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AL Code § 36-9-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 9 - Vacation of Office; Filling of Vacancies.|Section 36-9-16 - Notice to Legislature of Vacancies to Be Filled Thereby.

Section 36-9-16Notice to Legislature of vacancies to be filled thereby. The Governor must give notice to the Legislature at each session thereof of all offices to be filled by that body which have become vacant or which will be vacated by the expiration of the term of office before the next regular session. (Code 1852, §168; Code 1867, §209; Code 1876, §222; Code 1886, §317; Code 1896, §3152; Code 1907, §1568; Code 1923, §2712; Code 1940, T. 41, §175.)
AL Code § 36-9-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 9 - Vacation of Office; Filling of Vacancies.|Section 36-9-17 - Filling of Vacancies in State and County Offices Generally.

Section 36-9-17Filling of vacancies in state and county offices generally. Vacancies in all state, county or municipal offices shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term of such office, unless otherwise provided by law. Appointees to state and county offices must be commissioned. (Code 1876, §154; Code 1886, §248; Code 1896, §3061; Code 1907, §1474; Acts 1909, No. 65, p. 156, §1; Code 1923, §§2584, 2585; Code 1940, T. 41, §§176, 177.)
AL Code § 36-10-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Offenses Concerning Public Officers, etc., Generally.|Section 36-10-11 - Signing of Bond, etc., for Appearance or Release of Prisoner, etc., by Judicial, Executive or Ministerial Officer of Court Having Criminal Jurisdiction.

Section 36-10-11Signing of bond, etc., for appearance or release of prisoner, etc., by judicial, executive or ministerial officer of court having criminal jurisdiction. Any judicial, executive or ministerial officer of any court having criminal jurisdiction who becomes bail for any prisoner or other person under any criminal accusation or signs any bond or other obligation for the release or appearance of such person before himself or before any other officer or court shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12 months. (Code 1876, §4148; Code 1886, §3961; Code 1896, §5124; Code 1907, §7438; Code 1923, §5029; Code 1940, T. 41, §215.)
AL Code § 36-10-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Offenses Concerning Public Officers, etc., Generally.|Section 36-10-16 - Threatening, etc., of Prisoners for Purposes of Extorting Confessions, etc., or Keeping Prisoners Incommunicado.

Section 36-10-16Threatening, etc., of prisoners for purposes of extorting confessions, etc., or keeping prisoners incommunicado. No officer or person having the custody and control of the body or liberty of any person under arrest shall refuse permission to such arrested person to communicate with his friends or with an attorney nor subject any person under arrest to any form of personal violence, intimidation, indignity or threats for the purpose of extorting from such person incriminating statements or a confession. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1923, §5099; Code 1940, T. 41, §223.)
AL Code § 36-11-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-1 - Persons Subject to Impeachment and Removal From Office; Grounds for Impeachment Generally.

Section 36-11-1Persons subject to impeachment and removal from office; grounds for impeachment generally. (a) The following officers may be impeached and removed from office: judges of circuit and probate courts, district attorneys, judges of the courts of appeals, district judges, sheriffs, clerks of the circuit courts, tax collectors, tax assessors, county treasurers, coroners, notaries public, constables and all other state officers not named in Section 173 of the constitution and all other county officers and mayors and intendants of incorporated cities and towns in this state. (b) The officers specified in subsection (a) of this section may be impeached and removed from office for the following causes: (1) Willful neglect of duty; (2) Corruption in office; (3) Incompetency; (4) Intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties as unfits the officer for the discharge of such duties; or (5) Any offense involving moral turpitude while in office or committed under color thereof or connected therewith. (Code 1876, §4047; Code 1886, §4818; Code 1896, §4864; Code 1907, §7099; Code 1923, §4497; Code 1940, T. 41, §178.)
AL Code § 36-11-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-2 - Disqualification From Holding Office a Ground for Impeachment.

Section 36-11-2Disqualification from holding office a ground for impeachment. Any of the officers named in subsection (a) of Section 36-11-1 who shall be disqualified by law from holding office in this state may be impeached and removed from office on proceedings instituted and prosecuted in the manner provided in this chapter. (Code 1876, §4069; Code 1886, §4819; Code 1896, §4865; Code 1907, §7100; Code 1923, §4498; Code 1940, T. 41, §179.)
AL Code § 36-11-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-3 - Investigations of Alleged Misconduct or Incompetency of Public Officers by Grand Juries; Disposition of Grand Jury Reports.

