17-16-58
Section 17-16-58 Ballots may be examined. In all contests of elections before the judge of
probate or the circuit court, the judge presiding is authorized to make an examination of
the ballots given or rejected in the election so far as the judge may deem it necessary to
arrive at a correct judgment, and may make and enforce by attachment all necessary orders
to obtain possession of the same, and must make all proper orders necessary for the return
of the ballots to the proper custody after same have been examined by him or her. (Code 1896,
§1699; Code 1907, §473; Code 1923, §563; Code 1940, T. 17, §249; §17-15-31; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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35-4-191
Section 35-4-191 Application; notice; guardian ad litem; hearing; costs. (a) The application
referred to in Section 35-4-190 shall set out the names and places of residence of all the
persons interested in the funds in which such dower or life interest exists, stating which,
if any, are infants or persons of unsound mind. If any of the parties or their places of residence
are unknown, the application shall so state. The court shall set a day for the hearing of
said application not less than 30 days from the date of the filing thereof, and notice thereof
shall be given by the clerk, judge, or register and served on such other persons as may be
interested in the funds, residing in the state, not less than 10 days prior to the hearing;
and, if any are nonresidents or their names or places of residence are unknown, then service
on them shall be by registered or certified mail where practicable in the same manner as now
provided by law for service by registered mail, or by publication once...
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11-46-67
Section 11-46-67 Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to
take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close
of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment
after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than
ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes
to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare
his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal
election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the
same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular
candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate...
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12-21-143
Section 12-21-143 Failure of witnesses to testify. (a) Any witness refusing to testify, unless
privileged by law from testifying in the case, must be committed to the jail of the county,
there to remain without bail until he consents to testify. (b) No witness so imprisoned shall
be discharged at the adjournment of the court, or afterwards, until he gives bond and surety
in an amount to be prescribed by the judge of such court, to be approved by the clerk of the
court, payable to the state and conditioned to appear at the next session and give evidence
in the case. (Code 1852, §§2309, 2310; Code 1867, §§2711, 2712; Code 1876, §§3066, 3067;
Code 1886, §§2799, 2800; Code 1896, §§1831, 1832; Code 1907, §§4028, 4029; Code 1923,
§§7742, 7743; Code 1940, T. 7, §§455, 456.)...
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12-22-222
Section 12-22-222 Stay of proceedings on judgment; admission of defendant to bail; proceedings
on failure to appear. (a) If the defendant is in the custody of the sheriff and the order
allowing the writ directs a stay of proceedings on the judgment, the sheriff must, on being
served with the clerk's certificate that the order has been filed and with a copy of the order,
keep and detain the defendant in his custody, without executing the sentence which may have
been passed on his conviction, to abide the judgment that may be entered on the writ of error.
(b) If the conviction is for an offense which is not punished capitally or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 10 years, the judge or court must also direct the clerk of the court
in which conviction was had to admit the defendant to bail in a sum which may be prescribed
by the court, with sufficient sureties, conditioned for his appearance at the next session
of the court in which the conviction was had and, from session to...
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15-4-1
Section 15-4-1 Duty of coroner to take sworn statement on death; direction to summon jury;
service, compensation, and oath of jurors. (a) When a coroner has been informed that a person
has been killed or suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground
for belief that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he
must forthwith make inquiry of the facts and circumstances of such death by taking the sworn
statement in writing of the witnesses having personal knowledge thereof and submit the same
to a judge of a court of record or a district attorney. (b) If, upon such preliminary inquiry,
the judge or district attorney is satisfied from the evidence that there is reasonable ground
for believing that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means,
he must direct the coroner to forthwith summon a jury of six qualified jurors of the county
to appear before him forthwith at a specified place and inquire into the...
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2-17-24
Section 2-17-24 Conduct of investigations and requirement of reports as to organization, business,
practices, etc., of persons, firms, etc., engaged in intrastate commerce by commissioner;
access to copying, etc., of documentary evidence; powers of commissioner as to witnesses generally;
issuance of subpoenas and orders for taking of depositions; enforcement of subpoenas and orders
of commissioner, etc., generally; fees of witnesses, etc.; witnesses not to be excused from
testifying on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution of witnesses as to
matters, etc., upon which compelled to testify. (a) The commissioner shall also have power:
(1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the
organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm or corporation
engaged in intrastate commerce and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations;
(2) To require, by general or special order, persons, firms...
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25-2-23
Section 25-2-23 Powers of secretary, officers of department and board of appeals as to witnesses.
The Secretary of Labor, any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary
and the members of the board of appeals, in the performance of any function or duty or the
execution of any power prescribed by law, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel
the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents,
records and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Secretary of Labor or any
officer of the Department of Labor designated by the...
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25-4-97
Section 25-4-97 Powers of appeals tribunal, board of appeals and officers of Department of
Labor as to witnesses; witness fees. In the discharge of their duties under this chapter any
deputy, any appeals tribunal, any member of the board of appeals, and any officer of the Department
of Labor authorized and designated by the secretary shall have power to administer oaths,
certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve
subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts,
payrolls, documents, records, and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply
with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or
to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the
duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application
of the secretary or any officer of the Department of Labor designated...
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