12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates.
(a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative
agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates
by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates
by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The
powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants.
(2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary
bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal
judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule
of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform
traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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12-15-203
Section 12-15-203 Transfer of cases from juvenile court. (a) A prosecutor, before a hearing
on a delinquency petition on its merits and after notifying, verbally or in writing, the juvenile
probation officer, may file a motion requesting the juvenile court judge to transfer a child
for criminal prosecution to the circuit or district court, if the child was 14 or more years
of age at the time of the conduct charged and is alleged to have committed an act which would
constitute a criminal offense as defined by this code if committed by an adult. (b) The juvenile
court judge shall conduct a hearing on all motions for the purpose of determining whether
it is in the best interests of the child or the public to grant the motion. Only if there
are no reasonable grounds to believe the child is committable to an institution, department,
or agency for individuals with an intellectual disability or mental illness, may the juvenile
court judge order the case transferred for criminal prosecution....
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13A-8-117
Section 13A-8-117 Forfeiture of certain computers, software, etc. (a) On conviction of a violation
of this article or any other violation of the criminal laws of Alabama, the court shall order
that any computer, computer system, computer network, instrument of communication, software
or data that was owned or used by the defendant with the owner's knowledge of the unlawful
act or where the owner had reason to know of the unlawful act, and that was used in the commission
of the offense be forfeited to the State of Alabama and sold, destroyed, or otherwise properly
disposed. If the defendant is a minor, it also includes the above listed property of the parent
or guardian of the defendant. The manner, method, and procedure for the forfeiture and condemnation
or forfeiture of such thing shall be the same as that provided by law for the confiscation
or condemnation or forfeiture of automobiles, conveyances, or vehicles in which alcoholic
beverages are illegally transported. If the computer,...
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15-13-139
Section 15-13-139 Remission after final judgment of forfeiture. In forfeiture cases where the
sureties have paid the amount of the forfeiture into the court or in cases where the forfeiture
has been made final or absolute and there is no further litigation pending on the forfeiture,
and the surety locates the defendant and causes the return of the defendant to the custody
of the court where the bond was forfeited, and if the defendant was substantially procured
by actions of the surety, and the administration of justice has not been thwarted nor the
successful prosecution of the defendant has been affected, then the court which ordered the
forfeiture, shall have full power and jurisdiction in all proceedings conducted pursuant to
this article and within a period of six months from the date of issuance of any final forfeiture
judgment, to consider any costs to the state or its subdivisions which resulted as a cause
of the default, if any, and upon giving consideration thereto, may, in...
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34-14A-8
Section 34-14A-8 Revocation, etc., of license; consumer complaint; hearing; appeal; reissuance;
fines. (a) The board may levy and collect administrative fines not to exceed five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for each violation or revoke or suspend the license of any licensee who,
in the opinion of the board, has committed fraud or deceit in obtaining a license required
by this chapter, who has been guilty of gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the
practice of residential home building, who has engaged in the business of residential home
building outside the scope of the license, or who has violated this chapter or a board rule.
Should the board establish or adopt, or both, standards of practice for residential home builders
within the state, as provided in Section 34-14A-12, the board may suspend the license of any
licensee who, in the opinion of the board, has committed a violation of the standards of practice
and may impose any other disciplinary sanctions authorized...
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9-8-28
Section 9-8-28 Land-use regulations - Enforcement. Where the supervisors of any district shall
find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-8-26 are not being observed on particular lands
and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with
the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may
present to the circuit court of the county in which the land of the defendant may lie, a complaint,
duly verified, setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations,
the failure of the defendant landowner to observe such regulations and to perform particular
work, operations or avoidances as required thereby and that such nonobservance tends to increase
erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other
lands within the district and requesting the court to...
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11-81-2
Section 11-81-2 Execution of mortgages or deeds of trust upon property acquired, etc., with
proceeds of bond issues; recordation of same. Any municipal corporation in this state shall
have power and authority to execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon the property acquired
or to be acquired with the proceeds of a bond issue authorized in this chapter, and such mortgage
or deed of trust shall be admitted to record in the office of the probate judge of any county
in this state without the payment of any tax upon the debts secured thereby or any other fee
or charge, except the costs of recording the instrument at the rate fixed by law. (Acts 1909,
No. 195, p. 188; Code 1923, §2268; Code 1940, T. 37, §252.)...
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12-12-70
Section 12-12-70 Right of appeal and procedure for appeals generally; dismissal for failure
to appear. (a) Civil cases. Any party may appeal from a final judgment of the district court
in a civil case by filing notice of appeal in the district court, within 14 days from the
date of the judgment or the denial of a posttrial motion, whichever is later, or, if the appeal
is to an appellate court, within the time prescribed by the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure
or the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure where applicable, together with security for costs
as required by law or rule. (b) Criminal cases. A defendant may appeal from a final judgment
of the district court in a criminal or quasi-criminal case by filing notice of appeal within
14 days from the date of judgment or from the date of denial of a post-trial motion, whichever
is later, together with such bond as may be fixed by the court, conditioned upon the defendant's
appearance before the circuit court; provided, however, that...
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17-5-7
Section 17-5-7 Use of excess moneys received; solicitation, etc., of contributions. (a) Except
as provided in subsection (d) and in Section 17-5-7.1, a candidate, public official, or treasurer
of a principal campaign committee as defined in this chapter, may only use campaign contributions,
and any proceeds from investing the contributions that are in excess of any amount necessary
to defray expenditures of the candidate, public official, or principal campaign committee,
for the following purposes: (1) Necessary and ordinary expenditures of the campaign. (2) Expenditures
that are reasonably related to performing the duties of the office held. For purposes of this
section, expenditures that are reasonably related to performing the duties of the office held
do not include personal and legislative living expenses, as defined in this chapter. (3) Donations
to the State General Fund, the Education Trust Fund, or equivalent county or municipal funds.
(4) Donations to an organization to which...
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34-27-36
Section 34-27-36 Disciplinary action - Generally. (a) The commission or its staff may on its
own, or on the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions and records
of a licensee. The commission may issue subpoenas and compel the testimony of witnesses and
the production of records and documents during an investigation. If probable cause is found,
a formal complaint shall be filed and the commission shall hold a hearing on the formal complaint.
The commission shall revoke or suspend the license or impose a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both, or reprimand
the licensee in each instance in which the licensee is found guilty of any of the following
acts set out in this section. The commission may revoke or suspend a license until such time
as the licensee has completed an approved continuing education course and/or made restitution
to accounts containing funds to be held for other...
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