Section 36-11-3Investigations of alleged misconduct or incompetency of public officers by grand juries; disposition of grand jury reports. It shall be the duty of every grand jury to investigate and make diligent inquiry concerning any alleged misconduct or incompetency of any public officer in the county which may be brought to its notice; and, if, on such investigation and inquiry, it finds that such officer, for any cause mentioned in this chapter, ought to be removed from office, it shall so report to the court, setting forth the facts, which report shall be entered on the minutes of the court. If the officer so reported against is one of those included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, the clerk of the court shall transmit a certified copy of such report to the Attorney General. If the officer so reported against is the presiding judge of the court, the report must not be made to the court or entered on the minutes; and, in such cases, the report of the grand jury must be signed by the foreman and countersigned by the district attorney, who must transmit the same to the Attorney General. (Code 1876, §4067; Code 1886, §4839; Code 1896, §4886; Code 1907, §7124; Code 1923; §4519; Code 1940, T. 41, §200.)
AL Code § 36-11-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-4 - Duty of Attorney General and District Attorneys to Institute and Prosecute Impeachment Proceedings.

Section 36-11-4Duty of Attorney General and district attorneys to institute and prosecute impeachment proceedings. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings under this chapter and prosecute the same against any officer included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, when the Supreme Court shall so order or when the Governor shall, in writing, direct the same or when it appears from the report of any grand jury that any such officer ought to be removed from office, for any cause mentioned in this chapter. It shall be the duty of the district attorney to institute proceedings under this chapter and prosecute the same against any officer included in Section 175, Article 7, of the constitution when the circuit court of the county shall so order or when the Governor, in writing, shall direct the same or whenever it appears from the report of the grand jury that any such officer ought to be removed from office for any cause mentioned in this chapter. (Code 1876, §4068; Code 1886, §4840; Code 1896, §4887; Code 1907, §7125; Code 1923, §4520; Code 1940, T. 41, §201.)
AL Code § 36-11-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-5 - Manner of Institution of Impeachment Proceedings Generally; Proceedings in Name of State.

Section 36-11-5Manner of institution of impeachment proceedings generally; proceedings in name of state. Proceedings under Sections 174 and 175 of Article 7 of the constitution shall be instituted in the name of the State of Alabama in the nature of an information by the Attorney General or a district attorney or upon the information of such other persons as are by this chapter allowed to institute the same. All such proceedings shall be conducted and all process shall issue in the name of the State of Alabama. (Code 1876, §4048; Code 1886, §4820; Code 1896, §4866; Code 1907, §7101; Code 1923, §4499; Code 1940, T. 41, §180.)
AL Code § 36-11-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-6 - Institution of Impeachment Proceedings by Five Resident Taxpayers.

Section 36-11-6Institution of impeachment proceedings by five resident taxpayers. Any five resident taxpayers of the division, circuit, district, county, city or town for which the officer sought to be impeached was elected or appointed may institute proceedings of impeachment under Sections 174 and 175 of Article 7 of the constitution upon giving bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to the officer sought to be impeached, conditioned to prosecute the impeachment to effect and, failing therein, to pay all costs that may be incurred, which bond shall be taken and approved by the clerk of the court before which the proceedings are proposed to be instituted. (Code 1876, §4049; Code 1886, §4821; Code 1896, §4867; Code 1907, §7102; Code 1923, §4500; Code 1940, T. 41, §181.)
AL Code § 36-11-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-7 - Contents and Execution of Information Generally.

Section 36-11-7Contents and execution of information generally. Such information shall be addressed to the court before which the trial is to be had and shall specify, with reasonable certainty, the offense, offenses or other grounds of impeachment charged against the officer within the provisions of Section 173 of Article 7 of the constitution and shall contain a succinct statement of the facts constituting the matters complained of and an appropriate prayer for process and relief and shall be signed by the Attorney General, district attorney or by counsel, as the case may be. When such information is by taxpayers, the names of such taxpayers must be joined as plaintiffs with the state. (Code 1876, §4050; Code 1886, §4822; Code 1896, §4868; Code 1907, §7103; Code 1923, §4501; Code 1940, T. 41, §182.)
AL Code § 36-11-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-8 - Verification of Information When Filed by Taxpayers; Costs Generally.

Section 36-11-8Verification of information when filed by taxpayers; costs generally. When the proceedings in impeachment are instituted by taxpayers, the information must be verified by the plaintiffs or any one of them. The costs shall be given against the unsuccessful party, as in other cases, to be collected by execution. (Code 1876, §4058; Code 1886, §4831; Code 1896, §4877; Code 1907, §7115; Code 1923, §4510; Code 1940, T. 41, §191.)
AL Code § 36-11-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-9 - Proceedings in Supreme Court - Issuance and Service of Order to Appear and Answer Information, Summons and Copy of Information; Setting of Trial Date, Granting of Continuances, Etc.

