12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally. (a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74. In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court, the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand. After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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12-17-114
Section 12-17-114 Duties generally. (a) It is the duty of the register, within his respective county: (1) To administer oaths in all cases; to issue all processes from the circuit court as to equitable cases; to make orders of publication for defendants; to grant default judgments for want of answers; to issue attachments and processes of sequestration; to make all interlocutory decrees and orders, not affecting the decision of the controversy between the parties, subject at all times to the control, direction and supervision of the circuit court; and to exercise such other duties as are, or may be, conferred by law, including administrative rules promulgated by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. (2) To keep a consolidated docket sheet of all cases filed, in which must be entered the names of plaintiffs and defendants, the names of the attorneys of the several parties, a minute of the time when process issued and was returned, the return thereon and note of all the orders and...
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15-22-28
the minimum release date. (2) For prisoners convicted on or after March 21, 2001, of one or more of the following Class A felonies, the initial parole consideration date shall be set for a date once a prisoner has completed 85 percent of his or her total sentence or 15 years, whichever is less. a. Rape in the first degree. b. Kidnapping in the first degree. c. Murder. d. Attempted murder. e. Sodomy in the first degree. f. Sexual torture. g. Robbery in the first degree with serious physical injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2. h. Burglary in the first degree with serious physical injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2. i. Arson in the first degree with serious physical injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2. (3) For all other prisoners, the initial parole consideration date shall be set for a date following completion of one-third of the prisoner's sentence or 10 years, whichever is less. (4) If the prisoner is serving consecutive sentences, the initial parole consideration date may not...
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26-14-3
Section 26-14-3 Mandatory reporting. (a) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, public and private K-12 employees, school teachers and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day care workers or employees, mental health professionals, employees of public and private institutions of postsecondary and higher education, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect, shall be required to report orally, either by telephone or direct communication immediately, and shall be followed by a written report, to a duly constituted authority. (b)(1) When an initial report is made to a law enforcement official, the...
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26-2B-105
Section 26-2B-105 Cooperation between courts. (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing. (2) Order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state. (3) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent. (4) Order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding. (5) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under paragraph (1) or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under paragraph (2), and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under paragraph (3) or (4). (6) Issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or...
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27-3A-5
Section 27-3A-5 Standards for utilization review agents. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all utilization review agents shall meet the following minimum standards: (1) Notification of a determination by the utilization review agent shall be mailed or otherwise communicated to the provider of record or the enrollee or other appropriate individual within two business days of the receipt of the request for determination and the receipt of all information necessary to complete the review. (2) Any determination by a utilization review agent as to the necessity or appropriateness of an admission, service, or procedure shall be reviewed by a physician or determined in accordance with standards or guidelines approved by a physician. (3) Any notification of determination not to certify an admission, service, or procedure shall include the principal reason for the determination and the procedures to initiate an appeal of the determination. (4) Utilization review agents shall maintain...
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29-6-7.1
Section 29-6-7.1 Legislative findings as to speech and debate; definitions; privileged and confidential communication; waiver of privilege. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 56 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, contains a speech or debate clause virtually identical to Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, the federal speech and debate clause. (2) In the case of Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606, the Supreme Court of the United States held the speech and debate clause in the Constitution of the United States makes the communications between members of the Congress and their staff privileged and confidential. (3) The Supreme Court explained its reasoning as follows: "[T]he day-to-day work of [legislative] aides is so critical to the Members' performance that they must be treated as the latter's alter ego;...
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30-3B-209
Section 30-3B-209 Information to be submitted to court. (a) Except, as otherwise provided in subsection (e), in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child's present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the last five years, and the names and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has lived during that period. The pleading or affidavit must state whether the party: (1) Has participated, as a party or witness or in any other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the custody of or visitation with the child and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the date of the child custody determination, if any; (2) Knows of any proceeding that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings for enforcement and proceedings relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental rights,...
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34-27-62
Section 34-27-62 Enforcement and implementation of article; acts constituting misdemeanors; voidability of sales of unregistered plans, etc. (a) The Alabama Real Estate Commission shall be responsible for the enforcement and implementation of this article, and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or the district attorney of any county of the State of Alabama upon request by the commission, shall assist the commission in the enforcement of this article and the prosecution of violations hereunder. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to limit in any manner the right of any party to bring a private action to enforce the provisions of this article. In addition to the administrative enforcement of this article by the commission, the following shall be Class A misdemeanors triable in the courts of Alabama: (1) It shall be a Class A misdemeanor for any person, natural or legal, while within the borders of the State of Alabama, to participate in the sale or attempted...
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35-10-94
Section 35-10-94 Notification by satisfaction agent to secured creditor. (a) If a secured creditor has not submitted for recording a satisfaction of a security instrument within the time set forth in Section 35-10-92 after full and complete payment of all indebtedness secured by the security instrument, a satisfaction agent acting for and with authority from the mortgagors may give the secured creditor a notification that the satisfaction agent intends to submit for recording an affidavit of satisfaction of the security instrument. The notification must include all of the following: (1) The identity and mailing address of the satisfaction agent. (2) Identification of the security instrument for which a recorded satisfaction is sought, including the names of the original parties to, and the recording data for, the security instrument. (3) A statement that the satisfaction agent has determined all of the following: a. That the real property described in the security instrument is...
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