33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and functions of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions brought against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals, corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association, Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several states and with counties and municipalities in...
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6-6-591
Section 6-6-591 Right of action and venue - Usurpation, etc., of office or franchise, etc. (a) An action may be commenced in the name of the state against the party offending in the following cases: (1) When any person usurps, intrudes into or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office, civil or military, any franchise, any profession requiring a license, certificate, or other legal authorization within this state or any office in a corporation created by the authority of this state; (2) When any public officer, civil or military, has done or suffered any act by which, under the law, he forfeits his office; or (3) When any association, or number of persons, acts within this state as a corporation without being duly incorporated. (b) The judge of the circuit court may direct the action to be commenced when he believes that any of the acts specified in subsection (a) of this section can be proved and it is necessary for the public good, or it may be commenced without the direction...
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41-10-754
Section 41-10-754 Powers of the authority. The authority shall have, in addition to all other powers granted to it in this article, all of the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as herein provided. (2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that the authority may not be sued in any nisi prius court other than the courts of the county in which is located the principal office of the authority; and provided further that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of the authority may not be sued for actions on behalf of the authority in any nisi prius court other than the courts of the county in which is located the principal office of the authority. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (4) To establish a fiscal year. (5) To adopt, and from time to time, amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with...
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6-9-196
Section 6-9-196 Transfer of judgment; right of assignee thereof to have execution; action or reviver thereon. (a) When the transfer is made by any agent or attorney, the authority of the agent or the power of attorney shall be in writing duly acknowledged and recorded in the office of the probate judge and referred to in such transfer by noting the book and page where recorded. After such transfer, the original plaintiff shall have no further authority or control over such judgment. (b) If an assignment of a judgment is made or endorsed on the execution docket or on the margin of the record of the judgment and is attested by the clerk, register or judge of probate, the assignee may have execution thereon in the name of the plaintiff for the use of the assignee, whether the plaintiff is living or dead. (c) In all cases where a transfer of a judgment of a court in this state is made or endorsed on the execution docket or on the margin of the record of the judgment in the court where...
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9-10-42
Section 9-10-42 Leases, conveyances, etc., of real property by counties, cities, public departments, etc. All counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the State of Alabama, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant or convey to the corporation at its request, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions and departments, agencies or commissions of the state may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the corporation, which real property may include public roads and other real property already devoted to public use. (Acts 1955, No. 539, p....
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11-50-171
Section 11-50-171 Publication of notice of adoption of resolution authorizing transfer, certain terms thereof, etc.; limitation period for action to restrain proposed transfer, etc. (a) After the adoption of proceedings providing for the transfer and conveyance of any water system or systems, the public corporation and municipality or municipalities proposing to make such transfer and conveyance shall cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation within the limits of such municipality or municipalities a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being first properly filled in) with the names of the public corporation and the municipality or municipalities appended thereto: "A resolution has been adopted by the board of directors of the _____ (herein insert the name of the public corporation proposing to make the transfer) and a resolution (or resolutions) has (or have) been adopted by the governing body (or bodies) of...
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8-5-28
Section 8-5-28 Action to charge endorser or assignor on contracts assigned by writing and not covered by Uniform Commercial Code - When holder of contract excused from bringing action, obtaining judgment, etc. The holder of an endorsed or assigned contract which is not governed by the Uniform Commercial Code is excused from bringing an action, obtaining the judgment, and issuing the execution thereon when: (1) The maker has no known place of residence in the state; (2) By the use of ordinary diligence such residence cannot be ascertained; (3) The action has been commenced in the county of the residence of the maker and a summons to the first and next succeeding court returned not found by the proper officer; (4) A judgment against the maker has been defeated, in whole or in part, by a defense to the merits of such contract or writing or a setoff against any other than the endorsee or assignee; (5) Any defense, except a setoff to the merits of such contract or writing, exists which...
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35-9A-461
Section 35-9A-461 Landlord's action for eviction, rent, monetary damages, or other relief. (a) A landlord's action for eviction, rent, monetary damages, or other relief relating to a tenancy subject to this chapter shall be governed by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure except as modified by this chapter. (b) District courts and circuit courts, according to their respective established jurisdictions, shall have jurisdiction over eviction actions, and venue shall lie in the county in which the leased property is located. Eviction actions shall be entitled to precedence in scheduling over all other civil cases. (c) Service of process shall be made in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. However, if a sheriff, constable, or process server is unable to serve the defendant personally, service may be had by delivering the notice to any person who is sui juris residing on the premises, or if after reasonable effort no person is...
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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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34-4-25
Section 34-4-25 Licensing of nonresidents. A nonresident of this state, or a resident of this state who is licensed by another state, may become an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer in this state by conforming to this chapter, or in the case of a nonresident from a nonlicensing state, such person may be licensed provided an examination is given and passed and the person has at least five years' experience in the auction business. Provided further, that if a nonresident auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer, or a resident who is licensed as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer in another state, has a lawsuit or other legal action filed and pending against him or her in this or any other state, the board shall not issue a license to him or her until final disposition of the action, and then only at the discretion of the board. The terms "auctioneer" and "apprentice auctioneer" shall include any individual, firm, company, partnership, association, or corporation by whom the "auctioneer"...
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