Section 36-11-9Proceedings in Supreme Court - Issuance and service of order to appear and answer information, summons and copy of information; setting of trial date, granting of continuances, etc. If such information shall be filed under Section 174 of Article 7 of the constitution, the Supreme Court, in term time, or a justice thereof, in vacation, shall make an order requiring the officer proceeded against to appear at a place and on a day, which may be either in term time or vacation, to be specified in the order and answer the information. The clerk of the court shall issue a summons, in which shall be set forth a copy of the order, directed to any sheriff of the State of Alabama, which, together with a copy of the information, shall be served on the defendant. If the summons is served 20 days before the day specified in the order, the defendant shall answer the information on the day specified; and, if the summons is served less than 20 days before the day so specified, the court, in term time, or a justice thereof, in vacation, shall on the day so specified make an order setting another day, not exceeding 20 days thereafter, on which the defendant shall answer the information. Another day may be set and another summons issued as often as may be necessary, and continuances may be granted in the discretion of the court, but the cases provided for in this section shall have precedence and priority over all other business in the court. (Code 1876, §4051; Code 1886, §4823; Code 1896, §4869; Code 1907, §7104; Code 1923, §4502; Code 1940, T. 41, §183.)
AL Code § 36-11-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-10 - Proceedings in Supreme Court - Summoning and Examination of Witnesses Generally; Appointment and Duties of Examiners; Conduct of Trial.

Section 36-11-10Proceedings in Supreme Court - Summoning and examination of witnesses generally; appointment and duties of examiners; conduct of trial. In all original proceedings commenced under this chapter in the Supreme Court, either party shall have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses, to be issued by the clerk of the court and served by the marshal of the court or by any sheriff of the state. Such witnesses shall be sworn and examined on the trial in open court. The examination of such witnesses shall be conducted and defaulting witnesses shall be subject to similar proceedings and penalties as in criminal cases in the circuit court; but, on the written consent of the defendant, the court or a justice thereof, in term time or vacation, may appoint one or more examiners, whose duty it shall be, jointly or severally, as may be directed in the order of appointment, to take and certify by such day as may be fixed in the order of appointment the evidence against and for the defendant on the several specifications contained in the information, and the charges shall be tried by the court on such evidence so taken and certified and such documentary evidence as may be offered. The court for the trial and impeachment may sit or continue its sessions at any time without reference to the terms as prescribed by law. (Code 1876, §4052; Code 1886, §4824; Code 1896, §4870; Code 1907, §7105; Code 1923, §4503; Code 1940, T. 41, §184.)
AL Code § 36-11-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-11 - Proceedings in Supreme Court - Powers of Examiners as to Witnesses.

Section 36-11-11Proceedings in Supreme Court - Powers of examiners as to witnesses. The examiner or examiners so appointed shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses, which shall be served by the sheriff of the proper county or by any special constable appointed by such examiner or examiners, to compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment, to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment in the county jail and to administer oaths to witnesses, and the oaths administered by such examiners shall, in all respects, be deemed and held to be lawful oaths. (Code 1876, §4053; Code 1886, §4825; Code 1896, §4871; Code 1907, §7106; Code 1923, §4504; Code 1940, T. 41, §185.)
AL Code § 36-11-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-12 - Proceedings in Supreme Court - Rights of Parties as to Proceedings Before Examiners.

Section 36-11-12Proceedings in Supreme Court - Rights of parties as to proceedings before examiners. Either party shall have the right to appear before the examiner by himself and counsel and, to this end, shall have five days' notice of the time and place of his sittings; each party shall have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses; and, from the rulings of the examiner on any question of the admissibility and legality of evidence offered, either party may reserve an exception, to be decided by the Supreme Court. (Code 1876, §4054; Code 1886, §4826; Code 1896, §4872; Code 1907, §7107; Code 1923, §4505; Code 1940, T. 41, §186.)
AL Code § 36-11-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-13 - Proceedings in Circuit Court - Issuance and Service of Order to Appear and Answer Information, Summons and Copy of Information; Setting of Trial Date and Granting of Continuances Generally.

Section 36-11-13Proceedings in circuit court - Issuance and service of order to appear and answer information, summons and copy of information; setting of trial date and granting of continuances generally. If such information is filed in the circuit court, the judge of such court shall make an order requiring the officer proceeded against to appear at a place and on a day to be specified in the order and answer the information. The clerk of the court shall issue a summons, in which shall be set forth a copy of the order, directed to any sheriff of the state of Alabama, and which, together with a copy of the information, shall be served on such defendant. Another day may be set and other summons issued as often as may be necessary, and continuances may be granted in the discretion of the court. (Code 1876, §4055; Code 1886, §4827; Code 1896, §4873; Code 1907, §7108; Code 1923, §4506; Code 1940, T. 41, §187.)
AL Code § 36-11-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-14 - Proceedings in Circuit Court - When Case Stands for Trial; Conduct of Trial Generally; Right to Jury Trial.

