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AL Code § 11-81-148 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 4 - Public Improvement Bonds.|Division 2 - Bonds for Certain Revenue-Producing Undertakings.|Section 11-81-148 - Exercise of Municipal or County Taxing Power, etc., for Payment of Bonds.

Section 11-81-148Exercise of municipal or county taxing power, etc., for payment of bonds. No holder or holders of any bonds issued under this division shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipality or county or the payment of any funds other than the revenue from such undertaking to pay said bonds or the interest thereon, and every bond issued under this division shall contain a recital to that effect. (Acts 1935, No. 154, p. 195; Code 1940, T. 37, §349.)
AL Code § 11-81-149 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 4 - Public Improvement Bonds.|Division 2 - Bonds for Certain Revenue-Producing Undertakings.|Section 11-81-149 - Exemption From Taxation of Undertakings, Bonds, Etc.

Section 11-81-149Exemption from taxation of undertakings, bonds, etc. So long as the municipality or county shall own or possess any undertaking the property and revenue of such undertaking shall be exempt from all taxation. Bonds issued under this division and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation. (Acts 1935, No. 154, p. 195; Code 1940, T. 37, §350.)
AL Code § 11-81-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 4 - Public Improvement Bonds.|Division 2 - Bonds for Certain Revenue-Producing Undertakings.|Section 11-81-150 - Establishment, Collection, etc., of Rates, Fees, Tolls, etc., for Services, Facilities, etc., of Undertakings.

Section 11-81-150Establishment, collection, etc., of rates, fees, tolls, etc., for services, facilities, etc., of undertakings. The governing body shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls, rents or charges for the services, facilities and commodities of any undertaking for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of which revenue anticipation bonds are issued under this division, and shall revise such rates, fees, tolls, rents or charges from time to time whenever necessary so that such undertakings shall be and always remain self-supporting. The rates, fees, tolls, rents or charges prescribed shall be such as will produce revenue at least sufficient to pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which such revenue is or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor, and to provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of such undertaking, including reserves therefor. (Acts 1935, No. 154, p. 195; Code 1940, T. 37, §351.)
AL Code § 12-21-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-1 - Production of Books, etc., Generally - by Parties; Failure to Comply.

Section 12-21-1Production of books, etc., generally - By parties; failure to comply. (a) The court may, on motion and due notice thereof, require the parties to produce books, documents or writings in their possession, custody, control or power which contain evidence pertinent to the issues. (b) If the plaintiff or prosecution fails to comply with such order, the court may, on motion, give the like judgment for the defendant as in cases of dismissal; and, if the defendant fails to comply with such order, the court may, on motion, give judgment against him by default. (Code 1896, §§1859, 1860; Code 1907, §§4058, 4059; Code 1923, §§7774, 7775; Code 1940, T. 7, §§487, 488.)
AL Code § 12-21-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-2 - Production of Books, etc., Generally - by Resident Nonparties; Failure to Comply.

Section 12-21-2Production of books, etc., generally - By resident nonparties; failure to comply. (a) When any deed, writing or other document which it may be necessary to use as testimony in any case may be in the possession of any person resident in this state who is not a party to the case, the clerk of the court in which the case is pending shall, upon application of the party or his attorney desirous of using such testimony, issue a subpoena duces tecum directed to the person having such book or other document in his possession, requiring him to appear and bring with him into court the paper desired to be used as testimony. Service shall be by a sheriff, constable or some private person, and the official return of the sheriff or constable or the affidavit of such private person shall be sufficient evidence that the same was duly served; but, in all cases, the judge may require the summary production of any book or document by subpoena duces tecum where the witness is able to produce it and where the ends of justice require such summary production. (b) When a subpoena shall be issued and served as provided in subsection (a) of this section and the person whose attendance is thereby required shall fail to comply with the requisition thereof, the court shall, on motion, issue an attachment against such defaulting person, returnable instantly or to the next term of said court, and shall fine such person in a sum not exceeding $300.00 unless he shall make a sufficient excuse for such failure, to be judged of by the court; but such person shall, nevertheless, be subject to an action at the instance of the party by whom he was subpoenaed, for any damages which such party may have sustained by reason of such failure. If the person so subpoenaed shall, within 10 days after the service of such subpoena, deliver to the party at whose instance the subpoena was issued or his attorney, or file in the office of the court from which such subpoena was issued the paper, the production of which is required by such subpoena, or shall deliver to the said party or his attorney, or shall file in the said office his affidavit that the said paper is not in his power, custody, possession or control and that it was not at the time of serving said subpoena, then such delivery and filing of the paper so sought as aforesaid or of such affidavit shall be considered a full and complete compliance with the requirements of such subpoena duces tecum.  (Code 1907, §§4060, 4061; Code 1923, §§7776, 7777; Code 1940, T. 7, §§489, 490.)
AL Code § 12-21-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-3 - Compelling Books, etc., to Be Produced; Parol in Lieu Thereof.

