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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this
article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods
in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...

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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary
treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment;
exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative
shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required
by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health,
through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances
and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion
that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take
voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health.
If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through
its authorized representative, may petition the...
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22-11A-29
Section 22-11A-29 Commitment petition - Appointment of guardian ad litem and attorney. At the
time when any petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama
Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent
and protect the rights of such person and shall determine if the person has the funds and
capacity to secure the services of an attorney to represent him. If the person does not have
the funds or capacity to secure the services of an attorney, the probate judge shall appoint
an attorney, who may be the same person as the guardian ad litem, to represent him. (Acts
1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §29.)...
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22-52-10.4
Section 22-52-10.4 Findings necessary for inpatient treatment; order when no treatment available.
(a) A respondent may be committed to inpatient treatment if the probate court finds, based
upon clear and convincing evidence that: (i) the respondent is mentally ill; (ii) as a result
of the mental illness the respondent poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to
self and/or others; (iii) the respondent will, if not treated, continue to suffer mental distress
and will continue to experience deterioration of the ability to function independently; and
(iv) the respondent is unable to make a rational and informed decision as to whether or not
treatment for mental illness would be desirable. (b) If the probate judge finds that no treatment
is presently available for the respondent's mental illness, but that confinement is necessary
to prevent the respondent from causing substantial harm to himself or to others, the order
committing the respondent shall provide that, should...
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22-52-15
Section 22-52-15 Appeals. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a petition
seeking to commit a respondent to the custody of the department or designated mental health
facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo unless the probate
judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the appeal lies to the
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be given in writing to
the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual notice of the
granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to be approved by
the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the respondent is indigent, in which
case no security for costs shall be required. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the probate
judge shall determine and enter an order setting forth the limitations to be placed upon the
liberty of the respondent pending the appeal. Upon the filing of a notice...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants
of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting
a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous
settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply
to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion
thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition
in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the
limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least
60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No
platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least
four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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22-11A-34
Section 22-11A-34 Law enforcement officers to convey person to custody of Department of Public
Health; public health facilities to report on progress of persons committed. The probate judge
shall order one or more persons or law enforcement officers to convey any person committed
to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health to such facility as designated by
the department or to the custody of such other facility as the court may order, and all necessary
expenses incurred by the persons or officers conveying such person shall be taxed as costs
of the proceeding. Such facilities shall report to the probate judge as to the progress of
all persons who have been committed therein. Such reports shall be made as often as may be
ordered by the probate court. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §34.)...
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22-8A-14
Section 22-8A-14 Filing and recording of living will; fee; inspection; duty of declarant to
provide copy to health care providers. (a) A person may file and have recorded a living will
in the office of the judge of probate in the county where the person resides. For the purpose
of this section, the term "living will" means an advanced directive for health care
as provided for in this chapter, or a similar document. (b) The fee for recording a living
will shall be five dollars ($5), which shall be deposited in the county general fund. In addition,
any other recording fees required by general or local law shall also be collected and shall
be distributed as provided by that law. (c)(1) A living will recorded pursuant to this section
shall not be open for general public inspection, but shall be available for inspection and
copying at the request of emergency medical personnel, hospital personnel, treating physicians,
members of the immediate family, a person with a power of attorney or...
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22-52-9
Section 22-52-9 Conduct of hearings. At all hearings, including probable cause hearings, conducted
by the probate judge in relation to a petition to involuntarily commit a respondent, the following
rules shall apply: (1) The respondent shall be present unless, prior to the hearing, the attorney
for the respondent has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of the respondent on the
ground that the presence of the respondent would be dangerous to the respondent's physical
or mental health or that the respondent's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent
the hearing from being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found
and determined from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the respondent is so mentally
or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such findings an
order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The respondent shall have the right to compel
the attendance of any witness who may be located anywhere...
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15-18-8
Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation. (a) When a defendant is convicted of
an offense, other than a sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, that
constitutes a Class A or Class B felony offense, and receives a sentence of 20 years or less
in any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the State of Alabama and the judge
presiding over the case is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interests of the
public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, he or she may order: (1) That a defendant
convicted of a Class A or Class B felony be confined in a prison, jail-type institution, or
treatment institution for a period not exceeding three years in cases where the imposed sentence
is not more than 15 years, and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended
notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary and that the defendant be placed
on probation for such period and upon such terms as the court...
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