36-22-3
Section 36-22-3 Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and
return the process and orders of the courts of record of this state and of officers of competent
authority with due diligence when delivered to him or her for that purpose, according to law.
(2) To attend upon the circuit courts and district courts held in his or her county when in
session and the courts of probate, when required by the judge of probate, and to obey the
lawful orders and directions of such courts. (3) To, three days before each session of the
circuit court in his or her county, render to the county treasury or custodian of county funds
a statement in writing and on oath of the moneys received by him or her for the county, specifying
the amount received in each case, from whom and pay the amount to the county treasurer or
custodian of county funds. (4) To, with the assistance of deputies as necessary, ferret out
crime, apprehend and arrest criminals and, insofar as within their...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue,
and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by
law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation,
equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of
all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state
and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county
tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county
official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the
end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and
collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges,
intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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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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45-4-233
Section 45-4-233 Work Release board; powers and duties; work release fund; escape of inmates
from custody. In Bibb County, the sheriff shall execute every order from every court in Bibb
County to subpoena witnesses as provided in Section 12-21-180, or the service may be made
by first class mail as follows: It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county to enclose
the subpoenas in an envelope addressed to the person to be served and place all necessary
postage and a return address thereon. In the event the witness subpoena is returned to the
sheriff by the post office department of the United States without delivery, the subpoena
shall be by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All witness subpoenas not returned to the sheriff
by the post office department shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal
and legal service. It is specifically provided, however, that, if the party calling a witness
expressly requests in writing that the subpoena be delivered to such witness...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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12-19-90
Section 12-19-90 Judge of probate - Schedule of fees. (a) The following fees for service provided
by the probate offices shall be charged and paid into the county treasury or to the judge
of probate as may be authorized or required by law: (1) Probate of will of not more than five
pages, whether contested or not, with three certified copies of letters and including final
settlement when not more than 10 pages. An additional charge of $3.00 per page for wills over
five pages in length and for final settlements in excess of 10 pages in length shall be made
..... $45.00 (2) Grant of letters of administration with three certified copies of letters
of administration and including final settlement when not more than 10 pages (when over 10
pages an additional charge of $3.00 per page) ..... 45.00 (3) Grant of letters of guardianship
or conservatorship, three certified copies ..... 20.00 (4) Partial or final settlement of
guardianship or conservatorship ..... 15.00 (5) Each additional...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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12-19-193
Section 12-19-193 Fees for inquest; fees, etc., for postmortem examinations; payment of fees
to coroners for services rendered in discharging duties of sheriff. (a) Fees for holding inquest
shall be paid out of the county treasury, when the inquest has been held under the order of
a judge of a court of record or district attorney, and such fees must be also certified by
the coroner to the clerk of the circuit court of the county and must be taxed as costs against
any person who is convicted for killing the person on whose body the inquest was held and
be collected like other costs in criminal cases and, when collected in cases in which the
county has paid the same, shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county
and, in other cases, to the coroner. (b) No fees shall be paid for an inquest when it is publicly
known before the jury is summoned who caused the death of the deceased or when the slayer
has been arrested for the homicide; but, in such case, if the immediate...
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36-11-10
Section 36-11-10 Proceedings in Supreme Court - Summoning and examination of witnesses generally;
appointment and duties of examiners; conduct of trial. In all original proceedings commenced
under this chapter in the Supreme Court, either party shall have compulsory process to compel
the attendance of witnesses, to be issued by the clerk of the court and served by the marshal
of the court or by any sheriff of the state. Such witnesses shall be sworn and examined on
the trial in open court. The examination of such witnesses shall be conducted and defaulting
witnesses shall be subject to similar proceedings and penalties as in criminal cases in the
circuit court; but, on the written consent of the defendant, the court or a justice thereof,
in term time or vacation, may appoint one or more examiners, whose duty it shall be, jointly
or severally, as may be directed in the order of appointment, to take and certify by such
day as may be fixed in the order of appointment the evidence against...
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6-6-721
Section 6-6-721 Forfeiture of half of compensation by tax collector, tax assessor, or probate
judge for failure to discharge duties. Any tax collector, tax assessor, or judge of probate
who knowingly and willfully neglects to discharge any of his duties as required in the revenue
law shall forfeit one half of his compensation under that law for the use of the county, which
may be recovered on motion in the circuit court of the county on 10 days' notice. It shall
be the duty of the district attorney to make such motion, but any other person may make it.
(Code 1876, §3394; Code 1886, §3133; Code 1896, §3801; Code 1907, §5937; Code 1923, §10264;
Code 1940, T. 7, §619.)...
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