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15-19-1
Section 15-19-1 Investigation and examination by court to determine how tried; consent of minor
to trial without jury; arraignment as youthful offender; notice and hearing. (a) A person
charged with a crime which was committed in his or her minority but was not disposed of in
juvenile court and which involves moral turpitude or is subject to a sentence of commitment
for one year or more shall, and, if charged with a lesser crime may be investigated and examined
by the court to determine whether he or she should be tried as a youthful offender, provided
he or she consents to such examination and to trial without a jury where trial by jury would
otherwise be available to the defendant. If the defendant consents and the court so decides,
no further action shall be taken on the indictment or information unless otherwise ordered
by the court as provided in subsection (b). (b) After such investigation and examination,
the court, in its discretion, may direct that the defendant be arraigned...
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3-5-12
Section 3-5-12 Proceedings for recovery of livestock or animal by owner; determination of validity
of seizure, amount of damages, etc., where owner unknown, etc.; fees and costs of district
court judge and officer making seizure; appeals from judgment of district court. (a) The owner
of any livestock or animal which has been seized shall have the right to possession of the
same by paying such judgment and the costs thereof or, if no judgment has been entered, by
paying such damages as may be agreed upon together with fees and costs and expenses due on
account of such seizure to the person or officer so seizing such livestock or animal or to
the person who may at the time of such payment have such livestock or animal in his possession
and by paying to the court the costs of the court incurred to the time of such payment. Should
the parties be unable to agree upon the amount of damages, fees, costs and expenses due, either
party shall have the right to go before any district court judge...
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6-5-486
Section 6-5-486 Optional method of payment of judgments in excess of $100,000. Where a plaintiff
recovers a judgment from a physician, dentist, or medical institution, as defined in Section
6-5-481, in an action for medical liability, and such judgment is in excess of $100,000, the
court, in its discretion, may order that: (1) There shall be deducted from the award, and
paid to the plaintiff, an amount sufficient to cover his out-of-pocket expenses as well as
his attorney's fee. (2) The remainder of the award shall be paid to the plaintiff in monthly
installments in an amount calculated to provide the plaintiff a lifetime income. (3) If the
plaintiff should die before payment of all of said award, the same income shall be paid to
the beneficiary of the plaintiff for the remainder of the payments due. (4) The defendant
file a surety bond with the court in an amount equal to the award remaining after the expenses
referred to in subdivision (1) of this section have been deducted. (Acts...
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6-5-546
Section 6-5-546 Venue of actions; transfer. In any action for injury or damages or wrongful
death whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider based on a breach of the
standard of care, the action must be brought in the county wherein the act or omission constituting
the alleged breach of the standard of care by the defendant actually occurred. If plaintiff
alleges that plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's decedent's death resulted from acts or omissions
which took place in more than one county within the State of Alabama, the action must be brought
in the county wherein the plaintiff resided at the time of the act or omission, if the action
is one for personal injuries, or wherein the plaintiff's decedent resided at the time of the
act or omission if the action is one for wrongful death. If at any time prior to the commencement
of the trial of the action it is shown that the plaintiff's injuries or plaintiff's decedent's
death did not result from acts or omissions...
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6-5-755
Section 6-5-755 Recovery; contribution. (a) In an action against a manufacturer and one or
more other defendants, including other manufacturers, for death or injury to person or damage
to property arising out of an accident, the right of the plaintiff to recover jointly and
severally against such defendants found liable is preserved. (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), in an action arising out of such accident, if the respective or comparative responsibility
of tortfeasors is an issue, then the jury shall return special verdicts, or in the absence
of a jury the court shall make special findings, allocating the percentage of responsibility
attributable to each defendant found to have proximately caused the accident. (c) Responsibility
for the accident may be allocated to a nonparty in an action under the procedure described
in subsection (b) if each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) A defendant affirmatively
pleads the responsibility of a nonparty as a proximate cause of...
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15-13-160
Section 15-13-160 Qualifications - Professional bail companies. No professional bail company
shall execute or become surety on any appearance bond in this state, unless it has an order
granting authorization to become professional surety on any bail. The order granting authorization
shall be reissued annually prior to January 1 of each year by the presiding circuit judge
of the county in which the company desires to execute bail or appearance bonds. Prior to the
judge's issuance of the original order and no later than December 1 of each year, thereafter,
professional bail companies shall submit annually to the presiding circuit judge the following:
(1) An original corporate surety bond or escrow agreement, filed and approved by the presiding
circuit judge of the county in which the professional bail company executes or becomes surety
on appearance bonds, in the amount of $25,000, guaranteeing the payment of all sums of money
that may become due by virtue of any judgment absolute that...
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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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30-5-7
Section 30-5-7 Ex parte orders or modification of protection order. (a) If it appears from
a petition for a protection order or a petition to modify a protection order that abuse has
occurred or from a petition for a modification of a protection order that a modification is
warranted, the court may do any of the following: (1) Without notice or hearing, immediately
issue an ex parte protection order or modify an ex parte protection order as it deems necessary.
(2) After providing notice as required by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, issue a final
protection order or modify a protection order after a hearing whether or not the defendant
appears. (b) A court may grant any of the following relief without notice and a hearing in
an ex parte protection order or an ex parte modification of a protection order: (1) Enjoin
the defendant from threatening to commit or committing acts of abuse, as defined in this chapter,
against the plaintiff or children of the plaintiff, and any other...
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45-35-232.27
Section 45-35-232.27 Release pending trial; order. (a) A person in Houston County charged with
an offense, at an appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending a
trial on personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an
amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the judicial officer determines, in the exercise
of discretion, that release will not reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required.
(b) No person in Houston County charged with an offense shall be considered for the program
created by this subpart until the accused's first appearance before a judicial officer. (c)
In determining which conditions of release will reasonably assure the appearance of a person
as required, the judicial officer, on the basis of available information as presented by the
state, city, or their representative, respectively, or the defendant, shall consider matters
such as the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the...
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6-5-285
Section 6-5-285 Holder of worthless check, draft, or order. The holder of a worthless check,
draft, or order for the payment of money shall have a right of action against the person who
unlawfully made, uttered, or delivered the same to him or to his endorser; and such action
may be maintained though there has been no prosecution, conviction, or acquittal of the defendant
for his unlawful act. Such action must be commenced within one year from the date of the unlawful
act. The plaintiff in such action may recover such damages, both punitive and compensatory,
including a reasonable attorney fee, as the jury or court trying the case may assess. (Acts
1959, No. 567, p. 1426.)...
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