11-16-14
Section 11-16-14 Powers and duties of returning officers generally. The returning officer for
each precinct or ward is clothed with all the power and charged with all the duties of a peace
officer under the laws of the state while engaged in the discharge of his duties as such returning
officer. (Code 1907, §198; Code 1923, §290; Code 1940, T. 12, §253.)...
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27-24-2
Section 27-24-2 Sole surety - Corporations. Except as provided in Section 27-24-4, whenever
any person or corporation is, or may be, required or permitted to execute bond or other undertaking,
of whatsoever nature, with surety, or sureties, for the faithful discharge or performance
of the duties of any state, county, municipal, precinct, township, district, or corporate
office or position or of any position of public or private trust or employment for the faithful
discharge or performance of any duty or for the doing or not doing of anything in such bond
or undertaking specified or when any person or corporation is required or permitted to execute
any bond or other undertaking, of whatsoever nature, with surety or sureties, in any judicial
proceeding or as guardian, executor, administrator, receiver, assignee, or trustee, the court,
officer, or person having authority or charged with the duty of approving such bond or undertaking
may, if such bond or undertaking is otherwise...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be
in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its
own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take
and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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22-3-5
Section 22-3-5 County health officers - Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county
health officer: (1) To exercise, subject to the advice of the county board of health in accordance
with the health laws of the state, general supervision over the sanitary interests of the
county; and, should he discover any cause of disease or the existence of any condition detrimental
to the health of the people, he shall, so far as authorized by law, compel the removal or
abatement of the same; and, should no authority for removal or abatement exist, he shall report
the fact to the county board of health, adding such recommendations as to special action as
he may deem proper; (2) To make personal and thorough investigation of the first case or early
cases of any diseases suspected of being or known to be any one of those enumerated in Chapter
11 of this title that may come to his knowledge or be reported to him; and, should he decide
such case or cases to be one of those enumerated in said...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue,
and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by
law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation,
equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of
all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state
and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county
tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county
official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the
end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and
collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges,
intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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9-13-10
Section 9-13-10 Powers of State Forestry Commission employees as to enforcement of laws, prevention
and suppression of forest fires, etc. All employees of the State Forestry Commission appointed
as forest law enforcement officers by the State Forester are hereby constituted peace officers
of the State of Alabama with full police power and may exercise such powers anywhere within
the state. They are hereby authorized to carry firearms or other weapons when they are actually
in the discharge of their duties as such officers as provided by law. They shall be clothed
with the power to arrest with or without warrant any person who shall violate any of the laws
of the State of Alabama or any rule or regulation of the Alabama Forestry Commission and take
him before a proper court for trial. All employees of the State Forestry Commission and all
duly appointed officers of the United States whose duty it is to prevent and suppress forest
fires are empowered to enter any lands and to construct...
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25-4-97
Section 25-4-97 Powers of appeals tribunal, board of appeals and officers of Department of
Labor as to witnesses; witness fees. In the discharge of their duties under this chapter any
deputy, any appeals tribunal, any member of the board of appeals, and any officer of the Department
of Labor authorized and designated by the secretary shall have power to administer oaths,
certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve
subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts,
payrolls, documents, records, and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply
with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or
to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the
duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application
of the secretary or any officer of the Department of Labor designated...
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9-6-8
Section 9-6-8 Powers and duties generally. The authority shall have the following powers, together
with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity)
specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To maintain civil actions and have civil
actions maintained against it in its corporate name, except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate
seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To amend its certificate of incorporation by filing
in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by all of the directors of the
authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate to be acknowledged
in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for
the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (6) To...
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30-4-64
Section 30-4-64 Probation officers - Appointment; duties generally; service of process, etc.
The judge of the juvenile court may call upon the sheriff or any deputy sheriff in the county,
any constable in said county, any police or other peace officer in any town or city in said
county or any humane or probation officer in said county to serve as probation officer, under
the terms of this article, and he may appoint in any particular case, any other discreet person
willing to serve in such case as such probation officer. Said officers, when so requested
or appointed by said judge, if it will not interfere with the performance of the duties of
their respective offices, shall faithfully perform the duties which may be prescribed for
them by the court or judge above mentioned and shall promptly make all reports which may be
required of him by said court or judge. The sheriff of the county shall serve all writs, processes
and papers directed by the court to be served by him, and a suitable...
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