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8-19-10
Section 8-19-10 Private right of action. (a) Any person who commits one or more of the acts
or practices declared unlawful under this chapter and thereby causes monetary damage to a
consumer, and any person who commits one or more of the acts or practices declared unlawful
in subdivisions (19) and (20) of Section 8-19-5 and thereby causes monetary damage to another
person, shall be liable to each consumer or other person for: (1) Any actual damages sustained
by such consumer or person, or the sum of $100, whichever is greater; or (2) Up to three times
any actual damages, in the court's discretion. In making its determination under this subsection,
the court shall consider, among other relevant factors, the amount of actual damages awarded,
the frequency of the unlawful acts or practices, the number of persons adversely affected
thereby, and the extent to which the unlawful acts or practices were committed intentionally;
and (3) In the case of any successful action or counterclaim to...
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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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24-9-8
Section 24-9-8 Quiet title and foreclosure action. (a) The authority may initiate a quiet title
action under this section to quiet title to real property held by the authority or interests
in tax delinquent property held by the authority by recording with the office of the judge
of probate in the county in which the property subject to quiet title action is located a
notice of pending quiet title action. The notice shall include the name of the taxpayer whose
interest was affected by the tax sale; the name of any other party as revealed by a search
and examination of the title to the property who may claim an interest in the property; a
legal description of the property; the street address of the property if available; the name,
address, and telephone number of the authority; a statement that the property is subject to
the quiet title proceedings under Act 2013-249; and a statement that any legal interests in
the property may be extinguished by a circuit court order vesting title to...
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25-4-134
Section 25-4-134 Procedures for collection of delinquent contribution payments. (a) Generally.
The contributions, interest, and penalties required to be paid under this chapter shall be
a first and prior lien upon all property and rights to property, real or personal, of any
employer subject to this chapter. The lien shall arise at the time the contribution report,
or the payment of the contributions, as the case may be, was due to have been filed with or
made to the Department of Labor. The secretary may file in the office of the judge of probate
of any county in this state a certificate which shall show the name of the department for
which it is filed, the amount and nature of the contributions, interest, and penalties for
which a lien is claimed together with any costs that may have accrued, the name of the employer
against whose property a lien for such contributions, interest, and penalties is claimed and
the date thereof. An error in the certificate of the amount shall not...
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37-2-113
Section 37-2-113 Orders of commission - Remedy for noncompliance. The Public Service Commission
must notify the district attorney of the proper circuit and the Attorney General of the failure
of any railroad company or person operating a railroad to comply with any order made by such
commission for the erection of sitting or waiting rooms, within 60 days after the expiration
of the period within which such sitting or waiting rooms are to be erected; and thereupon,
it shall be the duty of the district attorney, under the direction of the Attorney General,
to bring a civil action in the name of the State of Alabama, or take other appropriate steps
in the circuit court, or before the judge of the circuit court to compel the erection of such
sitting or waiting rooms. For the purpose of entertaining, hearing, and deciding such cases,
the circuit court shall be always open, and the circuit judge may make all needful orders
and issue all writs and process. If the person or corporation...
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45-11-231.10
Section 45-11-231.10 Removal, discharge, or demotion of merit employees; proceedings before
board; appeal. (a) The sheriff may remove, discharge, or demote any merit employee who is
directly under the sheriff, provided that within five days a report in writing of the action
is made to the board, giving the reason for the removal, discharge, or demotion. The employee
shall have 10 days within which to appeal to the board from the time of his or her notification
of removal, discharge, or demotion. If an appeal is filed, the board shall thereupon order
the charges or complaint to be filed forthwith in writing, if not already filed, and shall
hold a hearing de novo on the charges. No merit employee shall be removed, discharged, or
demoted except for some personal misconduct or fact rendering his or her further tenure harmful
to the public interest, or for some cause affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability.
If the employee's removal, discharge, or demotion is appealed to the...
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45-42A-24.02
Section 45-42A-24.02 Notice ordering abatement; hearing; appeal. (a) For purposes of this part,
the enforcing official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee
as the mayor from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official,
a public nuisance exists as described in Section 45-42A-24.01, the enforcing official may
serve written notice upon the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located ordering
the abatement of the nuisance. (b) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement
of the nuisance within 14 days from the date of the notice, provided that the enforcing official
may allow for additional time when it is reasonably required due to the difficulty of the
abatement or other unusual factors tending to necessitate additional time, but in no case
more than 28 days from the date of the notice. (c) The written notice shall require the owner
to abate the condition within the time stated in the notice or to...
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45-45A-41.21
Section 45-45A-41.21 Notice; hearing; appeal. (a) For purposes of this subpart, the enforcing
official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee as the mayor
from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official, a public
nuisance exists as described in Section 45-45A-41.20, the enforcing official may serve written
notice upon the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located ordering the abatement
of the nuisance. (b) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance
within 14 days from the date of the notice, provided that the enforcing official may allow
for additional time when it is reasonably required due to the difficulty of the abatement
or other unusual factors tending to necessitate additional time, but in no case more than
28 days from the date of the notice. (c) The written notice shall require the owner to abate
the condition within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing...
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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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2-17-24
Section 2-17-24 Conduct of investigations and requirement of reports as to organization, business,
practices, etc., of persons, firms, etc., engaged in intrastate commerce by commissioner;
access to copying, etc., of documentary evidence; powers of commissioner as to witnesses generally;
issuance of subpoenas and orders for taking of depositions; enforcement of subpoenas and orders
of commissioner, etc., generally; fees of witnesses, etc.; witnesses not to be excused from
testifying on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution of witnesses as to
matters, etc., upon which compelled to testify. (a) The commissioner shall also have power:
(1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the
organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm or corporation
engaged in intrastate commerce and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations;
(2) To require, by general or special order, persons, firms...
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