15-16-20
Section 15-16-20 Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons; proceedings where person found insane. If any person other than a minor in confinement, under indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness, in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the superintendent must inform the judge and sheriff, whereupon the...
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2-25-17.1
Section 2-25-17.1 Procedures to be used when plant, nursery stock, etc., found to contain plant pests or noxious weeds; commissioner's power, upon notice, to order removal, destruction or treatment; refusal of owner to comply; liability for cost of treatment or destruction. If the commissioner finds, on examination, any plant, plant product or nursery stock infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds, he shall notify in writing the owner or persons having charge of such premises to that effect, and the owner or person in charge shall, within 10 days after such notice, unless an appeal is taken as provided in this article, cause the removal and destruction of the infested and infected plant or plant product if it is incapable of successful treatment; otherwise, such owner or person in charge shall cause it to be treated as directed in the order of the commissioner. No indemnity shall be awarded to the owner for complying with the above notice or orders of the commissioner. In...
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30-3-197
Section 30-3-197 Authorized actions; safeguards. (a) Provided that no actions are pending before any circuit and district court of this state, the state Title IV-D agency may take the following actions related to establishment of paternity or to the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support orders, without the necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial or administrative tribunal, or in furtherance of any existing order, and to recognize and enforce the authority of the state Title IV-D agencies of other states of the following actions: (1) To order genetic testing for the purpose of paternity establishment. (2) To subpoena any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a support order, and to impose penalties for failure to respond to a subpoena. (3) To require all entities in the state, including for profit, nonprofit, and governmental employers, to provide promptly, in response to a request by the state Title IV-D agency of this...
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34-27-36
Section 34-27-36 Disciplinary action - Generally. (a) The commission or its staff may on its own, or on the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions and records of a licensee. The commission may issue subpoenas and compel the testimony of witnesses and the production of records and documents during an investigation. If probable cause is found, a formal complaint shall be filed and the commission shall hold a hearing on the formal complaint. The commission shall revoke or suspend the license or impose a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both, or reprimand the licensee in each instance in which the licensee is found guilty of any of the following acts set out in this section. The commission may revoke or suspend a license until such time as the licensee has completed an approved continuing education course and/or made restitution to accounts containing funds to be held for other...
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41-4-96
Section 41-4-96 Penalties for violations of article. A wilful and knowing refusal to perform any of the requirements of this article or a wilful and knowing refusal to perform any rule or requirement or request of the Governor, Director of Finance or the Budget Officer made pursuant to or under authority of this article by any trustee, commissioner, director, manager, building committee or other officer or person connected with any department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office or institution of the state shall subject the offender to a penalty of $250.00, to be recovered in an action instituted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County by the Attorney General for the use of the State of Alabama and shall also constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall subject such offender to dismissal from office by the person, department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office or institution of the state under which such...
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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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5-2A-82
Section 5-2A-82 Appeals from acts of bureau or supervisor. Any person aggrieved by any order or act of the bureau or the supervisor may, within 30 days from the entry of the order complained of or within 60 days of the act complained of if there is no order, file a complaint or appeal from the order or act against the supervisor in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County or the circuit court of the county of the residence of the party aggrieved or the circuit court of the county wherein the party aggrieved does business and file security with the court for costs. Such complaint may pray for a reversal, rescission or modification of the order or act complained of and for such other relief as may be appropriate. It shall allege the facts relied upon as the basis for such relief. When the complaint has been filed, a summons shall be issued forthwith and shall be served upon the supervisor personally or by registered or certified mail addressed to his office in the State Banking Department....
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8-19A-16
Section 8-19A-16 Enforcement procedures. (a) If, by his or her own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the enforcing authority has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in a practice that violates this chapter, he or she may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses or matter, and collect evidence. Within 10 days after the service of a subpoena or at any time before the return date specified therein, whichever is longer, the party served may file in the circuit court in the county in which he or she resides or in which he or she transacts business and serve upon the enforcing authority a petition for an order modifying or setting aside the subpoena. The petitioner may raise any objection or privilege which would be available under this chapter or upon service of the subpoena in a civil action. The subpoena shall inform the party served of his or her rights under this subsection. (b) If matter that the enforcing authority seeks to obtain by...
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15-18-200
Section 15-18-200 Motion by persons convicted of capital offense for forensic DNA testing and analysis. (a) An individual convicted of a capital offense who is serving a term of imprisonment or awaiting execution of a sentence of death, through written motion to the circuit court that entered the judgment of sentence, may apply for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid testing on specific evidence, if that evidence was secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in the conviction of the applicant, is still available for testing as of the date of the motion, forensic DNA testing was not performed on the case at the time of the initial trial, and the results of the forensic DNA testing, on its face, would demonstrate the convicted individual's factual innocence of the offense convicted. The filing of a motion as provided in this subsection shall not automatically stay an execution. (b) Upon receipt of a motion for DNA testing, the circuit court shall...
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15-25-3
Section 15-25-3 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child under age 16 - Use of closed circuit equipment; competence of victim as witness. (a) In those criminal prosecutions set out in Section 15-25-1, the court, on motion of the state or the defendant prior to the trial of the case, may order that the testimony of any alleged victim of the crime or witness thereto who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order shall be viewed and heard at trial by the court and the finder of fact by closed circuit equipment. In ruling on the motion the court shall take into consideration those matters set out in Section 15-25-2. (b) If the court orders that the victim's or witness's testimony in court shall be by closed circuit equipment, the testimony shall be taken outside the courtroom in the judge's chambers or in another suitable location designated by the judge. (c) Examination and cross-examination of the alleged child victim or witness shall proceed as...
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