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15-12-21
Section 15-12-21 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Trial court. (a) If it appears to
the trial court that an indigent defendant is entitled to counsel, that the indigent defendant
does not expressly waive the right to assistance of counsel, and that the indigent defendant
is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel through another indigent
defense system for the circuit, the court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the
defendant. It shall be the duty of the appointed counsel, as an officer of the court and as
a member of the bar, to represent and assist the indigent defendant to the best of his or
her ability. (b) If it appears to the trial court in a delinquency case, need of supervision
case, or other judicial proceeding in which a juvenile is a party, that the juvenile is entitled
to counsel and that the juvenile is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel or that appointed counsel is otherwise required by...
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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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40-10-197
Section 40-10-197 Action to foreclose the right to redeem and quiet title; notice requirements;
effect of foreclosure; deed; expiration of certificate. (a) At any time not less than three
years after the auction or sale of a tax lien but not later than 10 years after the auction
or sale, if the tax lien is not redeemed, the holder of the tax lien certificate may bring
in the circuit court of the county in which the property is located an action to foreclose
the right to redeem and quiet title to the property in the name of the holder of the tax lien
certificate. If any applicable law or court order prohibits bringing an action to foreclose
the right to redeem and quiet title to the property, the limitation provided in this section
shall be extended 12 months following the termination of the prohibition. (b)(1) At least
30 days before filing a tax lien foreclosure action under this article, but not more than
180 days before the action is commenced, the holder of the tax lien certificate...
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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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42-2-3
if he resides without the state or has been absent from the state or beyond the jurisdiction
of the court in which the application is made for six months next before the time of the filing
of the application in said court, notice may be given by advertisement in any newspaper published
in the county or, if there be no newspaper published in the county, by posting notice at the
courthouse and three other public places for at least three weeks before the day appointed
for the hearing. If the owner is an infant or of unsound mind, notice must be served on his
guardian, if any he have, resident in the state, but if he resides in the state and has no
such guardian, then the person who may have him in charge or with whom he may reside. If the
owner is dead and the lands are in the possession or under the control of his personal
representative, notice must be served on such representative and on the heirs at law of the
decedent. (Code 1907, §2416; Code 1923, §3150; Code 1940, T. 59, §6.)...
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45-37-241.20
Section 45-37-241.20 Appeals from decisions of the Board of Equalization. (a) For the purpose
of convenience and brevity this act shall be known and referred to as the Expeditious and
Economical Tax Appeals Act. (b) This section shall apply only in Jefferson County. This section
is alternative to and cumulative to Section 40-3-25; but when a taxpayer elects to take an
appeal under this section from a decision or ruling of the board of equalization fixing the
market value of the real property, Section 40-3-25 shall not be applicable to such appeal
but in the event the taxpayer pays his or her taxes before a final decree in the case and
is entitled to a refund then that portion of the section providing for a refund to the taxpayer
shall be applicable or in the event of an increase the increase shall be payable as provided
in the sections. (c) An appeal may be taken under this section from a decision of the board
of equalization fixing the market value of real property, to the circuit...
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11-41-2
Section 11-41-2 Notice of filing; determination of statutory compliance; objections; ordering
and notice of election; contest of election. (a) Upon the filing of the verified application
with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall give notice of the filing of the application
by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county, if there are any, that an
application to the judge of probate has been submitted and that the judge of probate will
determine if the application complies with Section 11-41-1, and that further notice will be
given for the filing of any objections. (b) The judge of probate shall have a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 45 days, within which to ascertain compliance with Section 11-41-1.
If the judge of probate determines that the application does not comply with Section 11-41-1,
the judge of probate shall enter an order to that effect, which order shall be sent in accordance
with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The order shall...
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12-12-1
Section 12-12-1 Establishment, designation, etc.; location of sessions of district courts;
abolition of courts not authorized by Constitution. (a) The district court of Alabama, a trial
court of limited jurisdiction, is created and established, effective January 16, 1977, and
shall be subdivided according to districts and styled the district court of the county. Persons
elected or appointed to a district court judgeship must have been admitted to practice law
in this state a combined total of four years or more, or admitted to practice law by any other
state for a combined total of four years or more, prior to beginning a term of office or appointment
to serve a vacant term of office. In addition, the person must not have received from any
state or state bar association a suspension or disbarment within the 10 years preceding election
or appointment. (b) Sessions of the district court shall be held in each county seat, each
municipality containing a population of 1,000 or more where no...
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12-17-186
Section 12-17-186 Appointment of attorney to act for district attorney when office vacant,
district attorney disqualified, etc. (a) The presiding judge of the circuit court, the district
court or the municipal court, when the district attorney or assistant district attorney regularly
required by law to prosecute criminal cases in such court is absent, or connected with the
party against whom it is his duty to appear by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth
degree, or when there is a vacancy in the office from any cause, or when the district attorney
refuses to act, may appoint a competent attorney to act in such district attorney's place,
but such appointment shall in no event extend beyond the session of the court at which the
appointment is made. (b) The attorney so appointed shall receive for his services the sum
of $25.00 per day for the time he is actually engaged in court, to be paid on the warrant
of the Comptroller if the district attorney for whom he is appointed to act...
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15-9-38
Section 15-9-38 Right of arrestee to be informed; application for writ of habeas corpus; penalty
for violation of section. (a) No person arrested upon a warrant of arrest issued under this
division shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall
have appointed to receive him unless he has been informed of the demand made for his surrender,
the crime with which he is charged and that he has the right to demand legal counsel. (b)
If the prisoner, his friends or counsel shall state that he or they desire to test the legality
of the arrest, the prisoner shall be taken forthwith before a judge of a district or circuit
court in this state, who shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed him within which to apply
for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time
and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the public prosecuting officer of the county
in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in...
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