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13A-6-157
Section 13A-6-157 Civil action by victims; venue; relief awarded. (a) An individual who is
a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action in the appropriate state court. (b)
Venue for any action brought under this section shall be in the county in which the offense
was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom it was committed
may have been carried in the commission of the offense. If venue is proper in more than one
county, venue shall be in either county. (c) The court may award actual damages, compensatory
damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate relief. A prevailing
plaintiff shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages shall be awarded
on proof of actual damages where defendant's acts were willful and malicious. (d) The court
shall award a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees and costs. (e) Upon commencement of any
action brought under this section, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy...
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22-30A-5
Section 22-30A-5 Identification of inactive or abandoned sites and liable parties by director;
development and implementation of cleanup plan; public comment period; orders; notice and
hearing; payment and reimbursement of expenses; appeal; recovery of expenses by order or civil
action; penalties. (a) The director shall identify inactive or abandoned hazardous substance
sites, as defined herein, within the State of Alabama. Once identified the director shall
refer to the most current national priorities list ("NPL") of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, ("CERCLA") 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. Any Alabama site
identified by the director that also appears on the NPL shall not be subject to this chapter,
except for the matching funds provision of Section 22-30A-3(c). (b) For all sites so identified
by the director, not appearing on the NPL, the director shall attempt to identify all...
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26-23A-11
Section 26-23A-11 Anonymity in court proceedings. In every civil or criminal proceeding or
action brought under this chapter, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman
upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted, shall be preserved from public disclosure
if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte,
shall issue written orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing
of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent
necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. In the absence of written consent
of the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted, anyone, other than a public
official, who brings an action under Section 26-23A-10 shall do so under a pseudonym. This
section may not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from
the defendant. (Act 2002-419, p. 1074, §11.)...
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26-2A-31
Section 26-2A-31 Subject matter jurisdiction. (a) To the full extent permitted by the constitution
and as permitted under Article 2 of Chapter 2B of this title, the court has jurisdiction over
all subject matter relating to estates of protected persons and protection of minors and incapacitated
persons. (b) The court has full power to make order, judgments, and decrees and take all other
action necessary and proper to administer justice in the matters that come before it. (c)
The court has jurisdiction over protective proceedings and guardianship proceedings. (d) If
both guardianship and protective proceedings as to the same person are commenced or pending
in the same court, the proceedings may be consolidated. (e) No provision of this chapter shall
be construed to void, abate, or diminish the powers or equity jurisdiction, when invoked,
heretofore or hereafter granted by statute to certain probate courts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590,
p. 975, §1-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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28-4-288
Section 28-4-288 Execution of bond by defendant or claimant for recovery of seized vehicle,
etc., pending appeal; proceedings upon failure of bondsmen to deliver said vehicle, etc.,
upon affirmance of judgment upon appeal, etc. Whenever a conveyance, vehicle of any kind or
animal used in drawing the same is seized by an officer of the state under the prohibition
laws of this state and has been condemned by the circuit court that tried the action, the
defendant in the proceedings or the claimant of the property, pending an appeal to the Supreme
Court or Court of Civil Appeals, may, upon motion, have the court immediately appraise the
value of said property and of the several items separately and shall have the right to execute
a bond with two good sureties in double the appraised value of such property or of any item
or items thereof, to be approved by the clerk or register of the circuit court, conditioned,
in the event the appeal is affirmed or reversed and the conveyance, vehicle,...
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6-10-37
Section 6-10-37 Contest of exemption claim - Garnishment of money, choses in action or personal
property. When money, choses in action or personal property are garnished and the defendant
claims the same, or any part thereof, as exempt, he shall file his claim thereto in writing,
verified by oath, in the court in which such proceedings are pending, accompanied by a statement
setting forth the personal property, choses in action, and money and the location and value
thereof, as required in the statement to be filed under the provisions of Section 6-10-29.
Such claim the plaintiff, in person or by his agent or attorney, may contest as in cases of
contest after declaration filed, and such contest shall be tried and determined as other contests
of claims of exemptions are tried and determined. If the defendant has notice of the garnishment,
the claim of exemption must be interposed before judgment of condemnation, but if not, such
judgment shall not operate to impair or affect his claim of...
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9-17-32
Section 9-17-32 Penalty for violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; penalty applicable
to each prohibited transaction relating to illegal oil, gas, or product; penalty for aiding
or abetting violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; payment of fine not to abridge
private causes of action for damages for violations of rules, etc. (a) Any person who knowingly
and willfully violates any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of
the board made under this article shall, in the event a penalty for such violation is not
otherwise provided for in this article, be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 a day
for each and every day of such violation and for each and every act of violation, such fine
to be recovered by a civil action in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides,
or in the county of the residence of any defendant if there is more than one defendant, or
in the circuit court of the county where the violation took place....
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12-21-45
Section 12-21-45 Evidence that medical or hospital expenses to be paid or reimbursed admissible
as competent evidence. (a) In all civil actions where damages for any medical or hospital
expenses are claimed and are legally recoverable for personal injury or death, evidence that
the plaintiff's medical or hospital expenses have been or will be paid or reimbursed shall
be admissible as competent evidence. In such actions upon admission of evidence respecting
reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital expenses, the plaintiff shall be entitled
to introduce evidence of the cost of obtaining reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital
expenses. (b) In such civil actions, information respecting such reimbursement or payment
obtained or such reimbursement or payment which may be obtained by the plaintiff for medical
or hospital expenses shall be subject to discovery. (c) Upon proof by the plaintiff to the
court that the plaintiff is obligated to repay the medical or hospital expenses...
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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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27-10-52
Section 27-10-52 Service of process upon insurer; judgment by default. (a) Service of process
upon an insurer pursuant to Section 27-10-51 shall be made by delivering to, and leaving with,
the commissioner, or some person in apparent charge of his office, two copies thereof and
the payment to him of such fees as may be prescribed by law. The commissioner shall forthwith
mail by registered mail one of the copies of the process to the defendant at its last known
principal place of business and shall keep a record of all process so served upon him. Such
service of process is sufficient, provided notice of the service and a copy of the process
are sent promptly after such service by the commissioner by registered mail to the defendant
at its last known principal place of business and the defendant's receipt, or receipt issued
by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of
the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is...
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