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AL Code § 34-3-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 3 - Fees and Liens.|Section 34-3-63 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 27, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 34-3-63THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 27, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) The Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar may establish special funds to receive fees, grants, or contributions from municipal, county, state, federal, sponsor, business, or charitable sources, or any other source, to conduct studies, educate attorneys and public officials, promote the profession, and carry on the duties of the State Bar. The funds in the special funds are continuously appropriated for the exclusive use of the State Bar, shall be maintained separately, and shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated. (b) These funds may be used to pay the actual expenses of conducting education events, promotion of the State Bar, and other functions of the bar, including the provision of food and beverages usual and customary for like events and the actual and necessary expenses for participants, staff, and faculty of programs and events sponsored by the State Bar as approved by the executive director. (c) The provisions of subsection (b) are remedial, curative, and shall be retroactively applied to ratify and confirm any actions taken consistent with this section. (Act 2021-545, §2.)
AL Code § 34-3-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-81 - Approval by Court of Rules and Regulations.

Section 34-3-81Approval by court of rules and regulations. The rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Commissioners relative to disbarment shall not be effective until approved by the Supreme Court. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §15; Code 1923, §6234; Acts 1931, No. 597, p. 683, §1; Code 1940, T. 46, §34.)
AL Code § 34-3-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-82 - Power of Subpoena.

Section 34-3-82Power of subpoena. In the investigation of charges of professional misconduct, the board and any committee appointed by it for this purpose shall have power to summon and examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance and the production of books, papers, documents, and other writings necessary or material to the inquiry. Such summons or subpoena shall be issued under the hand of the secretary of the board or the chairman of any duly constituted subcommittee of the board and shall have the force of a subpoena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and any witness or other person who shall refuse or neglect to appear in obedience thereto or who shall refuse to be sworn or testify or produce books, papers, documents, or other writings demanded shall be liable to attachment upon application to the Supreme Court of the state or to any judge of any court of record for the district where the investigation is conducted as in cases of contempt. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §16; Code 1923, §6235; Code 1940, T. 46, §35.)
AL Code § 34-3-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-83 - Rights of Accused Member.

Section 34-3-83Rights of accused member. Any member of the bar complained of shall have notice and opportunity to defend by the introduction of evidence and the examination of witnesses called against him or her and the right to be represented by counsel. He shall also have the right to require the secretary to summon witnesses to appear and testify or produce books, papers, documents, or other writings necessary or material to his or her defense in like manner as above provided. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §17; Code 1923, §6236; Code 1940, T. 46, §36.)
AL Code § 34-3-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-84 - Payment of Witnesses.

Section 34-3-84Payment of witnesses. The board shall by rules provided for such purpose and out of the funds herein provided for arrange for the payment of reasonable costs for the summoning of witnesses and the payment of their fees, which costs and fees shall be the same in amount as provided by law in civil cases. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §18; Code 1923, §6237; Code 1940, T. 46, §37.)
AL Code § 34-3-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-85 - Record of Proceedings.

Section 34-3-85Record of proceedings. A complete record of the proceedings and evidence taken by the board, committee, or commissioner shall be made and preserved by the board, but it may, where sufficient reason appears and the accused gives his or her consent, cause the same to be expunged. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §19; Code 1923, §6238; Code 1940, T. 46, §38.)
AL Code § 34-3-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-86 - Causes of Removal of Attorney.

Section 34-3-86Causes of removal of attorney. An attorney must be removed for the following causes by the circuit court: (1) Upon his or her being convicted of a felony other than manslaughter or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, in either of which cases the record of his or her conviction is conclusive evidence. (2) When any judgment is rendered against him or her for money collected by him or her as attorney, upon which judgment an execution has issued and been returned no property, in which case the record of the judgment and execution is conclusive evidence. (Code 1852, §747; Code 1867, §881; Code 1876, §799; Code 1886, §869; Code 1896, §595; Code 1907, §2991; Code 1923, §6256; Code 1940, T. 46, §49.)
AL Code § 34-3-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-87 - Other Causes of Removal or Suspension.

Section 34-3-87Other causes of removal or suspension. For the following causes an attorney may be removed or suspended by the circuit court: (1) Upon its being shown, to the satisfaction of the court, that he or she has been guilty of any deceit or willful misconduct in his or her profession. (2) For a willful disobedience or violation of the order of a court, requiring him or her to do or forbear an act connected with or in the course of his profession. (3) For a willful violation of any of the provisions of Section 34-3-20 or Section 34-3-24. (Code 1852, §748; Code 1867, §882; Code 1876, §800; Code 1886, §870; Code 1896, §596; Code 1907, §2992; Code 1923, §6257; Code 1940, T. 46, §50.)
AL Code § 34-3-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-88 - Existing Causes of Removal or Suspension and Laws Relating Thereto Cumulative.