Section 36-11-14Proceedings in circuit court - When case stands for trial; conduct of trial generally; right to jury trial. When the information is filed in the circuit court, if the summons is served 20 days before the day specified in the order, such case shall stand for trial on that day; and, if the summons is served less than 20 days before the day specified in the order, then the court shall on the day specified in the order make an order setting another day on which the defendant shall answer the information and the case stand for trial. The case shall have precedence and priority over all other business in such court and, shall be proceeded with in all respects as civil actions are conducted, with the right to either party to except to the rulings of the court and to reserve such exceptions as in civil actions. The defendant shall be entitled to a trial by jury on any issue of fact, whenever he demands the same. (Code 1876, §4057; Code 1886, §4829; Code 1896, §4875; Code 1907, §7110; Code 1923, §4508; Code 1940, T. 41, §189.)
AL Code § 36-11-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-15 - Appeals to Supreme Court From Judgment of Circuit Court - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 36-11-15Appeals to Supreme Court from judgment of circuit court - Authorization and procedure generally. From any final judgment or decision entered by any circuit court in proceedings under this chapter, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court in favor of the unsuccessful party. Notice of appeal must be filed within 42 days after the judgment is entered. Notices of appeal shall be given as in other cases. Such appeal shall have precedence and priority over all other appeals. (Code 1876, §4061; Code 1886, §4834; Code 1896, §4881; Code 1907, §7119; Code 1923, §4514; Code 1940, T. 41, §195.)
AL Code § 36-11-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-16 - Appeals to Supreme Court From Judgment of Circuit Court - Requirement of Security for Costs; Effect of Appeal as to Judgment of Conviction.

Section 36-11-16Appeals to Supreme Court from judgment of circuit court - Requirement of security for costs; effect of appeal as to judgment of conviction. If the appeal is taken by the state in cases instituted in its name by the Attorney General or a district attorney, no security for costs shall be required. In all other cases, security for costs shall be required as in appeals to the Supreme Court in civil actions, and such appeal shall not suspend the judgment of conviction. (Code 1876, §4062; Code 1886, §4835; Code 1896, §4882; Code 1907, §7120; Code 1923, §4515; Code 1940, T. 41, §196.)
AL Code § 36-11-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-17 - Duties, Liabilities and Fees of Sheriffs, etc., for Service of Process, etc.; Compensation of Examiners; Payment of Fees, Costs, Etc.

Section 36-11-17Duties, liabilities and fees of sheriffs, etc., for service of process, etc.; compensation of examiners; payment of fees, costs, etc. The sheriff, coroner or constable to whom process is issued under the provisions of this chapter shall perform all the duties as sheriffs are required to perform them, shall be liable to all the penalties to which sheriffs in similar cases are liable and shall be entitled to the same fees as sheriffs are entitled to for similar services. The examiners shall be entitled to such compensation as the Supreme Court may determine as fair equivalent for the services performed. All such fees and compensation shall be taxed in the bill of costs, but no costs shall be adjudged against the state nor against the successful plaintiffs on a return of "no property found" against the defendant, but may be paid out of the Treasury in all cases when the Governor thinks it right to pay the same. (Code 1876, §4059; Code 1886, §4832; Code 1896, §4878; Code 1907, §7116; Code 1923, §4511; Code 1940, T. 41, §192.)
AL Code § 36-11-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 11 - Impeachment.|Section 36-11-18 - Execution of Process, etc., Where Sheriff or Clerk of Court Subject to Impeachment Proceedings.

Section 36-11-18Execution of process, etc., where sheriff or clerk of court subject to impeachment proceedings. In all cases in which the sheriff is the party accused, all process relating to the case shall be executed by the coroner of the county or, if there is no coroner, then by such other person as may be appointed by the court or a judge in vacation. If the accused is the clerk of the court, then the court or judge thereof shall appoint a special clerk, who shall be some reliable and responsible person and who shall perform and discharge all the duties of the office as to this particular case, under the direction of the court or the judge thereof, until such case is finally determined, and who shall be liable to all penalties prescribed by law for any misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in the discharge of the duties of such office. (Code 1876, §4056; Code 1886, §4828; Code 1896, §4874; Code 1907, §7109; Code 1923, §4507; Code 1940, T. 41, §188.)