8-1-150
Section 8-1-150 Contracts founded upon gambling consideration void; recovery of money paid
or things of value delivered. (a) All contracts founded in whole or in part on a gambling
consideration are void. Any person who has paid any money or delivered any thing of value
lost upon any game or wager may recover such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced
within six months from the time of such payment or delivery. (b) Any other person may also
recover the amount of such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced within 12 months
after the payment or delivery thereof for the use of the wife or, if no wife, the children
or, if no children, the next of kin of the loser. (c) A judgment under either subsection (a)
or (b) for the amount of money paid, thing delivered, or its value is a good defense to any
action brought for such money, thing, or its value under the provisions of the other subsection.
(d) A judgment recovered under the provisions of this section is a defense...
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14-15-10
Section 14-15-10 Actions concerning prison conditions; prisoner release orders. (a) In any
civil action with respect to prison conditions, no prisoner release order shall be entered
unless both of the following are satisfied: (1) A court has previously entered an order for
less intrusive relief that has failed to remedy the deprivation of the right sought to be
remedied through the prisoner release order. (2) The defendant has had a reasonable amount
of time to comply with the previous court orders. (b) In any civil action in state court with
respect to prison conditions, a prisoner release order shall be entered by a three-judge court,
if the requirements of subsection (f) have been met. (c) In any action required to be heard
and determined by a court of three judges, the composition and procedure of the court shall
be as follows: (1) Upon the filing of a request for three judges, the judge to whom the request
is presented shall immediately notify the Chief Justice of the Alabama...
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31-2-90
Section 31-2-90 Appointment of counsel to defend National Guard members in certain actions.
If a civil or criminal action shall be commenced in any court by any person against any member
of the National Guard of this state for any act or omission alleged to have been committed
by such member while on any duty under this chapter, or against any member acting under the
authority or order of any officer or by virtue of any warrant issued pursuant to law, the
Adjutant General shall investigate the allegation, and upon determination by the Adjutant
General that such person acted reasonably or in the line of duty, the Governor shall appoint
counsel to defend such person, but such counsel shall reasonably be acceptable to the defendant.
The cost and expense of any such defense shall be paid out of the regular or special appropriations
for the maintenance of the National Guard or the General Fund, in the discretion of the Governor.
Any determination by the Adjutant General or reasonableness or...
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35-4-137
Section 35-4-137 Release of land from lien upon execution of bond. When any lis pendens in
an action or proceeding to enforce a lien has been filed and recorded in the office of the
judge of probate, as prescribed in Sections 35-4-131 and 35-4-132, the person owning or claiming
the land described in the lis pendens may at any time, before a judgment is entered enforcing
the lien, nullify the notice given by such lis pendens by executing a bond with sufficient
surety in double the amount of the fair market value of the land described in the lis pendens
and as to which the lis pendens is to be nullified, the amount of the bond and the surety
or sureties thereon to be approved by the judge of probate. The bond shall be payable to the
judge of probate and conditioned to pay any sum of money found to be a lien against such land,
up to the fair market value of the said land, said payment to be made by 12:00 noon of the
day and at the place appointed for the sale thereof. When said bond has...
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35-6-23
Section 35-6-23 Determination of questions of title and adjustment of equities. (a) If the
title of the plaintiffs seeking partition or sale of lands for a division shall be controverted,
or should the title or claim of any of the parties to the action be adverse to that of one
or more of the other parties, the question of title shall be tried and determined in the action
by the circuit court, which shall have power to determine all questions of title, and to remove
all clouds upon the title, if any, of the lands, whereof partition is sought and to apportion
incumbrances, if partition be made of land incumbered and it be deemed proper to do so; and
the court may adjust the equities between and determine all claims of the several cotenants
or claimants as well as the equities and claims of the incumbrancers; and may adjust, settle,
and determine all questions as to dower or curtesy as if separate proceedings had been brought
to settle and determine these questions. (b) In actions for...
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35-6A-10
Section 35-6A-10 Methods of sale. (a) If the court orders a sale of heirs property, the court
shall order that the sale be conducted by one or more of the following methods of sale: Open
market sale with or without a broker or brokers; by sealed bids; public auction; or private
sale. The court shall choose a method which shall be more economically advantageous and in
the best interest of the cotenants as a group. (b) If the court orders an open market sale
with or without a broker and the parties, not later than 10 days after the entry of the order,
agree on a real estate broker or brokers licensed in this state to offer the property for
sale, the court shall appoint the broker or brokers and establish terms of the listing agreement.
If the parties do not agree on a broker or brokers, the court shall appoint a disinterested
real estate broker licensed in this state to offer the property for sale and shall establish
reasonable terms. The broker or brokers shall offer the property for...
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40-10-28
Section 40-10-28 Disposition of excess arising from sale. (a)(1) The excess arising from the
sale of any real estate remaining after paying the amount of the decree of sale, including
costs and expenses subsequently accruing, shall be paid over to a person or entity who has
redeemed the property as authorized in Section 40-10-120 or any other provisions of Alabama
law authorizing redemption from a tax sale, provided proof that the person or entity requesting
payment of the excess has properly redeemed the property is presented to the county commission
within three years after the tax sale has occurred. The county commission may retain any interest
earned on those funds. Until and unless the property is redeemed, the excess funds from the
tax sale shall be held in a separate account in the county treasury during the three-year
period. If at the end of the three-year period there has been no proper request for the excess
funds, those funds and any interest earned on those funds shall be...
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6-6-455
Section 6-6-455 Proceedings when garnishee liable for delivery of personal property. If the
garnishee is liable for the delivery of personal property or for the payment of money which
may be discharged by the delivery of personal property, the value of the property must be
ascertained and a judgment entered against the garnishee that if he does not, by a day to
be fixed by the court which must be a day after the maturity of such contract, deliver such
property to the sheriff or other lawful officer, he must pay the value thereof or the sum
of money which was payable therein. Upon the return of the sheriff or such other officer that
such property was not delivered or the value thereof or such sum of money was not paid to
him as required by the judgment, execution must be issued for the ascertained value of such
property or for the sum of money payable therein, if the same is less than the amount of the
judgment against the defendant in the original action, or, if more or equal thereto,...
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6-6-561
Section 6-6-561 Contents of complaint. A complaint under this division must be brought against
the land or the interest therein sought to be established. It must describe said land or the
interest therein sought to be established, with certainty, and state specifically what claim,
title, or interest in, or to, said lands the plaintiff claims to have and from whom and how
such interest or title so claimed in, or to, said lands was obtained. It shall also make party
or parties defendant to said complaint all persons against whom the plaintiff claims title
to said lands, or the interest therein sought to be established, and if the names of such
persons cannot be ascertained by the plaintiff with certainty, they may be designated and
joined as unknown parties. Such complaint shall also make party or parties defendant thereto
all persons who are known to the plaintiff to have had possession of said lands, or any part
thereof, within 10 years next preceding the filing of the complaint, or...
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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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