Section 34-3-88Existing causes of removal or suspension and laws relating thereto cumulative. The causes of removal or suspension of attorneys and methods of proceeding in reference to such removal or suspension are hereby declared to be cumulative with the right and power herein given to the Board of Commissioners to reprimand, suspend, exclude, or disbar attorneys. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §9; Code 1923, §6228; Code 1940, T. 46, §28.)
AL Code § 34-3-89 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.|Section 34-3-89 - Who May Initiate Proceedings.

Section 34-3-89Who may initiate proceedings. The proceedings to remove or suspend an attorney, as provided for in Sections 34-3-86 and 34-3-87, may be taken by the court on its own motion or upon the motion of any third party. (Code 1852, §749; Code 1867, §883; Code 1876, §801; Code 1886, §871; Code 1896, §597; Code 1907, §2993; Code 1923, §6258; Code 1940, T. 46, §51.)
AL Code § 34-3-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-100 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 34-3-100Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and desirable, in the best interests of the state, that the Alabama State Bar have a building or buildings with space available for its administrative offices, for its Board of Commissioners, for the Board of Examiners on Admission to the State Bar, for the storage of library and other educational materials relating to the improvement of the administration of justice, for its standing and other committees and the staffs of its professional journals, for continuing legal education activities and for other related purposes. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of the president, the first vice-president and the secretary of the Alabama State Bar as a public corporation for the purpose of constructing, erecting, owning, operating, and maintaining such a building or buildings and to vest such corporation with all powers, authority, rights, and privileges necessary to accomplish such purpose. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purpose. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §1.)
AL Code § 34-3-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-101 - Application for Incorporation.

Section 34-3-101Application for incorporation. The president, the first vice-president, and the secretary of the Alabama State Bar may become a corporation by presenting to the Secretary of the State of Alabama an application signed by them setting forth: (1) The name and official designation of each of the applicants; (2) The dates of beginning and ending of the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be Alabama State Bar Foundation if such name is available for such use by the corporation, but if such name is not available then the applicants shall designate some other similar name that is available; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of Alabama. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. There shall be attached to the application: (1) A certificate made by the secretary of the Alabama State Bar, under its seal, stating that the persons signing the application as president and first vice-president of the Alabama State Bar are known to him or her as president and first vice-president, respectively, of the Alabama State Bar; and (2) A certificate made by the president of the Alabama State Bar, under its seal, stating that the person signing the application as secretary of the Alabama State Bar is known to him or her as the secretary of the Alabama State Bar. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he or she shall receive, file, and record it in an appropriate book of record in his or her office. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §2.)
AL Code § 34-3-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-102 - Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 34-3-102Certificate of incorporation. When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees shall be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the corporation, which is hereinafter sometimes called "the foundation." (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §3.)
AL Code § 34-3-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-103 - Board of Trustees and Officers.

Section 34-3-103Board of trustees and officers. The foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of the president, the first vice-president, and the members of the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, each of whom shall be a voting member of such board of trustees and shall hold office as such concurrently with his or her term of office as president, first vice-president or member of the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, as the case may be. The board of trustees may adopt such bylaws for the conduct and regulation of its meetings and the affairs of the foundation as such board may desire and as are not inconsistent with this article or the laws of Alabama. The president, first vice-president, and secretary of the Alabama State Bar shall serve as ex officio president, vice-president, and secretary of the foundation. The board of trustees of the foundation may appoint such other officers as it shall deem appropriate. No officer or member of the board of trustees of the foundation shall be entitled to any compensation for acting as such, but each thereof shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him or her in the discharge of his or her official duties. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §4.)
AL Code § 34-3-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-104 - Powers of Foundation.

Section 34-3-104Powers of foundation. The foundation shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (3) To adopt and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and to hold title to, real or personal property, or both, together with all rights incidental thereto; (5) To construct, erect, operate, and maintain one or more buildings for use by the Alabama State Bar; (6) To lease and make available to the Alabama State Bar all or any part of the space in any of its buildings, with or without the payment of rental and on such other terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the foundation may prescribe; (7) To lease, as either lessor or lessee and on such terms and conditions as its board of trustees may prescribe, any real or personal property; (8) To employ such employees and agents as the business of the foundation may require; (9) To accept devises, bequests, and donations; and (10) To have all other powers necessary or desirable to accomplish its corporate purposes. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §5.)
AL Code § 34-3-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-105 - Exemptions From Taxation.

Section 34-3-105Exemptions from taxation. All properties of the foundation, the income therefrom, and all other income of the foundation shall forever be exempt from any form of taxation in the State of Alabama. All deeds, lease agreements, and other recordable documents to which the foundation is a party shall be exempt from the payment of any deed, mortgage, and other tax in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §6.)
AL Code § 34-3-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-106 - Parcel of Land to Be Conveyed by State to Foundation.

