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AL Code § 12-12-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-50 - "Traffic Infraction" Defined.

Section 12-12-50"Traffic infraction" defined. A "traffic infraction" is any violation of a statute, ordinance or regulation relating to the operation or use of motor or other vehicles or the use of streets and highways by pedestrians. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-12-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-51 - District Court Jurisdiction of Misdemeanor Prosecutions for Traffic Infractions.

Section 12-12-51District court jurisdiction of misdemeanor prosecutions for traffic infractions. The district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of misdemeanor prosecutions for traffic infractions, except ordinance infractions prosecuted in municipal courts. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-12-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-52 - Receipt of Guilty Pleas in Traffic Infraction Prosecutions by Magistrates.

Section 12-12-52Receipt of guilty pleas in traffic infraction prosecutions by magistrates. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-17-251, magistrates may receive pleas of guilty in traffic infraction prosecutions, but may not receive pleas in matters involving: (1) Violations resulting in personal injury; (2) Operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated; (3) Reckless driving; (4) Felonies or indictable offenses; (5) Operation of motor vehicles without an operator's license or while the license is suspended or revoked; or (6) A defendant convicted of two or more previous traffic offenses in the preceding 12 months. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-12-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-53 - Requirement of Use of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint.

Section 12-12-53Requirement of use of uniform traffic ticket and complaint. (a) Every law enforcement agency in the state shall use traffic citations of the form known as the uniform traffic ticket and complaint, which shall be substantially uniform throughout the state and which shall be issued, except for an electronic traffic ticket or e-ticket, as defined in Section 32-1-4, in books with citations in no less than quadruplicate. (b) The uniform traffic ticket and complaint shall be used in traffic cases where a complaint is made by a law enforcement officer or by any other person or an information is filed by the district attorney. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106; Act 2006-579, p. 1522, §1.)
AL Code § 12-12-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-54 - Accounting for Uniform Traffic Tickets and Complaints; Disposition of Forms; Records and Reports.

Section 12-12-54Accounting for uniform traffic tickets and complaints; disposition of forms; records and reports. The judge or judges and the clerk of the district court shall designate personnel to be responsible for accounting for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued to law enforcement officers or others in their jurisdiction and for the proper disposition of the forms and shall cause to be prepared records and reports relating to the uniform traffic tickets and complaints in the manner and at the time as may be prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court. In instances in which an electronic traffic ticket or e-ticket, as defined in Section 32-1-4, is used, the judges and the clerks of the district courts shall designate personnel to be responsible for accounting for all e-tickets received and issued by the court in the manner and at the time as may be prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106; Act 2006-579, p. 1522, §1.)
AL Code § 12-12-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-55 - Establishment of Schedules of Fines for Traffic Infractions; Provision for Manner of Payment and Accounting for of Fines and Costs.

Section 12-12-55Establishment of schedules of fines for traffic infractions; provision for manner of payment and accounting for of fines and costs. Schedules of fines to be imposed for traffic infractions shall be established by law or rule. The manner in which fines and costs shall be paid to and accounted for by personnel assigned to accept payment shall be provided by administrative rule. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-12-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.|Section 12-12-56 - Law Enforcement Officers, etc., Not to Dispose of Uniform Traffic Tickets or Complaints, etc., in Unauthorized Manner; Persons Soliciting, etc., Unauthorized Disposition, etc., of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint Subject to Punishment for Criminal Contempt.

Section 12-12-56Law enforcement officers, etc., not to dispose of uniform traffic tickets or complaints, etc., in unauthorized manner; persons soliciting, etc., unauthorized disposition, etc., of uniform traffic ticket and complaint subject to punishment for criminal contempt. (a) No law enforcement officer or other officer or public employee shall dispose of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof or the record of issuance thereof in a manner other than as required under rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection. (b) Any person who solicits or aids in the disposition or attempted disposition of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint or any portion thereof in any unauthorized manner is subject to the criminal contempt power of the district or municipal court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-12-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 4 - Appeals.|Section 12-12-71 - When Appeals Taken to Circuit Courts; Nature of Proceedings and Right to Jury Trial Upon Appeals to Circuit Courts.