Section 12-21-3Compelling books, etc., to be produced; parol in lieu thereof. The court may, upon affidavit of their necessity and materiality, upon motion, compel, by order, either party to produce, at or before the trial, any book, paper or document in his possession or power. The order may be made upon the application of either party, upon reasonable notice to the adverse party or his attorney. If not produced, parol evidence may be given of its contents. (Code 1923, §7712; Code 1940, T. 7, §426.)
AL Code § 12-21-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-3.1 - Subpoena of Law Enforcement Officers and Investigative Reports; Disposition of Criminal Matters.

Section 12-21-3.1Subpoena of law enforcement officers and investigative reports; disposition of criminal matters. (a) Neither law enforcement investigative reports nor the testimony of a law enforcement officer may be subject to a civil or administrative subpoena except as provided in subsection (c). (b) Law enforcement investigative reports and related investigative material are not public records. Law enforcement investigative reports, records, field notes, witness statements, and other investigative writings or recordings are privileged communications protected from disclosure. (c) Under no circumstance may a party to a civil or administrative proceeding discover material which is not authorized discoverable by a defendant in a criminal matter. Noncriminal parties may upon proper motion and order from a court of record: Secure photographs, documents and tangible evidence for examination and copying only by order of a court imposing such conditions and qualifications as may be necessary to protect a chain of custody of evidence; or protect the prosecutors', law enforcement officers', or investigators' work product; or to prevent the loss or destruction of documents, objects, or evidence. Such discovery order may be issued by a court of record upon proof by substantial evidence, that the moving party will suffer undue hardship and that the records, photographs or witnesses are unavailable from other reasonable sources. (d) Discovery orders prior to the disposition of the criminal matter under investigation are not favored and should be granted only upon showing that the party seeking discovery has substantial need of the materials and is unable, without undue hardship, to obtain the substantial equivalent by other means. (e) Nothing in this section shall preclude the disclosure of investigative reports, including the testimony of law enforcement officers, to a state administrative agency authorized by law to investigate or conduct administrative contested case hearings in any matter related to the suspension, revocation, or restriction of a professional license or registration for the protection of the public health and safety. (f) For purposes of this section, a criminal matter is disposed of in any of the following ways: (1) When the prosecuting authority has presented the matter to a grand jury and a no bill or true bill has been returned. (2) After a written statement by the chief law enforcement officer of the agency conducting the investigation that the matter under investigation is closed. (3) When the entity or individual under investigation has been tried and final judgment entered.  (Act 98-507, p. 1184, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 12-21-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-4 - Taking of Affidavits Outside State.

Section 12-21-4Taking of affidavits outside state. Affidavits required in the commencement or progress of any action or judicial proceedings may be taken without this state before any commissioner appointed by the Governor of this state, any judge or clerk of a federal court, any judge or clerk of any court of record or any notary public, who shall certify under their hands and seals of office, if any. (Code 1867, §645; Code 1876, §550; Code 1886, §2768; Code 1896, §1799; Code 1907, §3965; Code 1923, §7661; Code 1940, T. 7, §373.)
AL Code § 12-21-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-5 - Copy of Hospital Records - Admissibility.

