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25-9-22
Section 25-9-22 Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally. (a) The chief has the authority
to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify
under oath in any proceeding and to require witnesses to answer all questions propounded to
them. The sheriff or constable in the county in which such witnesses may reside or be found
shall execute subpoenas issued as above provided, and they shall each receive for their services
in executing such subpoenas the same fees as are allowed them respectively for executing subpoenas
in other cases. Any witnesses summoned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the same mileage
and per diem as is now allowed by law to such witnesses attending trials in the circuit court.
(b) If any witness subpoenaed as above mentioned shall fail to attend without good excuse,
in accordance with the subpoena served on him, or shall fail to testify when attending, the
chief before whom said proceedings are being had shall...
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15-18-142
Section 15-18-142 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise or unless different
meanings are expressly specified in subsequent provisions of this article, wherever used in
this article, in the singular or plural case, the following terms shall mean: (1) PERSON.
a. A human being. b. A public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership,
or other entity established by law. c. A government or governmental instrumentality, including,
but not limited to the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. (2) RESTITUTION.
An amount of money ordered by a court to be paid to a clerk or other person by a defendant
for the use and benefit of a victim of the defendant's criminal offense. (3) DEFENDANT. A
person, as defined, who has been ordered by a court to pay restitution. (4) CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Conduct for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment, or the death penalty, or to a fine
is provided by any law of this state or by any law, local law,...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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41-10-552
Section 41-10-552 Publication of notice; time limitation on actions contesting proceedings,
validity of obligations, etc. Upon the adoption by the directors of any resolution providing
for the issuance of authority obligations, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to
be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in newspapers published or having a general
circulation in the Cities of Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, and Mobile, a notice in substantially
the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed
the name and title of either the president or the secretary of the authority: "Alabama
Incentives Financing Authority, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama,
on the ___ day of _____, authorized the issuance of $ ______ principal amount of bonds (a
guaranty agreement securing $ _____ principal amount of bonds of ___) for purposes authorized
in Title 41, Chapter 10, Article 16, Division 1 of the Code...
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45-49-85.60
Section 45-49-85.60 General and equity jurisdiction of probate courts; powers and authority
of judges of probate; procedures in administration of estates. (a) That the probate courts
in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have a population of over 300,000
and less than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall have
general and equity jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit courts of this state,
in the administration of the estates of deceased persons, minors, the developmentally disabled,
insane, incapacitated, protected or incompetent persons, or the like, and testamentary trust
estates. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be conferred without the necessity
of the same being invoked in any estate proceeding and may be exercised at the discretion
of the court. (b)(1) That the judges of the probate courts shall have the same powers and
authority which judges of the circuit courts of this state have in connection...
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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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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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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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2-12-4
Section 2-12-4 Permits for sale of eggs required; permit fee; delinquency penalty; revocation
of permits and appeals therefrom. Every retail dealer who sells eggs or offers eggs for sale
in this state shall obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries which
authorizes the sale or offering for sale of eggs and which shall be issued free of any cost
or charge to the dealer. Such permit shall continue in effect for an indefinite period unless
revoked as provided in this section or unless the commissioner requires all such permits previously
issued terminated at the end of any fiscal year. Wholesale egg dealers or any egg producer
who shall elect to become subject to the requirements of this chapter, before such a dealer
or producer sells eggs or offers eggs for sale in this state, shall apply for and obtain an
annual permit to be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries which shall expire
on September 30 of each year and shall be renewable on or...
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30-3-62
Section 30-3-62 Who may petition for withholding order; withholding on existing support orders;
filing with clerk; service; hearing; issuance of order; contents; when order takes effect;
entry of support and withholding orders by different courts; termination of withholding. (a)
Section 8-5-21 to the contrary notwithstanding, and in addition to and independent of any
other remedy provided by law for the enforcement of support, the obligee, district attorney,
or representative of the Department of Human Resources may file with a court of this state,
as defined in this article, a petition seeking an order of income withholding. Additionally,
for all existing support orders issued in the State of Alabama that do not provide for income
withholding and upon the filing of an application for support services by the obligee with
the department, the department shall petition the court for an income withholding order pursuant
to this section. The obligee, district attorney, or representative of...
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