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31-2-111
Section 31-2-111 Ordering out of troops - Request to Governor by local officials. Whenever
any circuit court judge, municipal court judge, probate court judge, sheriff, or mayor of
any incorporated city, town, or village, shall have reasonable cause to apprehend the outbreak
of any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or combination to oppose the enforcement of the laws by force
or violence, within the jurisdiction in which such officer is by law a conservator of the
peace, which cannot be speedily suppressed or effectually prevented by the ordinary posse
comitatus and peace officers, it shall forthwith become the duty of such judge, sheriff, or
mayor, to report the facts and circumstances in writing or verbally to the Governor or his
authorized representative, and request him to order out such portion of the National Guard
of the state as may be necessary to enforce the laws and preserve the peace. It shall thereafter
be the duty of the Governor, if he deems such apprehension well-founded, to...
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32-10-7
Section 32-10-7 Written reports of accidents; release of information. (a) Every law enforcement
officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle accident, either at
the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or
witnesses, shall, within 24 hours after completing such investigation, forward the necessary
completed written report or copy thereof of such accident to the director on the uniform accident
report form supplied by the director. Local police departments, and their contracted agents,
may retain copies of the written reports. (b) Accident reports prepared pursuant to this section
shall be made available pursuant to Section 32-2-8, to a news-gathering organization solely
for the purpose of publishing or broadcasting the news. The news-gathering organization shall
not use or distribute the report, or knowingly allow its use or distribution, for a commercial
purpose other than the news-gathering organization's...
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33-3-5
Section 33-3-5 Harbor Master and deputy harbor masters - Removal; bond; boarding of vessels;
records; additional appointments. The Harbor Master and his or her deputy harbor masters shall
be subject to removal by the director for cause. Before entering upon the duties of their
respective offices, they shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the
Director, in amounts to be fixed by the director of the Alabama State Port Authority, for
the faithful performance of their duties. The Harbor Master in person or by a deputy harbor
master shall have the authority, but not the obligation, to board each vessel entering the
harbor, as defined in this chapter, to the limits of the jurisdiction of the Alabama State
Port Authority to satisfy himself or herself that such vessel is complying with the laws,
rules, and regulations pertaining to the harbor and port and to obtain data for his or her
record; and he or she shall keep a record of all vessels, barges, and tugboats...
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11-44E-92
Section 11-44E-92 Powers and duties of city manager. The city manager shall be the administrative
head of the city. He (She) shall devote all his (her) working time and attention to the affairs
of the city and shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of
all the affairs of the city over which he (she) has jurisdiction. He (She) shall have the
power and it shall be his (her) duty: (1) To administer the policies of the commission, the
code of ordinances of the city, and state and federal laws pertaining to the city as provided
herein. For the purpose of said administration, the commission does hereby authorize and direct
the city manager to see that all duties and authority conferred upon it by law, all city ordinances,
resolutions, policies, and directives are carried out, and any and all his (her) acts shall
be for and in the name of the city and/or the commission; provided, however, there is hereby
excepted and excluded those duties and authority given by...
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34-21-126
Section 34-21-126 Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (a) The
party states hereby create and establish a joint public entity known as the Interstate Commission
of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the
party states. (2) Venue is proper, and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall
be brought solely and exclusively, in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal
office of the commission is located. The commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses
to the extent the commission adopts or consents to participate in alternative dispute resolution
proceedings. (3) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity.
(b) Membership, voting, and meetings. (1) Each party state shall have and be limited to one
administrator. The head of the state licensing board for each party state, or his or her designee,
shall be the administrator of this compact for that...
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45-49-85.60
Section 45-49-85.60 General and equity jurisdiction of probate courts; powers and authority
of judges of probate; procedures in administration of estates. (a) That the probate courts
in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have a population of over 300,000
and less than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall have
general and equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit courts of this state,
in the administration of the estates of deceased persons, minors, the developmentally disabled,
insane, incapacitated, protected or incompetent persons, or the like, and testamentary trust
estates. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be conferred without the necessity
of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may be exercised at the discretion
of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts shall have the same powers and
authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state have in connection...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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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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31-2A-43
Section 31-2A-43 (Article 43.) Statute of limitations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
this article, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by courts-martial
or punished under Section 31-2A-15 (Article 15) if the offense was committed more than 12
months before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising court-martial
jurisdiction over the command or before the imposition of punishment under Section 31-2A-15
(Article 15). (b) Periods in which the accused is absent without authority or fleeing from
justice shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this article.
(c) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority
to apprehend him or her, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy,
shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this article. (d) When
the United States is at war, the running of any statute of...
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34-3-82
Section 34-3-82 Power of subpoena. In the investigation of charges of professional misconduct,
the board and any committee appointed by it for this purpose shall have power to summon and
examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance and the production of books, papers,
documents, and other writings necessary or material to the inquiry. Such summons or subpoena
shall be issued under the hand of the secretary of the board or the chairman of any duly constituted
subcommittee of the board and shall have the force of a subpoena issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction, and any witness or other person who shall refuse or neglect to appear in obedience
thereto or who shall refuse to be sworn or testify or produce books, papers, documents, or
other writings demanded shall be liable to attachment upon application to the Supreme Court
of the state or to any judge of any court of record for the district where the investigation
is conducted as in cases of contempt. (Acts 1923, No....
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