Section 12-21-5Copy of hospital records - Admissibility. When the original would be admissible in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the hospital records of any hospital organized or operated under or pursuant to the laws of Alabama, including records of admission, medical, hospital, occupational, disease, injury and disability histories, temperature and other charts, X rays and written interpretations thereof, pictures, photographs, files, written orders, directions, findings and reports and interpretations of physicians, doctors, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, dentists, technicians and nurses, as well as of all employees of such hospital, forming a part of such hospital records as to the health, condition, state, injuries, sickness, disease, mental, physical and nervous disorders, duration and character of disabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, wounds, cuts, contusions, lacerations, breaks, loss of blood, incisions, operations, injuries, examinations, tests, transfusions, hospitalization and duration thereof, medication, medicines, supplies, treatment and care and the cost, expenses, fees and charges therefor and thereof, a part of, or shown on or in, said hospital records of any patient in said hospital, when certified and affirmed by the custodian of said hospital records as provided in Section 12-21-7, shall be admissible in evidence, without further proof in any court in the state where admissible, if and when said hospital records were made and kept in the usual and regular course of business of said hospital and it was in the regular course of business of said hospital to make and keep said records and that said records were made at the time of such acts, transactions, occurrences or events therein referred to occurred or arose or were made, or within a reasonable time thereafter. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 77, p. 102, §1.)
AL Code § 12-21-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-6 - Copy of Hospital Records - Subpoena Duces Tecum; Inspection; Form; Weight.

Section 12-21-6Copy of hospital records - Subpoena duces tecum; inspection; form; weight. (a) A certified copy of said hospital records may be procured by any litigant in any court of competent jurisdiction in the state by subpoena duces tecum, and when any such subpoena duces tecum is issued for said hospital records, the custodian of said hospital records shall prepare a copy of said hospital records as provided in this subsection and securely seal the same in an envelope or other container and date and fill out and sign a certificate in substantially the form provided in Section 12-21-7 and place on, or securely fasten said certificate to the outside of, said envelope or container in which said copy of said hospital records are placed and deliver the same to the clerk or register of the court hearing, or to hear or to try, the case or proceeding in which the records are sought, and he shall not otherwise be required to appear in court unless thereafter ordered to do so by the court. The copy of the hospital records shall not be open to inspection or copy by other persons than the parties to the case or proceeding and their attorneys until ordered published by the court trying the case at the time of the trial. When so prepared and certified, the copy of said hospital records shall be admissible in evidence in any court in the state, if and when admissible, in prima facie proof of the facts therein shown just as if otherwise verified and just as if the copy were the original. The copy of the hospital records may be photostated, photographed or made by microphotographic plate or film, or otherwise made, so long as clear and easily legible. All the circumstances of the making of such hospital records, including lack of personal knowledge of the entrant or maker of such hospital records, may otherwise be shown to affect the weight of such hospital records, but this shall not affect their admissibility. (b) Repealed by Acts 1994, No. 94-609, p. 1124, §3. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 77, p. 102, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-609, p. 1124, §3.)
AL Code § 12-21-6.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-6.1 - Reproduction and Delivery of Medical Records.

Section 12-21-6.1Reproduction and delivery of medical records. (a) The following words and phrases used in this section shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTUAL COSTS. The cost of material and supplies used to duplicate the medical record, the labor costs, and other costs associated with duplication of the medical records. (2) PERSON. Any medical provider or company or other legal entity that maintains medical records. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person required to release copies of medical records may condition the release upon payment by the requesting party of the reasonable costs of reproducing the medical records. (2) The reasonable costs of reproducing copies of written or typed documents, or reports shall not be more than one dollar ($1) for each page of the first 25 pages, not more than 50 cents ($.50) for each page in excess of 25 pages, and a search fee of five dollars ($5). If the medical records are mailed to the person making the request, reasonable costs shall include the actual costs of mailing the medical records. (3) A person may charge in addition to the fees allowed in subdivision (2) of this subsection the actual cost of reproducing X-rays and other special medical records. (4) Unless other arrangements for payments are made between the requesting party and the person supplying the medical records, the requesting party shall pay the fees charged for reproduction and delivery of the medical records prior to delivery of the medical records. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to records subpoenaed by the State Board of Medical Examiners. (d) This section shall not affect any fees or costs currently paid by state agencies. (Acts 1994, No. 94-609, p. 1124, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 12-21-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-7 - Copy of Hospital Records - Certificate of Custodian.

