43-8-198
Section 43-8-198 Transfer of contest to circuit court; appeal from judgment of circuit court;
certification of judgment, etc., to probate court. Upon the demand of any party to the contest,
made in writing at the time of filing the initial pleading, the probate court, or the judge
thereof, must enter an order transferring the contest to the circuit court of the county in
which the contest is made, and must certify all papers and documents pertaining to the contest
to the clerk of the circuit court, and the case shall be docketed by the clerk of the circuit
court and a special session of said court may be called for the trial of said contest or,
said contest may be tried by said circuit court at any special or regular session of said
court. The issues must be made up in the circuit court as if the trial were to be had in the
probate court, and the trial had in all other respects as trials in other civil cases in the
circuit court. An appeal to the supreme court may be taken from the...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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17-16-54
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Procedure generally.
If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district
court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county
of the residence of the person declared elected, a statement in writing of the grounds of
contest, verified by affidavit, as prescribed in this article, and must give good and sufficient
security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the judge of probate. On the filing
of the statement and the giving of the security, the judge of probate must endorse thereon
an order appointing a day for the trial of the contest, not less than 30 nor more than 50
days from the day of the reception of the certified statement and fixing the place of trial,
which must be at some place in the circuit or district in which the election was held, and
where a circuit or district court is required to be held, and must...
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17-16-55
Section 17-16-55 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Testimony; heard
without jury. The testimony on the contest must be taken by deposition as in civil cases at
common law, but no affidavit, other than that of the materiality of the testimony of the witnesses
proposed to be examined, shall be required. Either party may, on giving five days' notice,
require the examination before the commissioner to be oral and that the witnesses be examined
separate and apart from each other. The party against whom the depositions are to be taken
must have at least five days' notice of the time and place of taking such depositions and
of the name and residence of the commissioner or commissioners proposed. The contest must
be heard and determined by the court without the intervention of a jury. (Code 1896, §1694;
Code 1907, §468; Code 1923, §558; Code 1940, T. 17, §244; §17-15-28; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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17-16-61
Section 17-16-61 Appeals - Generally. In all contested elections before the judge of probate,
an appeal lies to the Supreme Court within 14 days after the rendition of the judgment. From
the judgment of the circuit court on the contest of an election of a judge of probate or sheriff
or any other officer mentioned in Section 17-16-56, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court within
14 days after the rendition of the judgment. (Code 1896, §1702; Code 1907, §476; Code 1923,
§566; Code 1940, T. 17, §252; §17-15-34; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331,
§83.)...
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17-16-46
Section 17-16-46 Procedure for examination of ballots, voting machines, etc.; bond. In all
election contests involving elections other than party primaries or runoffs: (1) The examining
person or candidate seeking to examine the ballots, electronic voting machines, or electronic
voting machine computations or printouts must move, within 10 days of the filing of the contest,
the court before whom the election contest is pending for an examination. The court shall
set a hearing on the motion for examination which must take place within 10 days after service
of the motion on the parties and candidates involved in the election contest. The hearing
shall be held to determine the procedures to be used for the examination and the court shall,
within five days after the hearing, set forth the procedures for the examination. Absent a
subsequent court order extending the time for reasonable cause shown, the examination must
be finished within 15 days of the court order which sets forth the...
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12-22-21
Section 12-22-21 Other orders, judgments, or decrees. Appeal from the order, judgment or decree
of the probate court may be taken by the party aggrieved to the circuit court or Supreme Court
in the cases hereinafter specified. Appeals to the Supreme Court shall be governed by the
Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, including the time for taking an appeal. Appeal to the
circuit court in such cases shall be within the time hereinafter specified: (1) From the decree,
judgment or order on a contest as to the validity of a will, to be taken within 42 days after
the determination of the contest; (2) From the decree, judgment or order on an application
claiming the right to execute a will or administer an estate, to be taken within 42 days after
the hearing and decision of such application, unless the application was denied because the
applicant was deemed unfit to serve by reason of a conviction of an infamous crime or by reason
of improvidence, intemperance or want of understanding, in...
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17-16-47
Section 17-16-47 Statement of grounds of contest. When any elector chooses to contest the election
of any person declared to be elected to the office of senator or representative in the Legislature,
judge of the circuit court or district court, any office which is filled by the vote of a
single county, or constable, he or she must make a statement in writing setting forth specifically:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that he or she was a qualified voter when the election
was held. (2) The office which the election was held to fill and the time of holding the same.
(3) The particular grounds of the contest. This statement must be verified by the affidavit
of such contesting party to the effect that the same is believed to be true. If the reception
of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is a sufficient statement of cause to
allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose election is contested, which, if
taken from that person, will reduce the number of...
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11-40-66
Section 11-40-66 Judicial hearing. (a) The Class 2 municipality shall request that a judicial
hearing on the petition occur not earlier than 30 days nor more than 90 days following the
filing of the petition. At the judicial hearing, any interested party shall have the right
to be heard and to contest the delinquency of the municipal code lien, the adequacy of the
proceedings, the classification of the property as owner occupied, and the amount of the tax
payoff. If the court determines that the information set forth in the petition is accurate,
the court shall render its judgment and order that: (1) The municipal code lien is delinquent.
(2) The amounts of any additional municipal code liens and taxes described in the petition
are delinquent. (3) Proper notice has been given to all interested parties. (4) The property
is not owner occupied. (5) The property as described in the petition be sold in accordance
with the provisions of this article. (6) The sale shall become final and...
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17-16-49
Section 17-16-49 When contest commenced; security for costs. All contests of elections provided
for in this article must be commenced within 20 days after the result of the election is declared,
except as in this article otherwise provided; and at the time of commencing such contest and
the filing of the statement in writing, the party contesting must give security for the cost
of such contest, to be filed and approved as provided in this article. (Code 1896, §1688;
Code 1907, §462; Code 1923, §552; Code 1940, T. 17, §238; §17-15-22; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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