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AL Code § 28-4-269 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-269 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Issues and Parties Generally; Style of Action; Trial of Action Generally.

Section 28-4-269Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Issues and parties generally; style of action; trial of action generally. The issue thus framed shall be deemed an action pending in the court of the judge who issued the warrant between the State of Alabama, on the relation of the complainant, and the liquor and beverages and vessels and receptacles so seized and against the party in possession of the liquors and beverages or against the party who interposes the claim, and may be entitled in the name of the State of Alabama against the said party so appearing, if any, and if no one appears, may be entitled as against said liquors and beverages adding for identification the name of the person or persons mentioned in the affidavit or warrant. The said action shall be tried in the district court as other actions are tried therein. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4757; Code 1940, T. 29, §226.)
AL Code § 28-4-270 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-270 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Issues, etc., Where More Than One Claimant to Liquors and Beverages Seized.

Section 28-4-270Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Issues, etc., where more than one claimant to liquors and beverages seized. If different parties appear and claim separate portions of the liquor and beverages and vessels and receptacles seized, separate answers may be filed and separate issues may be framed and the trial had accordingly before the district court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4760; Code 1940, T. 29, §229.)
AL Code § 28-4-271 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-271 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Prosecution of Action.

Section 28-4-271Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Prosecution of action. Where an officer seizes liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles under a search warrant, he shall appear on the day fixed for the hearing. The district attorney or his deputy shall appear and prosecute said action on behalf of the state. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4767; Code 1940, T. 29, §236.)
AL Code § 28-4-272 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-272 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Persons Not to Be Excused From Attending and Testifying or Producing Books, Papers, etc., at Hearing or Trial; Immunity From Prosecution as to Transactions, etc., as to Which Testimony or Documents Produced.

Section 28-4-272Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Persons not to be excused from attending and testifying or producing books, papers, etc., at hearing or trial; immunity from prosecution as to transactions, etc., as to which testimony or documents produced. No person, except one who answers claiming some right, title or interest in the liquors so seized, shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing any books, papers or other documents before any court or judge upon any such hearing or trial upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to convict him of a crime or to subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal investigation, trial or proceeding. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4765; Code 1940, T. 29, §234.)
AL Code § 28-4-273 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-273 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Conduct of Hearing or Trial Generally; Entry of Judgment of Forfeiture and Delivery of Liquors and Beverages to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Generally; Destruction of Nonfederal Tax-Paid Liquors and Beverages; Disposition of Funds Paid Into Court by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

Section 28-4-273Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Conduct of hearing or trial generally; entry of judgment of forfeiture and delivery of liquors and beverages to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board generally; destruction of nonfederal tax-paid liquors and beverages; disposition of funds paid into court by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. If no party appears to make a claim at the time specified in the notice or if no verified answer controverting the allegations of the complaint and the grounds for issuance of the search warrant is interposed, the judge shall proceed to hear the testimony in support thereof. If it is established upon the hearing before said judge or upon the trial of the action, if issue be joined, that the liquors so seized are kept, stored or deposited for the purpose of unlawful sale or other disposition or for furnishing or distribution within this state or if it appears that the complainant has established a ground for the issuance of such search warrant, judgment of forfeiture of said liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles shall be entered, which judgment shall order the immediate delivery of said liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at Montgomery, Alabama, whereupon said board shall determine the reasonable value thereof. The amounts so determined by said board to the reasonable value thereof shall be paid by the board to the clerk of the court in which such order or forfeiture was made. In the case of nonfederal tax-paid liquors and beverages, the court shall order the same to be publicly destroyed. Any funds paid into court, as provided in this section, shall be applied first to the payment of the court costs in such case, and the balance, if any, shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality or county in which said case arose. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4758; Code 1940, T. 29, §227.)
AL Code § 28-4-274 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-274 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Entry of Judgment of Dismissal and Return of Liquors and Beverages, etc., to Place or Person From Which or From Whom Taken Generally.

Section 28-4-274Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Entry of judgment of dismissal and return of liquors and beverages, etc., to place or person from which or from whom taken generally. If the testimony produced on the hearing before the judge or upon such trial before the judge or court shall fail to establish the complaint or that a ground existed for the issuance of the warrant or that the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles were kept, stored or deposited for the purpose of unlawful sale, distribution or delivery within this state, judgment shall be entered dismissing such complaint and providing that such liquors and beverages and the vessels and receptacles containing the same be returned to the place from which or to the person from whom they were taken. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4759; Code 1940, T. 29, §228.)
AL Code § 28-4-275 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-275 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Apportionment and Taxing of Costs.

