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12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates.
(a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative
agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates
by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates
by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The
powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants.
(2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary
bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal
judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule
of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform
traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of
Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of
capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under
the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure
in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal
of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed
indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry
of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate
counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall
be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
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15-13-159
Section 15-13-159 Qualifications - Professional surety company. No professional surety company
shall execute or become surety on any appearance bond in this state, unless it has an order
granting authorization to become professional surety on any bail. The order granting the authorization
shall be reissued annually, prior to January 1 of each year, by the presiding circuit judge
of the county in which the company desires to execute bail or appearance bonds. Prior to the
judge's issuance of the original order and no later than December 1 of each year, thereafter,
professional surety companies shall submit annually to the presiding circuit judge the following:
(1) An original or certified copy of a certificate of authority or certificate of compliance
from the Department of Insurance reflecting that the company is qualified to write a bail
line of insurance and that the company is in good standing with the department. (2) An original
qualifying power of attorney issued by the...
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31-2-112
Section 31-2-112 Ordering out of troops - Issuance of order by Governor; authority of local
civil authorities to order out troops. (a) Whenever there is an insurrection or outbreak of
a formidable character which has overawed, or threatens to overawe, the ordinary civil authorities,
or in cases of disaster, and the authorities in such county, city, or town, have attempted
and failed to quell the same by use of a posse comitatus, or it is apparent that such attempt
would be useless, the Governor on a certificate of such facts from any four conservators of
the peace in such county, city, or town, or from any circuit court judge, probate court judge,
sheriff, or justice of the Supreme Court, shall immediately order out such portion of the
National Guard or Militia as he may deem necessary to enforce the laws, and preserve the peace,
and the Governor may, when the urgency is great, order out such troops without any certificate
from either of the officers mentioned in this section, but in...
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34-25-35
Section 34-25-35 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Judicial review.
Any person dissatisfied with the action of the board in refusing his application or suspending
or revoking his license, or any other action of the board, may appeal the action of the board
by filing a petition within 30 days thereafter in the circuit court in the county where the
person resides or in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, and the court is vested
with jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of the court to set the matter for hearing upon
10-days' written notice to the board and the attorney representing the board. The court in
which the petition of appeal is filed shall determine whether or not a cancellation or suspension
of a license shall be abated until the hearing shall have been consummated with final judgment
thereon or whether any other action of the board should be suspended pending hearing, and
enter its order accordingly, which shall be operative when served...
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45-11-233
Section 45-11-233 Methods of service. (a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance of jury
service in the Circuit Court of Chilton County may be served by first class mail, or may be
served as provided by Section 12-17-73. If, in the discretion of the sheriff, the service
is made by first class mail, such service shall be made as follows: It shall be the duty of
the sheriff to enclose the summons in an envelope addressed to the person to be served and
place all necessary postage and a return address thereon with notice to the postal authorities
not to forward outside of the county. In the event said jury summons is returned to the sheriff
by the United States Postal Service without delivery, the summons shall be made by the sheriff
returned NOT FOUND. All jury summons not returned by the United States Postal Service shall
be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal and legal service. The provisions of
this section in reference to service by mail, however, shall not apply...
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5-18-12
Section 5-18-12 Promulgation of rules, regulations and orders by supervisor; furnishing of
certified copies of licenses, regulations or orders. (a) Rules, regulations, and orders. -
The supervisor shall have authority to make reasonable rules, regulations, and orders for
the administration and enforcement of this chapter, in addition hereto and not inconsistent
herewith. The regulation or order shall be referenced to the section or sections of the chapter
which set forth the legislative standard which it interprets or to which it applies. Every
regulation shall be promulgated by an order, and any ruling, demand, requirement or similar
administrative act may be promulgated by an order. Every order shall be in writing, shall
state its effective date and the date of its promulgation and shall be entered in an indexed
permanent book which shall be a public record. A copy of every order promulgating a regulation
and of every other order containing a requirement of general application shall...
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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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15-20A-23
Section 15-20A-23 Adult sex offender - Relief from residency restriction. (a) A sex offender
required to register under this chapter may petition the court for relief from the residency
restriction pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 15-20A-11 during the time a sex offender
is terminally ill or permanently immobile, or the sex offender has a debilitating medical
condition requiring substantial care or supervision or requires placement in a residential
health care facility. (b) A petition for relief pursuant to this section shall be filed in
the civil division of the circuit court of the county in which the sex offender seeks relief
from the residency restriction. (c) The sex offender shall serve a copy of the petition by
certified mail on all of the following: (1) The prosecuting attorney in the county of adjudication
or conviction, if the sex offender was adjudicated or convicted in this state. (2) The prosecuting
attorney of the county where the sex offender seeks relief from the...
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25-5-81
Section 25-5-81 Determination of disputed compensation claims generally. (a) Commencement of
action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In case of a dispute between employer and employee
or between the dependents of a deceased employee and the employer with respect to the right
to compensation under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, or the amount thereof, either
party may submit the controversy to the circuit court of the county which would have jurisdiction
of a civil action in tort between the parties. The controversy shall be heard and determined
by the judge who would hear and determine a civil action between the same parties arising
out of tort, and, in case there is more than one judge of the court, the controversies shall
be set and assigned for hearing under the same rules and statutes that civil actions in tort
are set and assigned. The court may hear and determine the controversies in a summary manner.
The decision of the judge hearing the same shall be conclusive and...
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