Section 12-21-7Copy of hospital records - Certificate of custodian. The certificate of the custodian of the hospital records provided for in Sections 12-21-5 and 12-21-6 shall show the name of the parties to the case or proceeding and the name of the court to which made, by appropriate caption, and said certificate shall be in form in substance as follows, to-wit: I, _____, hereby certify and affirm in writing that I am _____ of the _____ Hospital, a hospital organized or operated pursuant to or under the laws of Alabama, located at _____, Alabama, that I am custodian of the hospital records of said hospital and that the within copy of said hospital records are an exact, full, true and correct copy of said hospital records pertaining to _____. I further certify that I am familiar with and know, and knew when made and charged, the reasonable value and price for the various charges made and shown in said hospital records pertaining to _________ and that said charges are in my judgment just, reasonable and proper and in keeping with those generally charged in the county and community where said hospital is located. All of which I hereby certify and affirm on this ______ day of __________, 19__. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 77, p. 102, §3.)
AL Code § 12-21-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-8 - Destruction of Exhibits Offered and Received in Evidence.

Section 12-21-8Destruction of exhibits offered and received in evidence. The registers and clerks of the circuit courts of this state are authorized to and may destroy all exhibits offered and received in evidence in civil cases on or after the expiration of one year from the final disposition of such cases; provided, however, that such destruction shall not be accomplished until it has been approved by the presiding judge of the circuit; provided further, that prior to destruction of the exhibits, the clerk shall notify the party who offered the same into evidence that said exhibits may be obtained within 30 days from the clerk if the offering party so desires. The authority given by this section shall authorize the destruction of such items as certified copies of hospital records subpoenaed by the parties, depositions of parties and witnesses, subpoenas for witnesses, paper exhibits, bulky exhibit items or such other similar items of evidence; provided, however, that such itemization shall not be deemed to be all inclusive; provided further, that after the expiration of the appeal period in such cases and before such destruction, any party at interest, or counsel for such party, may permanently remove and withdraw such exhibits offered by such party upon the execution of an appropriate receipt therefor, which receipt shall be signed and recorded on the consolidated trial docket sheet of such case. (Acts 1975, No. 1047, p. 2103, §1.)
AL Code § 12-21-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-9 - Exclusion of Audience Where Evidence Vulgar, Etc.

Section 12-21-9Exclusion of audience where evidence vulgar, etc. In all civil cases sounding in damages involving the question of rape, assault with intent to ravish, seduction, divorce or any other case where the evidence is vulgar, obscene or relates to the improper acts of the sexes and tends to debauch the morals of the young, the presiding judge shall have the right, in his discretion and on his own motion, or on motion of plaintiffs or defendants or their attorneys, to hear and try the case after clearing the courtroom of all or any portion of the audience whose presence is not necessary. (Code 1907, §4019; Code 1923, §7733; Code 1940, T. 7, §365.)
AL Code § 12-21-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-10 - Division Cumulative as to Proof of Documents or Records.

Section 12-21-10Division cumulative as to proof of documents or records. The mode or manner of authenticating or proving any documents or records provided for in this division shall not be held to be exclusive or restrictive, but shall be additional or cumulative modes or manners of authentication or proof of such records and documents. (Code 1923, §7718; Code 1940, T. 7, §431.)
AL Code § 12-21-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Evidence.|Division 1 - Generally.|Section 12-21-11 - Applicability of Provisions Regulating Admissibility or Proof of Facts.

Section 12-21-11Applicability of provisions regulating admissibility or proof of facts. Any provision of this division regulating the admissibility or proof of facts in any proceeding shall apply only if the admissibility or proof of such facts is not governed by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, or any other rule of practice as may be adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama, or by Title 6 of this code. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)