Section 28-4-275Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Apportionment and taxing of costs. If judgment shall be against only one party defendant appearing, he shall be charged to pay all the costs of the proceeding in the seizure and detention of the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles claimed by him and the costs of the trial. But if judgment shall be entered against more than one party claiming distinct parts of or interests in said liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles, then the cost of the proceeding and trial may be equitably apportioned among the defendants for the amount of cost to be adjudged against them according to the discretion of the judge or court. In the event no one appears to contest the complaint or if the complaint is not sustained and no judgment of forfeiture is obtained, the costs shall be taxed and paid as costs are taxed and paid in criminal prosecutions wherein the state fails, and this rule shall apply as to any separate claim when several parties appear, claim and contest and such separate claim is sustained and there is failure to obtain judgment as to the part of the liquor and beverages and vessels and receptacles so claimed. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4761; Code 1940, T. 29, §230.)
AL Code § 28-4-276 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-276 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Appeals From Judgment of District Court - Authorization and Procedure Generally.

Section 28-4-276Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Appeals from judgment of district court - Authorization and procedure generally. Any party may appeal within 14 days from the date of final judgment or denial of a post-trial motion, whichever is later, any judgment entered under the provisions of this article in any district court, such appeal to be taken in behalf of the state to the circuit court by the district attorney by filing a notice of appeal with the judge of the district court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4762; Code 1940, T. 29, §231.)
AL Code § 28-4-277 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-277 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Appeals From Judgment of District Court - Persons Entitled to Appeal; Bond for Costs of Appeal Required; Right to Jury Trial; Proceedings in Circuit Court.

Section 28-4-277Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Appeals from judgment of district court - Persons entitled to appeal; bond for costs of appeal required; right to jury trial; proceedings in circuit court. Any person appearing and becoming a party defendant as provided in this article may appeal from the judgment of forfeiture and condemnation as to the whole or any part of the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles claimed by him and adjudged forfeited to the circuit court as in other cases appealed from a district court to a circuit court, the appeal to be granted upon parties giving bond for the cost of appeal, that will be incurred in the circuit court. Upon written demand being made therefor endorsed on the appeal bond at the time said appeal is taken, the appellants may be entitled to a jury for the trial of the action in the circuit court. Said circuit court shall proceed with the case de novo and may cause suitable issues to be framed for the determination of the action. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4763; Code 1940, T. 29, §232.)
AL Code § 28-4-278 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-278 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings Generally - Appeals From Judgment of District Court - Issuance of Order for Delivery of Liquors and Beverages, etc., to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or for Restoration of Same to Place or Person From Which or From Whom Seized Upon Entry of Final Judgment in Proceedings Under Article.

Section 28-4-278Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Appeals from judgment of district court - Issuance of order for delivery of liquors and beverages, etc., to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or for restoration of same to place or person from which or from whom seized upon entry of final judgment in proceedings under article. Whenever it shall be finally decided that the liquors and vessels seized as provided in this article are forfeited and ordered condemned, the judge or court entering final judgment of forfeiture shall issue to the officer having said liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles in custody a written order directing him forthwith to deliver said liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as provided in Section 28-4-273, except in the case of nonfederal tax-paid liquors or beverages, which shall be publicly destroyed, and the officer shall immediately thereafter make return of said order to the court whence issued with his actions in the premises endorsed thereon. When it is finally decided that the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles so seized are not liable to forfeiture, the judge or the court entering the judgment shall issue a written order to the officer having the same in custody to restore the same to the place where seized, as nearly as possible, or to the persons who are entitled to receive them. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4764; Code 1940, T. 29, §233.)
AL Code § 28-4-279 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-279 - Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings in Circuit Courts.

Section 28-4-279Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings in circuit courts. A search warrant may be issued by any judge of a circuit court, and on the return of the warrant, the same proceedings may be had before the judge sitting as a court as are prescribed in this article for the trial before district court judges issuing said warrants. Any defendant to the warrant in such circuit court may have a jury trial upon demanding the same at the time he files his verified answer and claim. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4766; Code 1940, T. 29, §235.)
AL Code § 28-4-280 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-280 - Allowances and Fees of Officers Executing Search Warrants and Attending and Prosecuting Forfeiture and Condemnation Actions for State.

