12-21-131
Section 12-21-131 Interpreters for persons defective in speech and/or hearing - Qualified interpreter provided in certain criminal and juvenile proceedings; requirements; fees. (a) Deaf person means any person either totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective hearing and speech. (b) For the purpose of this section, the term qualified interpreter means an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available, an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services of a qualified interpreter certified with a legal skills certificate or a comprehensive skills certificate will be made prior to accepting services of an interpreter with lesser certification. No qualified interpreter shall be appointed unless the appointing authority and the deaf person make a preliminary determination that the...
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12-21-3.1
Section 12-21-3.1 Subpoena of law enforcement officers and investigative reports; disposition of criminal matters. (a) Neither law enforcement investigative reports nor the testimony of a law enforcement officer may be subject to a civil or administrative subpoena except as provided in subsection (c). (b) Law enforcement investigative reports and related investigative material are not public records. Law enforcement investigative reports, records, field notes, witness statements, and other investigative writings or recordings are privileged communications protected from disclosure. (c) Under no circumstance may a party to a civil or administrative proceeding discover material which is not authorized discoverable by a defendant in a criminal matter. Noncriminal parties may upon proper motion and order from a court of record: Secure photographs, documents and tangible evidence for examination and copying only by order of a court imposing such conditions and qualifications as may be...
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13A-11-36
Section 13A-11-36 Defenses to prosecutions under article. (a) A person does not commit a crime under this article if: (1) He was a peace officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duties; or (2) He was an officer, employee or agent of a communication common carrier who, while acting in the normal course of his employment, and while engaged in any activity which was a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, intercepted, disclosed or used a communication transmitted through the facilities of that carrier; or (3) He relies in good faith on a lawful court order or legislative authorization. (b) The burden of injecting the issue under subsection (a) is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5630.)...
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13A-12-200.7
Section 13A-12-200.7 Civil action to enjoin violations; hearing; procedures; precedence over other matters. (1) When there is reason to believe that any person is violating or is about to violate any of the provisions of this division, the Attorney General or district attorney may initiate a civil action in the circuit court in the name of the State of Alabama against such person for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, to prevent or enjoin the violation. The Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with this section; provided, however, that no temporary restraining order shall be issued pursuant to this section. No bond shall be required of the official bringing the action and the official, the political subdivision and the officers, agents, and employees of the political subdivision shall not be liable for costs or damages, other than court costs, by reason of injunctive orders not being granted or where judgment is...
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15-13-1
Section 15-13-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADMISSION TO BAIL. The order of a competent court or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, that a defendant be discharged from actual custody on bail. (2) TAKING OF BAIL. The acceptance by a competent court or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, of sufficient bail for the appearance of the defendant according to the legal effect of his undertaking or for the payment to the state of a certain specified sum if he does not appear. (Code 1852, §§681, 682; Code 1867, §§4232, 4233; Code 1876, §§4840, 4841; Code 1886, §§4406, 4407; Code 1896, §§4348, 4349; Code 1907, §§6328, 6329; Code 1923, §§3360, 3361; Code 1940, T. 15, §§185, 186; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)...
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24-8-13
Section 24-8-13 Recommendation for hearing by investigator; order for hearing; parties' right to take civil action; amendment of complaint; subpoenas; refusal to allow discovery; hearing; panel opinion and order; review. (a) If not sooner resolved, the investigator, upon completion of his investigation, shall submit to ADECA a statement of the facts disclosed by his investigation and recommend either that the complaint be dismissed or that a panel of office members be designated to hear the complaint. ADECA, after review of the case file and the statement and recommendation of the investigator, shall issue an order either of dismissal or for a hearing, which is not subject to judicial or other further review. (b) If the order is for dismissal, ADECA shall mail a copy of the order to the complainant and the respondent at their last known addresses. The complainant may bring an action against the respondent in circuit court within 90 days of the date of the dismissal or within one year...
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30-3B-204
Section 30-3B-204 Temporary emergency jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse. (b) If there is no previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and a child custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under Sections 30-3B-201 through 30-3B-203, a child custody determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under Sections 30-3B-201 through 30-3B-203. If a child custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under Sections 30-3B-201 through 30-3B-203, a child custody determination made under this section becomes...
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6-10-38
Section 6-10-38 Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when homestead found to exceed value or area allowed. (a) If, on the trial of a contest of a claim of homestead exemption, it is found that the homestead as claimed exceeds $5,000 in value (or if a husband and wife have both claimed the exemption to which each is entitled, $10,000), or 160 acres in area, the court shall forthwith issue an order to the sheriff, returnable in 30 days thereafter, commanding him to summon three disinterested householders or freeholders of the county in which the homestead is situated, who, after having been sworn by the sheriff or some officer authorized to administer oaths to faithfully discharge their duty, shall, if practicable, set off and allot, by metes and bounds, the homestead exempt to the defendant from levy and sale under process, having regard both to the quality and value of the real estate and to the selection of the defendant and taking land most contiguous to the dwelling, and...
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6-6-600
Section 6-6-600 Judgment - Excluding defendant from office or franchise or prohibiting practice of profession. When a defendant, whether a natural person or a corporation, against whom such action has been commenced, is adjudged guilty of usurping or intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising, any office or franchise or unlawfully practicing any profession, judgment must be entered that such defendant be excluded from the office or franchise or be prohibited from practicing such profession and that the plaintiff recover costs against such defendant. Execution shall be issued on such judgment at the expiration of five days from the date thereof, unless the defendant shall, within such time, take an appeal to the supreme court. Any violation of any such order shall be a contempt of court. (Code 1852, §2665; Code 1867, §3093; Code 1876, §3433; Code 1886, §3178; Code 1896, §3432; Code 1907, §5465; Code 1923, §9944; Code 1940, T. 7, §1148.)...
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10A-20-8.08
Section 10A-20-8.08 Declaratory actions - Judgment. If on final hearing the court shall find that the organization of the plaintiff corporation, subject to such further or amended conditions or provisions as the court may require or approve, is equitable and appropriate for administration as a fraternal or charitable trust and that the withdrawal of the fraternal property from subjection to the action complained of is equitable and appropriate under the cy-pres doctrine or otherwise, the court shall enter judgment accordingly, declaring the status, rights, and equities involved and, on final compliance, shall order its approval for the record, as well as grant any other relief appropriate in the premises. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 176, p. 2137, §7; §10-4-177; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §338.)...
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