15-5-4
Section 15-5-4 Examination of complainant and witnesses; contents of depositions. Before issuing a search warrant, a judge, or magistrate authorized by law to issue search warrants, must examine on oath the complainant and any witness he may produce, take their depositions in writing and cause them to be subscribed by the persons making them. Such depositions must set forth facts tending to establish the grounds of the application or probable cause for believing that they exist. (Code 1852, §§828, 829; Code 1867, §§4379, 4380; Code 1876, §§4008, 4009; Code 1886, §4730; Code 1896, §5487; Code 1907, §7760; Code 1923, §5474; Code 1940, T. 15, §103.)...
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17-16-55
Section 17-16-55 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Testimony; heard without jury. The testimony on the contest must be taken by deposition as in civil cases at common law, but no affidavit, other than that of the materiality of the testimony of the witnesses proposed to be examined, shall be required. Either party may, on giving five days' notice, require the examination before the commissioner to be oral and that the witnesses be examined separate and apart from each other. The party against whom the depositions are to be taken must have at least five days' notice of the time and place of taking such depositions and of the name and residence of the commissioner or commissioners proposed. The contest must be heard and determined by the court without the intervention of a jury. (Code 1896, §1694; Code 1907, §468; Code 1923, §558; Code 1940, T. 17, §244; §17-15-28; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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15-9-40
Section 15-9-40 Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any district or circuit court judge of this state with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under Section 15-9-34, with having fled from justice; or whenever complaint shall have been made before any district or circuit court judge in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state, that the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime and, except in cases arising under Section 15-9-34, that he has fled from justice and is believed to have been found in this state, the judge shall issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county in which the oath or complaint is filed, directing him to apprehend the person charged, wherever he may be found in this state, and bring him before the same or any...
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45-36-81.02
Section 45-36-81.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in all cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall periodically remit the proceeds to the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Jackson County to be used to operate the domestic violence shelter program serving Jackson County that is in compliance with the standards for operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2015-119, §1.)...
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45-36-81.03
Section 45-36-81.03 Domestic violence cases. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in all cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall periodically remit the proceeds to the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Jackson County to be used to operate the domestic violence shelter program serving Jackson County that is in compliance with the standards for operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2015-119, §1.)...
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15-13-101
Section 15-13-101 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) APPEARANCE BOND. An appearance bond is an undertaking to pay the clerk of the circuit, district, or municipal court, for the use of the State of Alabama or the municipality, a specified sum of money upon the failure of a person released to comply with its conditions. (2) JUDICIAL OFFICER. Any supreme court, appellate court, circuit court, district court, or municipal court judge or any magistrate of any court in this state. (3) PROFESSIONAL BAIL COMPANY. A person, individual proprietor, partnership, corporation, or other entity, other than a professional surety company, that furnishes bail or becomes surety for a person on an appearance bond and does so for a valuable consideration. (4) PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN. An individual person or agent employed by a professional surety company or professional bail company to...
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17-16-47
Section 17-16-47 Statement of grounds of contest. When any elector chooses to contest the election of any person declared to be elected to the office of senator or representative in the Legislature, judge of the circuit court or district court, any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or constable, he or she must make a statement in writing setting forth specifically: (1) The name of the party contesting and that he or she was a qualified voter when the election was held. (2) The office which the election was held to fill and the time of holding the same. (3) The particular grounds of the contest. This statement must be verified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that the same is believed to be true. If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is a sufficient statement of cause to allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose election is contested, which, if taken from that person, will reduce the number of...
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15-9-43
Section 15-9-43 Arrest without warrant - When accused to be admitted to bail; conditions of bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, the district or circuit court judge must admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties and in such sum as he deems proper, for his appearance before him at a time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the Governor of this state. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §63.)...
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36-27-28
Section 36-27-28 Exemption from execution; recovery actions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself and any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this article and the monies in the various funds created by this chapter are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as in this article specifically otherwise provided. (b)(1) Restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations in a criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject to the exemption set out in subsection (a), provided all of the following are satisfied: a. The amount of the restitution ordered is in the amount of one thousand...
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45-41-83.11
Section 45-41-83.11 Drug court program. (a) The following words shall have the following meanings for the drug court program: (1) DRUG COURT TEAM. A diverse group of persons consisting of all of the following: a. A circuit judge appointed by the board. b. The district attorney or his or her designee. c. A public defender or member of the criminal defense bar appointed by the board. d. A law enforcement officer appointed by the board. e. The drug court coordinator. f. A representative from the corrections division of the Lee County Sheriff's office appointed by the board. g. A court referral officer or state probation officer appointed by the board. h. Any other person selected by a majority of the drug court team. (2) DRUG OFFENDER. A person charged with or convicted of an offense involving the use, abuse, or possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia. Such persons do not include those currently charged with or convicted of driving or boating under the influence in any state, local,...
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