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45-34-231
Section 45-34-231 Service fee; disposition of funds. (a) In Henry County, a service of process
fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be collected for service or attempted service of any papers
or documents requiring personal service by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of
any civil or criminal action, provided however, that no fees shall be assessed to the office
of the District Attorney. (b) All funds generated by this section shall be paid to the Henry
County Sheriff's Office to be used for law enforcement purposes only. These funds will be
in addition to any other funding sources for the Henry County Sheriff's Office and may not
reduce or replace those funds. (Act 2008-433, p. 835, §§1, 2; Act 2018-130, §1.)...
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6-11-20
Section 6-11-20 Punitive damages not to be awarded other than where clear and convincing evidence
proven; definitions. (a) Punitive damages may not be awarded in any civil action, except civil
actions for wrongful death pursuant to Sections 6-5-391 and 6-5-410, other than in
a tort action where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant consciously
or deliberately engaged in oppression, fraud, wantonness, or malice with regard to the plaintiff.
Nothing contained in this article is to be construed as creating any claim for punitive damages
which is not now present under the law of the State of Alabama. (b) As used in this article,
the following definitions shall apply: (1) FRAUD. An intentional misrepresentation, deceit,
or concealment of a material fact the concealing party had a duty to disclose, which was gross,
oppressive, or malicious and committed with the intention on the part of the defendant of
thereby depriving a person or entity of property or legal...
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6-5-572
Section 6-5-572 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) LEGAL SERVICE LIABILITY ACTION.
Any action against a legal service provider in which it is alleged that some injury or damage
was caused in whole or in part by the legal service provider's violation of the standard of
care applicable to a legal service provider. A legal service liability action embraces all
claims for injuries or damages or wrongful death whether in contract or in tort and whether
based on an intentional or unintentional act or omission. A legal services liability action
embraces any form of action in which a litigant may seek legal redress for a wrong or an injury
and every legal theory of recovery, whether common law or statutory, available to a litigant
in a court in the State of Alabama now or in the future. (2) LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER. Anyone
licensed to practice law by the State of Alabama or engaged in the...
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7-2A-528
Section 7-2A-528 Lessor's damages for nonacceptance, failure to pay, repudiation, or other
default. (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease
agreement (Section 7-2A-504) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties
(Sections 7-1-302 and 7-2A-503), if a lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects
to dispose of the goods and the disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does
not qualify for treatment under Section 7-2A-527(2), or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor
may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in Section 7-2A-523(1)
or 7-2A-523(3)(a), or, if agreed, for other default of the lessee, (i) accrued and unpaid
rent as of the date of default if the lessee has never taken possession of the goods, or,
if the lessee has taken possession of the goods, as of the date the lessor repossesses the
goods or an earlier date on which the lessee makes a tender of the goods to the...
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19-3A-409
Section 19-3A-409 Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments. (a) In this section:
(1) "Payment" means a payment that a fiduciary may receive over a fixed number of
years or during the life of one or more individuals because of services rendered or property
transferred to the payer in exchange for future payments. The term includes a payment made
in money or property from the payer's general assets or from a separate fund created by the
payer. For purposes of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), the term also includes any payment
from any separate fund, regardless of the reason for the payment. (2) "Separate fund"
includes a private or commercial annuity, an individual retirement account, and a pension,
profit-sharing, stock-bonus, or stock-ownership plan. (b) To the extent that a payment or
portion thereof is characterized by other sections of this chapter as income in the hands
of the payer, a fiduciary shall allocate such payment or portion thereof to income. The...
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25-5-86
Section 25-5-86 Remedy for default upon periodic compensation payments; exemption of compensation
claims, etc., from garnishment, etc. For purposes of this article and Article 4 of this chapter:
(1) If the award, order, or settlement agreement is payable in installments and default has
been made in the payment of an installment, the owner or interested party may, upon the expiration
of 30 days from the default and upon five days' notice to the defaulting employer or defendant,
move for a modification of the award or settlement agreement by ascertaining the present value
of the case, including the 15 percent penalty provision of Section 25-5-59, under the rule
of computation contained in Section 25-5-85, and upon which execution may issue. The defaulting
employer may relieve itself of the execution by entering into a good and sufficient bond,
to be approved by the judge, securing the payment of all future installments, and forthwith
paying all past due installments with interest and...
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34-27-31
Section 34-27-31 Recovery Fund created; fees paid to fund; injured party's recovery from fund;
procedures, appeals, etc.; licensee to report any legal action taken against him or her. (a)
The commission shall establish and maintain a Recovery Fund from which an aggrieved party
may recover actual or compensatory damages, not including interest and court costs, sustained
only within the State of Alabama as a result of conduct of a broker or salesperson in violation
of Article 1 or 2 of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission. (b) Notwithstanding
any other provision to the contrary, payments from the Recovery Fund are subject to the following
conditions and limitations: (1) The fund shall not be obligated for the acts or omissions
of a broker or salesperson while acting on his or her own behalf or on behalf of his or her
child, spouse, or parent regarding property in which he or she or his or her spouse, child,
or parent has, or is attempting to acquire, an interest;...
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38-5-4
Section 38-5-4 Property which may be retained by applicant. An applicant may retain personal
or real property owned by him or in combination with any other person without reference to
its value if it serves to provide the applicant with a home. Real property owned by the applicant
or in combination with his spouse which is producing income, reasonably consistent with its
value, which is used for the support of the applicant, may be retained in an amount not to
exceed an assessed valuation of $5,000.00 as assessed by the county assessor, less any encumbrances
thereon of record. The applicant may retain as a reserve for future contingencies any combination
of personal or real property not to exceed a total net value of $1,200.00. The value of the
following property shall be excluded in determining eligibility under this chapter: (1) Personal
jewelry, personal effects, home furnishings and other property used to provide, equip and
maintain a home for the applicant; (2) Such additional...
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43-2-113
Section 43-2-113 Executor de son tort. No person is liable to an action, as executor of his
own wrong, for having taken, received or interfered with the property of a deceased person
but is liable to the executor or administrator for the value of all the property so taken
or received and for all damages caused by his act to the estate of the deceased; but the provisions
of this section must not be construed so as to prevent any creditor from maintaining a civil
action against anyone in possession of property fraudulently transferred by such deceased
person. (Code 1852, §1933; Code 1867, §2292; Code 1876, §2636; Code 1886, §2271; Code
1896, §340; Code 1907, §2801; Code 1923, §6040; Code 1940, T. 61, §117.)...
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6-6-253
Section 6-6-253 Interpleader by defendant of adverse claimant of property; force and effect
of bonds given. (a) If the defendant in a detinue action interpleads a claimant of the property
and the defendant is discharged as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and if
the defendant has retained possession of the chattels, giving bond, the court may order the
chattels to be delivered to such claimant on his giving bond with sufficient surety, to be
approved by the clerk, payable to the plaintiff in the penalty of the bond of the defendant
with condition that if he is not successful in the action he will, within 20 days thereafter,
deliver the chattels and pay all such damages as may be assessed for the detention thereof
and all costs adjudged against him. If such person refuses or neglects to give such bond for
three days after service of his first pleading or motion in the action, the chattels must
be delivered to the plaintiff on his giving bond with sufficient surety, to be...
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