12-17-93
Section 12-17-93 Authority. Clerks of the circuit court have authority: (1) To administer oaths
and take acknowledgments and affidavits in all cases in which the authority to administer
such oath or take such affidavit is not confined to some other officer. (2) To appoint deputies,
with full power to transact all business of such clerks, such deputies first taking an oath
to support the Constitution and laws of this state and faithfully to discharge the duties
of deputy clerks of the court for which they act. (3) To receive the amount of any judgment
entered in the courts of which they are clerks, either before or after the issue of execution
thereon. (4) To exercise such other powers as are, or may be, conferred by law, including
administrative rules of procedure promulgated by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. (Code
1852, §651; Code 1867, §771; Code 1876, §676;Code 1886, §767; Code 1896, §933; Code 1907,
§3271; Code 1923, §6723; Code 1940, T. 13, §197.)...
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12-2-97
Section 12-2-97 Powers and duties generally. The clerk shall have authority and it shall be
his duty: (1) To administer oaths and take affidavits; (2) To issue and sign all writs and
process of every description issued under the authority of the court; (3) To keep in regular
order the papers, dockets and records of the court; (4) To keep a docket as prescribed by
the court; (5) To enter from day to day the judgments and proceedings of the court; and (6)
To make, under the supervision of the court, the quarterly allotments of the funds appropriated
for the expenses of the court and approve the bills for payment out of such funds for the
purchases and expenses of the court. (Code 1852, §582; Code 1867, §680; Code 1876, §592;
Code 1886, §699; Code 1896, §3860; Code 1907, §5987; Acts 1915, No. 535, p. 606; Acts 1915,
No. 663, p. 725; Code 1923, §10323; Code1940, T. 13, §§52, 53(1); Acts 1943, No. 423, p.
389, §2.)...
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12-3-26
Section 12-3-26 Powers and duties of clerks. Each clerk shall have the authority and it shall
be his duty: (1) To administer oaths and take affidavits; (2) To issue and sign all writs
and process of every description, issued under the authority of the court; (3) To keep in
regular order the papers, dockets and records of the court; (4) To keep dockets as prescribed
by the courts; (5) To enter from day to day the judgments and proceedings of the courts; and
(6) To have the transcripts of the records of all cases, with a copy of the orders made and
of the final judgment or order in each case, and the manuscript opinions of the courts decided
at such term, properly preserved so as to show the term at the end of each term. Such transcript
and copy of the orders and of final judgment and the manuscript opinion of the court shall
constitute the record in each case. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §29.)...
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25-9-22
Section 25-9-22 Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally. (a) The chief has the authority
to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify
under oath in any proceeding and to require witnesses to answer all questions propounded to
them. The sheriff or constable in the county in which such witnesses may reside or be found
shall execute subpoenas issued as above provided, and they shall each receive for their services
in executing such subpoenas the same fees as are allowed them respectively for executing subpoenas
in other cases. Any witnesses summoned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the same mileage
and per diem as is now allowed by law to such witnesses attending trials in the circuit court.
(b) If any witness subpoenaed as above mentioned shall fail to attend without good excuse,
in accordance with the subpoena served on him, or shall fail to testify when attending, the
chief before whom said proceedings are being had shall...
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12-13-14
Section 12-13-14 Chief clerk of probate court - Powers generally; authority for performance
of official acts of chief clerk generally. (a) The chief clerk shall have the following powers:
(1) To issue letters testamentary, of administration and of guardianship, where there is no
contest. (2) To administer oaths relating to the business of the court and to take and certify
acknowledgments and proof of instruments authorized to be recorded. (3) To solemnize matrimony,
approve bonds and appoint guardians ad litem. (4) To admit wills to probate and record and
to pass and allow accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, where there is no contest.
(5) To do all other acts and things and perform all other duties, ministerial and judicial,
where there is no contest, that the probate judge may do and perform. (b) All of the official
acts of such chief clerk must be performed in the name of the probate judge, except when there
is a vacancy in that office. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867,...
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2-2-6
Section 2-2-6 Inspection of books; examination of witnesses; divulging information. The commissioner
or his duly appointed agents shall have authority to inspect books and records, to hear complaints,
to administer oaths, to certify to all official acts and to examine under oath in any part
of the state witnesses in any matter pertaining to their duties and cause such examination
to be reduced to writing. If any person, having been sworn by any of the above officers to
tell the truth, shall willfully give false testimony, he shall be guilty of perjury. If the
commissioner or any member of the board or any employee or agent shall divulge any information
acquired from the private books, documents or papers of any person, firm or corporation while
acting or claiming to act under any authorization or designation in respect to confidential
or private transactions, property or business of any person, firm or corporation, except in
his report to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries...
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12-17-26
Section 12-17-26 Authority and duties generally. Circuit judges have the following authority
and duties: (1) To grant stays of proceedings and writs of certiorari, quo warranto, mandamus
and all other remedial and original writs which are grantable by judges at common law. (2)
To grant writs of injunction and ne exeat, returnable into the circuit court. (3) To administer
oaths and take acknowledgments and affidavits in all cases in which oaths and affidavits are
required by law. (4) To exercise such other powers as are or may be granted them by law. (Code
1852, §629; Code 1867, §747; Code 1876, §658; Code 1886, §758; Code 1896, §921; Code
1907, §3259; Code 1923, §6709; Code 1940, T. 13, §182.)...
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16-9-13
Section 16-9-13 Powers and duties as executive officer of board. The county superintendent
of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the
laws relating to the schools, the rules and regulations of the state and county boards of
education are carried into effect. The county superintendent of education shall have authority
to administer oaths and to examine witnesses, under oath, in any part of the county on any
matter pertaining to the public schools of the county, and to cause the examination to be
reduced to writing. (School Code 1927, §150; Code 1940, T. 52, §112.)...
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25-4-97
Section 25-4-97 Powers of appeals tribunal, board of appeals and officers of Department of
Labor as to witnesses; witness fees. In the discharge of their duties under this chapter any
deputy, any appeals tribunal, any member of the board of appeals, and any officer of the Department
of Labor authorized and designated by the secretary shall have power to administer oaths,
certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve
subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts,
payrolls, documents, records, and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply
with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or
to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the
duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application
of the secretary or any officer of the Department of Labor designated...
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8-7A-23
Section 8-7A-23 Investigation and subpoenas by commission. (a) The commission may do any of
the following: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state
as it deems necessary to determine whether: Any license under this chapter should be granted,
denied, suspended, or revoked; any person has violated or is about to violate any provision
of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder; or to aid in the enforcement of this chapter
or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder. (2) Require or permit any person to file
a statement in writing, under oath, or otherwise as the commission may determine, as to all
the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated. (3) Publish information
concerning any violation of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder. (b) In relation to
any investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the commission, or any officer designated,
may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel...
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