Section 12-12-71When appeals taken to circuit courts; nature of proceedings and right to jury trial upon appeals to circuit courts. Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection (e) of Section 12-15-120, all appeals from final judgments of the district court shall be to the circuit court for trial de novo. An appellant shall not be entitled to a jury trial in circuit court unless it is demanded in the notice of appeal, and an appellee shall have no right to a jury trial unless written demand is filed in circuit court within 14 days of service upon him of notice of appeal. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-111.)
AL Code § 12-12-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 4 - Appeals.|Section 12-12-72 - When Appeals May Be Taken Directly to Appellate Courts.

Section 12-12-72When appeals may be taken directly to appellate courts. Appeals shall be directly to the appropriate appellate court if: (1) An adequate record or stipulation of facts is available and the right to a jury trial is waived by all parties entitled thereto; or (2) The parties stipulate that only questions of law are involved and the district court certifies the questions. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-111.)
AL Code § 12-12-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 12 - District Courts.|Article 4 - Appeals.|Section 12-12-73 - Bonds on Appeals.

Section 12-12-73Bonds on appeals. A supersedeas bond in twice the amount of the judgment shall be required of the appellant in any civil appeal to the circuit court. Upon the filing of such supersedeas bond and the timely filing of a notice of appeal, execution of the judgment shall be stayed pending final judgment on appeal. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-111.)
AL Code § 12-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-1 - Jurisdiction Generally; Validity and Presumptions to Be Accorded to Judgments, Orders, etc., of Probate Courts.

Section 12-13-1Jurisdiction generally; validity and presumptions to be accorded to judgments, orders, etc., of probate courts. (a) The probate court shall have original and general jurisdiction as to all matters mentioned in this section and shall have original and general jurisdiction as to all other matters which may be conferred upon them by statute, unless the statute so conferring jurisdiction expressly makes the jurisdiction special or limited. (b) The probate court shall have original and general jurisdiction over the following matters: (1) The probate of wills. (2) The granting of letters testamentary and of administration and the repeal or revocation of the same. (3) All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or of administration. (4) The settlement of accounts of executors and administrators. (5) The sale and disposition of the real and personal property belonging to and the distribution of intestate's estates. (6) The appointment and removal of guardians for minors and persons of unsound mind. (7) All controversies as to the right of guardianship and the settlement of guardians' accounts. (8) The allotment of dower in land in the cases provided by law. (9) The partition of lands within their counties. (10) The change of the name of any person residing in their county, upon his filing a declaration in writing, signed by him, stating the name by which he is known and the name to which he wishes it to be changed. (11) Such other cases as jurisdiction is or may be given to such courts by law in all cases to be exercised in the manner prescribed by law. (c) All orders, judgments and decrees of probate courts shall be accorded the same validity and presumptions which are accorded to judgments and orders of other courts of general jurisdiction. (Code 1852, §670; Code 1867, §790; Code 1876, §693; Code 1886, §787; Code 1896, §3363; Code 1907, §5419; Code 1923, §9579; Code 1940, T. 13, §278.)
AL Code § 12-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-2 - Person in Federal Service and Spouse Thereof Who Die While Living Within State Deemed Resident of State and of County in Which Living for Purposes of Probate Jurisdiction.

Section 12-13-2Person in federal service and spouse thereof who die while living within state deemed resident of state and of county in which living for purposes of probate jurisdiction. Any person in any branch of service of the government of the United States of America, including those in the military, air and naval service, and the husband or wife of any such person, if he or she dies while living within the borders of the State of Alabama, shall be deemed prima facie to be a resident and inhabitant of the State of Alabama and of the county in which he or she was living at the time of his or her death for purposes of general probate jurisdiction, including the probation of his or her will and the granting of letters testamentary or of administration upon his or her estate. (Acts 1955, No. 540, p. 1196.)
AL Code § 12-13-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-3 - When Courts Deemed Open for Granting of Letters Testamentary, etc., and Making of Orders Grantable as Matter of Course; Limitation Period for Setting Aside or Amendment of Orders or Decrees and Reopening of Cases.

