45-27-81
Section 45-27-81 Escambia County Law Library and Judidcial Administration Fund. (a) In Escambia County, in order to provide a special fund for the creation and maintenance of the law library and for the purposes of judicial administration as further specified in this section, there shall be taxed as additional court costs the sum of thirty dollars ($30) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, small claims case, suit in equity, criminal case, traffic case, quasi-criminal case, juvenile court case, proceeding on forfeited bail bond, or a proceeding on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment of conviction in any district or municipal court to each circuit court or to the juvenile court hereinafter filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the circuit court or district court or to the juvenile court in Escambia County. The costs shall be collected as other costs in cases are collected by the clerk of the court and shall be paid...
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6-6-721
Section 6-6-721 Forfeiture of half of compensation by tax collector, tax assessor, or probate judge for failure to discharge duties. Any tax collector, tax assessor, or judge of probate who knowingly and willfully neglects to discharge any of his duties as required in the revenue law shall forfeit one half of his compensation under that law for the use of the county, which may be recovered on motion in the circuit court of the county on 10 days' notice. It shall be the duty of the district attorney to make such motion, but any other person may make it. (Code 1876, §3394; Code 1886, §3133; Code 1896, §3801; Code 1907, §5937; Code 1923, §10264; Code 1940, T. 7, §619.)...
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12-21-135.1
Section 12-21-135.1 Video testimony by certain witnesses. (a) This section shall be known as the "Alabama Armed Services Accommodation Act." (b) The Legislature finds it to be an important matter of public policy that an accommodation be made for military members who are asked to testify in civil or criminal trials in this state but are unable to attend in person. The purpose of this section is to ease the burdens on military personnel and their families brought on by the duty of appearing as a witness in a trial in this state when summoned. The purpose of this section is also to allow members of the armed services to assist in trials in this state as witnesses without interrupting their military service, while protecting the rights of all parties in civil or criminal litigation. The purpose of this section is also to better enable the fact-finder to obtain crucial evidence and will aid in the expeditious resolution of cases in this state by providing a procedure in which testimony of...
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15-9-38
Section 15-9-38 Right of arrestee to be informed; application for writ of habeas corpus; penalty for violation of section. (a) No person arrested upon a warrant of arrest issued under this division shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed to receive him unless he has been informed of the demand made for his surrender, the crime with which he is charged and that he has the right to demand legal counsel. (b) If the prisoner, his friends or counsel shall state that he or they desire to test the legality of the arrest, the prisoner shall be taken forthwith before a judge of a district or circuit court in this state, who shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed him within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the public prosecuting officer of the county in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in...
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45-36-80.05
Section 45-36-80.05 Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. SECTION 4 OF ACT 2019-215 WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-119 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) This section shall be known and cited as the Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) The financial restraints existing in the State General Fund budget have resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many judicial employees. In Jackson County, three employees in the circuit clerk's office who were scheduled for layoff have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated to the Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the future. Revenue from this section will restore funding for some judicial employees in the circuit. (2) This section addresses this problem by increasing court costs. (c) In...
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15-1-3
Section 15-1-3 Foreign language interpreters. (a)(1) If at any stage of a criminal proceeding, protection from abuse proceeding, or juvenile court proceeding or during the juvenile court intake process conducted pursuant to Sections 12-15-118 and 12-15-120 and Rule 12 of the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure, the defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner, or a witness informs the court that he or she does not speak or adequately understand the English language, the court may appoint an interpreter. (2) The defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner, or witness shall inform the appropriate court of his or her need for an interpreter immediately upon receiving notice to appear in the court. (3) If the court determines that due process considerations require an interpreter, the court shall appoint a qualified person to interpret the proceedings for the defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner, or witness requesting assistance. The interpreter shall also interpret the testimony...
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3-6A-4
Section 3-6A-4 Sworn statement; dangerous dog investigation; hearing; procedures. (a)(1) When a person claims that a dog is dangerous, the person shall make a sworn statement before a city magistrate or sheriff setting forth the name of the dog owner, if known, the location where the dog is being kept in the city or county, and the reason he or she believes the dog to be dangerous. (2) The sworn statement shall be delivered to an animal control officer who shall complete a dangerous dog investigation.When the sworn statement claims that a dog has caused serious physical injury or death to a person, the duties of the animal control officer, including but not limited to the dangerous dog investigation, shall be carried out by a law enforcement officer. (b) An animal control officer may initiate a dangerous dog investigation in cases where a complaint has been made pursuant to subsection (a) and a person has been bitten, received physical injury or serious physical injury, or has died....
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32-6-19
Section 32-6-19 Penalties - Violation by person whose license or driving privilege has been cancelled, etc.; impoundment of vehicle. (a)(1) Any person whose driver's or chauffeur's license issued in this or another state or whose driving privilege as a nonresident has been cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked as provided in this article and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while his or her license or privilege is cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and in addition thereto may be imprisoned for not more than 180 days. In addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50) to be placed in the Traffic Safety Trust Fund and the Peace Officers Standards and Training Fund. Also, at the...
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36-18-2
Section 36-18-2 Duties generally; maintenance, inspection, and copying of reports of investigations of Director of Forensic Sciences; police authority of Director of Forensic Sciences and assistants. The duties of the director shall be to make such investigations, including any necessary autopsy, to be performed by physicians licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided, however, that the director may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a medical examiner vacancy exists which he is seeking to fill. Said investigations of unlawful, suspicious or unnatural deaths and crimes as are ordered by the Governor, the Attorney General, any circuit judge, or any district attorney in the State of Alabama, and the director and his staff shall cooperate with the coroners, sheriffs and other police officers in Alabama in their investigations of crimes and deaths from unlawful, suspicious or unnatural causes. The director shall...
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45-2-84.02
Section 45-2-84.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER. The entity, programs, or physical structure which shall provide the programs or custodial care for eligible persons released from custody prior to the adjudication of their case or sentenced to participate in programs developed pursuant to this part after having been adjudicated and sentenced. (2) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND. A fund established in a local bank and supervised by either the Baldwin County Commission, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for the deposit of all funds, from whatever source, collected for the operation and supervision of the programs developed and operated pursuant to this part. The agency superintending the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center shall supervise and manage this account. Funds deposited into this...
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