Section 28-4-280Allowances and fees of officers executing search warrants and attending and prosecuting forfeiture and condemnation actions for state. There shall be allowed the officer making the seizure under a search warrant the sum of $3.00 and also the additional sum of $2.00 for every day that such officer shall necessarily be employed in attending court for the purpose of causing liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles seized to be forfeited or condemned and the sum of $.10 per mile for each mile he shall travel in executing the warrant, together with such reasonable sum as the court may deem just for necessary expenses incurred in transporting and providing storage for liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles seized. Where a warrant is issued to any peace officer to search a designated place for prohibited liquors and beverages and such officer executes such warrant and seizes such liquors or beverages, but fails to arrest any person or persons for having such prohibited liquors or beverages in his or their possession, then no fees, mileage or allowances shall be paid to anyone for any service under this article. Where a warrant is issued to any peace officer to search a designated place for prohibited liquors or beverages and such officer executes said warrant, seizes such prohibited liquors or beverages, arrests one or more persons alleged to have had the possession of such liquors or beverages at the time of said seizure and said person is tried and acquitted of the charge or charges arising out of the possession, use or sale of said seized prohibited liquors or beverages by the court having jurisdiction of the action or the action is nol prossed by such court or withdrawn and filed, then the fees, mileage or allowances set out in this section shall be taxed and paid as in criminal prosecutions in which the state fails, upon the court or judge making an order to that effect. If, however, the arrest of one or more persons alleged to have had the possession of such liquors or beverages is made and the defendant or defendants are finally convicted, the costs or fees set out in this section shall be taxed in the bill of costs against such defendant or defendants and, if not collected from such defendant or defendants so convicted, shall be taxed and paid as in criminal prosecutions in which the state fails, upon the court or judge making an order to that effect. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4768; Acts 1935, No. 299, p. 727; Code 1940, T. 29, §237.)
AL Code § 28-4-281 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-281 - Correction of Defects or Irregularities in Notice, etc., in Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings.

Section 28-4-281Correction of defects or irregularities in notice, etc., in forfeiture and condemnation proceedings. Whenever in any proceedings for forfeiture and condemnation of liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles it shall appear to the judge or court that there has been any irregularity in the service of any process or notice or any omission to post or serve notices required or any defect in the affidavit or notice or in the service or return of either, the judge or court may permit the same to be amended and may direct such further service of process or of notice as will, in the judgment of the judge or court, be most effectual in securing notice of the proceeding to those who may be entitled thereto and so that the proceeding may not fail for any irregularity or technicality. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2; p. 8; Code 1923, §4769; Code 1940, T. 29, §238.)
AL Code § 28-4-282 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-282 - Appliances Used, etc., for Distillation or Manufacture of Prohibited Liquors and Beverages Declared Contraband; Said Appliances and Products Thereof to Be Summarily Destroyed by Sheriffs, etc., Finding Same; Property, etc., Where Distillery, etc., Found Forfeited to State.

Section 28-4-282Appliances used, etc., for distillation or manufacture of prohibited liquors and beverages declared contraband; said appliances and products thereof to be summarily destroyed by sheriffs, etc., finding same; property, etc., where distillery, etc., found forfeited to state. All appliances which have been used or are used or ready to be used for the purpose of distilling or manufacturing any prohibited liquors or beverages are contraband, and no person, firm or corporation or association of persons shall have any property rights in or to the same, and when said appliances or apparatus so used or ready to be used or that have been used for the manufacture of any prohibited liquors and beverages shall be found by any sheriff or other law officer, the same shall be by said officer at once summarily destroyed and rendered useless for service. The officer shall also summarily destroy any liquor or liquids, the product of a distillery or plant for the making of a prohibited liquor which he may find on the premises, and the owner of said distillery or plant or any person permitting the same to exist on the premises shall forfeit to the State of Alabama all property used in connection with said illegal plant, together with the buildings and lots or parcels of ground constituting the premises on which the unlawful act is performed or permitted to be performed. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4775; Code 1940, T. 29, §244.)
AL Code § 28-4-283 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-283 - Enforcement of Forfeiture.

Section 28-4-283Enforcement of forfeiture. The forfeiture provided in Section 28-4-282 may be enforced by a complaint filed in the circuit court of the county in which the property is located, the complaint to be filed in the name of the State of Alabama by the Attorney General or by a district attorney in the county where the complaint is filed or by others as provided in the law for the filing of petitions for abatement of liquor nuisances. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4776; Code 1940, T. 29, §245.)
AL Code § 28-4-284 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-284 - Sale of Property and Disposition of Proceeds Therefrom.

Section 28-4-284Sale of property and disposition of proceeds therefrom. The property may be ordered sold and the proceeds, after paying the costs and expenses of the seizure and of the action, shall be paid into the law-enforcement fund to be used and applied on the enforcement of state laws under the supervision and control of the Governor. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4777; Code 1940, T. 29, §246; Acts 1949, No. 669, p. 1032.)