Section 12-13-3When courts deemed open for granting of letters testamentary, etc., and making of orders grantable as matter of course; limitation period for setting aside or amendment of orders or decrees and reopening of cases. The probate court shall at all times be considered as open, except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with authority to do all things needful in relation to granting letters testamentary or of administration or guardianship and all matters pertaining thereto and making all other necessary orders which are grantable as a matter of course. In all cases, any order or decree may be set aside or amended and the case reopened within 30 days after the rendition thereof by the judge of the court in which said decree was rendered or said order was made. (Code 1852, §673; Code 1867, §795; Code 1876, §701; Code 1886, §794; Code 1896, §3371; Code 1907, §5129; Code 1923, §9590; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 52; Code 1940, T. 13, §295.)
AL Code § 12-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-4 - Where Cases, etc., May Be Heard, etc., in Counties Where Terms of Court Held in Places Other Than County Seat.

Section 12-13-4Where cases, etc., may be heard, etc., in counties where terms of court held in places other than county seat. In all counties in this state where terms of the probate court are held at places other than the county seat, the probate courts of such counties may try any case, sign any order, judgment or decree arising in said county and hear and determine any matter, case or proceedings at any time at either the county seat or at any place other than the county seat where such matter, case or proceedings may be legally heard, tried or determined. (Acts 1931, No. 446, p. 540; Code 1940, T. 13, §296.)
AL Code § 12-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-5 - Form, Execution, Return, etc., of Letters Testamentary, etc., and Process of Probate Court Generally.

Section 12-13-5Form, execution, return, etc., of letters testamentary, etc., and process of probate court generally. All letters testamentary, of administration and of guardianship and all process from the probate court shall be signed by the judge or his chief clerk, bear the date of the day of issue and conform, as nearly as possible, to those used in other courts in this state and shall be directed, executed and returned in like manner and under the same penalties unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1852, §675; Code 1867, §797; Code 1876, §703; Code 1886, §796; Code 1896, §3375; Code 1907, §5433; Code 1923, §9595; Code 1940, T. 13, §304.)
AL Code § 12-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-6 - When Process of Probate Court May Be Made Returnable.

Section 12-13-6When process of probate court may be made returnable. All executions and other process issuing from the probate court may be made returnable, if no other day is provided by law, not less than three nor more than six months after such issue. (Code 1852, §680; Code 1867, §805; Code 1876, §710; Code 1886, §799; Code 1896, §3378; Code 1907, §5436; Code 1923, §9598; Code 1940, T. 13, §307.)
AL Code § 12-13-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-7 - Garnishments - Issuance, Enforcement, etc., Generally.

Section 12-13-7Garnishments - Issuance, enforcement, etc., generally. The probate court may issue process of garnishment upon decrees for money, in favor of plaintiffs in such decrees, returnable within 30 days, upon compliance with the laws respecting garnishments in the circuit courts on judgments and may render judgments or decrees on the answers of such garnishees, enforce the collection thereof by execution, as may be necessary, and try all collateral issues that may grow out of the answers of such garnishees, both as to a contest of an answer or a claim of an alleged transferee. (Code 1867, §802; Code 1876, §708; Code 1886, §797; Code 1896, §3376; Code 1907, §5434; Code 1923, §9596; Code1940, T. 13, §305.)
AL Code § 12-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-8 - Garnishments - Applicability of Provisions Pertaining to Garnishments in Circuit Court.

Section 12-13-8Garnishments - Applicability of provisions pertaining to garnishments in circuit court. The provisions of this code in reference to garnishments in the circuit court are applicable to garnishments in the probate court. (Code 1867, §803; Code 1876, §709; Code 1886, §798; Code 1896, §3377; Code 1907, §5435; Code 1923, §9597; Code 1940, T. 13, §306.)
AL Code § 12-13-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-9 - Powers of Probate Court as to Punishment for Contempt.

Section 12-13-9Powers of probate court as to punishment for contempt. (a) The probate court may issue show cause orders and attachment for contempts offered to the court or its process by any executor, administrator, guardian, or other person and may punish the person by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) and imprisonment not exceeding 24 hours, or both. (b) In all cases or other proceedings in the probate court of a county where the judge of probate is a licensed attorney in this state, the judge of probate shall have the same power to punish for civil contempt as granted to a judge of the circuit court pursuant to Section 12-11-30 or other law or as provided by the common law of this state. (Code 1852, §671; Code 1867, §791; Code 1876, §694; Code 1886, §788; Code 1896, §3364; Code 1907, §5420; Code 1923, §9580; Code 1940, T. 13, §279; Act 2017-388, §1.)
AL Code § 12-13-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-10 - Changes of Venue.

