors in attendance for the week or from a special venire,
as the court may direct. If the jury shall find the accused sane at the time of its verdict,
it shall make no other inquiry, and the trial in chief shall proceed. If it finds that he
is insane at that time, the court shall make an order committing him to the Alabama state
hospitals, where he must remain until he is restored to his right mind. When the superintendent
of the hospitals shall be of opinion that such person is so restored, he shall...
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15-9-43
Section 15-9-43 Arrest without warrant - When accused to be admitted to bail; conditions of
bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable
by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, the district
or circuit court judge must admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with
sufficient sureties and in such sum as he deems proper, for his appearance before him at a
time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender, to be arrested upon the
warrant of the Governor of this state. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §63.)...
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26-2A-138
Section 26-2A-138 Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. (a) The court may appoint an
individual or a corporation with general power to serve as trustee or conservator of the estate
of a protected person. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the
order listed: (1) A conservator, guardian of property, or other like fiduciary appointed or
recognized by an appropriate court of any other jurisdiction in which the protected person
resides; (2) An individual or corporation nominated by the protected person who is 14 or more
years of age and of sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice; (3) An attorney-in-fact
under a valid durable power of attorney previously executed by the protected person and giving
the attorney-in-fact reasonably broad powers over the property of the protected person; (4)
The spouse of the protected person, or a person nominated by the will of a deceased spouse
to whom the protected person was married at the decedent's death...
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12-11-1
Section 12-11-1 Circuit court in every county. (a) There is provided in every county in the
state a circuit court with all the jurisdiction and powers that are conferred on the circuit
court by the Constitution and laws of this state. (b) Persons elected to or appointed to a
circuit court judgeship must have been admitted to practice law in this state a combined total
of seven years or more, or admitted to practice law by any other state for a combined total
of seven years or more, prior to beginning a term of office or appointment to serve a vacant
term of office. In addition, the person must not have received from any state or state bar
association a suspension or disbarment within the 10 years preceding election or appointment.
(Acts 1915, No. 217, p. 279; Code 1923, §6677; Code 1940, T. 13, §127; Act 2009-562, p.
1632, §1; Act 2019-539, §1.)...
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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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