Section 34-3-106Parcel of land to be conveyed by state to foundation. As promptly as practicable after the incorporation of the foundation, the Governor shall execute and deliver to the foundation an appropriate deed conveying to the foundation that certain lot or parcel of land owned by the state and situated adjacent to the Judicial Building in the City and County of Montgomery, Alabama, upon the condition that if the land shall ever cease being used for any of the purposes described in Section 34-3-100, title thereto shall revert to the state. The deed shall be so executed and delivered without the payment of any pecuniary consideration by the foundation, but upon the undertaking by the foundation to construct thereon a building or buildings suitable for the uses described in Section 34-3-100. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §7.)
AL Code § 34-3-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-107 - Disbursement of Appropriations to State Bar for Construction of Buildings.

Section 34-3-107Disbursement of appropriations to State Bar for construction of buildings. To enable the foundation to construct a building or buildings suitable for the uses described in Section 34-3-100, the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar is authorized to disburse and pay to the foundation all or any part of the moneys appropriated to the Alabama State Bar for the construction and erection of buildings, such disbursements and payments to be made in the manner provided by Section 34-3-44. Any moneys so disbursed and paid to the foundation shall be expended by it for the purpose of paying the costs of constructing and erecting such a building or buildings in the manner provided by its board of trustees. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §8.)
AL Code § 34-3-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.|Section 34-3-108 - Nonprofit and Public Nature of Foundation.

Section 34-3-108Nonprofit and public nature of foundation. It is the intention of this article that the foundation be a nonprofit public corporation. No part of the net earnings of the foundation shall inure to the benefit of any private individual, firm, or corporation. (Acts 1961, No. 670, p. 917, §9.)
AL Code § 34-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-1 - Short Title.

Section 34-4-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Auctioneers License Act. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-2 - Definitions.

Section 34-4-2Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section: (1) AUCTIONEER. Any person who has graduated from an accredited auction school and has one year's experience as an apprentice auctioneer or has two years' experience as an apprentice auctioneer in bid calling, for a fee, commission or any other valuable consideration, or with the intention or expectation of receiving the same, by the means of or process of an auction or sale at auction, offers, negotiates, or attempts to negotiate a listing contract, sale, purchase, or exchange of goods, chattels, merchandise, real or personal property or of any other commodity which may lawfully be kept or offered for sale by or at public auction. (2) BOARD. The State Board of Auctioneers. (3) APPRENTICE AUCTIONEER. Any person who for compensation or valuable consideration or otherwise is employed, directly or indirectly, by an auctioneer to deal or engage in any activity listed in subdivision (1) of this section. (4) GOODS. Any chattels, goods, merchandise, real or personal property or commodities of any form or type which may lawfully be kept or offered for sale. (5) PERSONS. Individuals, associations, partnerships, and corporations, and the word "persons" shall also include the officers, directors, and employees of a corporation. (6) AUCTION BUSINESS or BUSINESS OF AUCTIONEERING. The performing of any of the acts of an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer as defined in this section. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §2.)
AL Code § 34-4-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-3 - Exemptions From Chapter.

Section 34-4-3Exemptions from chapter. The provisions of this chapter and the terms "auctioneer," "apprentice auctioneer," "auction business or business of auctioneering," as defined in Section 34-4-2, shall not apply to and shall not include any person acting as a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, guardian, administrator, or executor or any such person acting under order of any court, nor shall they include a trustee acting under a trust agreement, deed of trust or will, nor shall they include sales at auction conducted by or under the direction of any public authority or pursuant to any judicial order or decree. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §4.)
AL Code § 34-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-4 - Enforcement of Chapter.

Section 34-4-4Enforcement of chapter. The Board of Auctioneers is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt, fix, and establish all rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §7.)
AL Code § 34-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-5 - Actions for Collection of Compensation.

Section 34-4-5Actions for collection of compensation. No person engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of an auctioneer or an apprentice auctioneer shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for any services performed as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer without first alleging and proving that he or she was a duly licensed auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer at the time the alleged cause of action arose. No apprentice auctioneer shall have the right to institute an action in his or her own name for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for services as an apprentice auctioneer, but any such action shall be instituted and brought by the licensed auctioneer employing the apprentice auctioneer. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prevent a licensed apprentice auctioneer from suing his or her employing auctioneer for any compensation, fees, or commissions due him or her from such auctioneer. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §20.)
AL Code § 34-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-6 - Limitation on Authority of Political Subdivisions.

Section 34-4-6Limitation on authority of political subdivisions. No political subdivision of this state shall have the power or authority after September 5, 1973, to levy or collect any license tax from or to require the licensing in any manner of any auctioneer who has been licensed and bonded under this chapter in lieu of the license tax or license fee heretofore imposed by any political subdivision. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §24; Act 98-271, p. 440, §1.)