Section 12-13-10Changes of venue. In all cases in the probate court where a jury may be called to try contested facts, changes of venue may be had as in cases of contested wills and all the provisions as to changes of venue in cases of contested wills shall apply to changes of venue under this section. (Code 1867, §809; Code 1876, §716; Code 1886, §804; Code 1896, §3383; Code 1907, §5441; Code 1923, §9603; Code1940, T. 13, §312.)
AL Code § 12-13-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-11 - Grounds for Granting New Trials; Costs Therefor.

Section 12-13-11Grounds for granting new trials; costs therefor. (a) On motion filed within 30 days from entry of judgment, a new trial may be granted for the following grounds: (1) Irregularity in the proceedings of the court, jury or prevailing party, or any order of court, or abuse of discretion, by which the party was prevented from having a fair trial. (2) Misconduct of the jury or prevailing party. (3) Accident or surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against. (4) Excessive or inadequate damages. (5) Error in the assessment of the amount of recovery, whether too large or too small where the action is upon a contract or for the injury or detention of property. (6) The verdict or decision is not sustained by the great preponderance of the evidence or is contrary to law. (7) Newly discovered evidence, material for the party applying, which he could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the trial. (8) Error of law occurring at the trial and properly preserved by the party making the application. (b) The court, in granting new trials, may allow the same upon the payment of such costs by party applying therefor, as the justice and equity of the case may require, taking into consideration the causes which may make such new trial necessary. (Code 1923, §9518; Code 1940, T. 13, §276.)
AL Code § 12-13-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-12 - Applicability of Provisions Pertaining to Evidence, Pleading, and Practice, etc., in Circuit Court.

Section 12-13-12Applicability of provisions pertaining to evidence, pleading, and practice, etc., in circuit court. The provisions of this code in reference to evidence, pleading and practice, judgments and orders in the circuit court, so far as the same are appropriate, and the mode of obtaining evidence by oral examination or by deposition and of compelling the attendance of witnesses and of enforcing orders and judgments, in the absence of express provision to the contrary, are applicable to the proceedings in the probate court. (Code 1852, §682; Code 1867, §807; Code 1876, §712; Code 1886, §801; Code 1896, §3380; Code 1907, §5438; Code 1923, §9600; Code 1940, T. 13, §309.)
AL Code § 12-13-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-13 - Chief Clerk of Probate Court - Oath and Bond.

Section 12-13-13Chief clerk of probate court - Oath and bond. The chief clerk of the probate court, before he enters upon his duties, must take the oath directed to be taken by the officers of this state and give bond, with surety, payable to the probate judge, in such sum as he may prescribe, upon which bond such clerk shall be liable to such judge inconsequence of any act of misfeasance or malfeasance of such chief clerk in the duties of his office, which bond must be approved by the probate judge and filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867, §796; Code 1876, §702; Code 1886, §795; Code 1896, §§3372, 3373; Code 1907, §5430; Code 1923, §9593; Code 1940, T. 13, §301.)
AL Code § 12-13-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-13-14 - Chief Clerk of Probate Court - Powers Generally; Authority for Performance of Official Acts of Chief Clerk Generally.

Section 12-13-14Chief clerk of probate court - Powers generally; authority for performance of official acts of chief clerk generally. (a) The chief clerk shall have the following powers: (1) To issue letters testamentary, of administration and of guardianship, where there is no contest. (2) To administer oaths relating to the business of the court and to take and certify acknowledgments and proof of instruments authorized to be recorded. (3) To solemnize matrimony, approve bonds and appoint guardians ad litem. (4) To admit wills to probate and record and to pass and allow accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, where there is no contest. (5) To do all other acts and things and perform all other duties, ministerial and judicial, where there is no contest, that the probate judge may do and perform. (b) All of the official acts of such chief clerk must be performed in the name of the probate judge, except when there is a vacancy in that office. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867, §796; Code 1876, §702; Code 1886, §795; Code 1896, §3372; Code 1907, §5430; Code 1923, §9592; Code 1940, T. 13, §300.)