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AL Code § 14-15-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-6 - Service Requirements.

Section 14-15-6Service requirements. (a) In any pro se action in which any defendant is the State of Alabama or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the prisoner shall serve the office of the Attorney General with a copy of the motion for judgment and all necessary supporting papers. Additionally, if the pro se action named the department or any of its officials, employees, or agents as a respondent or defendant, the prisoner shall also serve the Legal Division of the department with a copy of the action. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to eliminate the prisoner's duty under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure to personally serve individual defendants or respondents named as parties. (b) The office of the Attorney General or the department shall file responsive pleadings within 60 days of receipt of the notice. (c) A pro se prisoner's failure to state his or her claims in a written motion for judgment plainly stating facts sufficient to support his or her cause of action, accompanied by all necessary supporting documentation, may be grounds for dismissal of the action. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §6.)
AL Code § 14-15-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-7 - Oral Arguments; Subpoenas; Discovery.

Section 14-15-7Oral arguments; subpoenas; discovery.  (a) Oral argument on any motion in any prisoner pro se civil action shall be heard orally only at the request of the court. Whenever possible, the court shall rule upon the record before it. (b) No pro se prisoner shall be permitted to request subpoenas for witnesses or documents, or file discovery requests, until the court has ruled upon any motion to dismiss or other dispositive motion. (c) Where a pro se case proceeds past the initial dispositive motion phase, the court shall require the prisoner seeking discovery to demonstrate that his or her requests are relevant and material to the issues in the case. (d)(1) No subpoena for witnesses or documents shall be issued unless a judge of the court has reviewed the subpoena request and specifically authorized a subpoena to be issued. (2) The court shall exercise its discretion in determining the scope of the subpoena and may condition its issuance on such terms as the court finds appropriate. (3) The court shall take into account the burden placed upon the object of the subpoena in relation to the needs of the case, the amount in controversy, and the importance of the issues at stake in the litigation. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §7.)
AL Code § 14-15-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-8 - Maintenance of Records.

Section 14-15-8Maintenance of records. (a) All records maintained by the department in the name of an individual prisoner, including medical records, shall be the property of the department. (b) In any pro se civil action subject to this chapter, where the State of Alabama, an agency of the State of Alabama, an employee of the State of Alabama, or a private contractor providing services to the department is named as a defendant, the commissioner of the department may share any records maintained in the name of the prisoner filing suit with counsel representing the above-named defendants. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §8.)
AL Code § 14-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-9 - Damages.

Section 14-15-9Damages. (a) Damages awarded to a prisoner in connection with a pro se civil action brought against any prison or against any official or agent of such prison shall be paid directly to satisfy any outstanding restitution orders pending against the prisoner. Any remaining amounts shall be forwarded to the prisoner. (b) Prior to payment of any damages, reasonable efforts shall be made to notify the victims of the crime for which the prisoner was convicted and incarcerated concerning the pending payment of any damages. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §9.)
AL Code § 15-1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-1-1 - Effect of Rules of Supreme Court of Alabama.

Section 15-1-1Effect of rules of Supreme Court of Alabama. Any provisions of this title regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama.
AL Code § 15-1-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-1-2 - Limits on Interviews of Victims of Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Under 12 Years of Age; Confidentiality of Court Records of Victims Under 18 Years of Age.

Section 15-1-2Limits on interviews of victims of sexual abuse or exploitation under 12 years of age; confidentiality of court records of victims under 18 years of age. (a) The presiding judge of a judicial circuit, after consultation with the district attorney for the judicial circuit may provide for reasonable limits on the number of interviews a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation, who is under 12 years of age, must submit to for law enforcement or other purposes. The judge shall, to the extent possible, protect the victim from the psychological damage of repeated interrogation while preserving the rights of the public, the victim, and the person charged with the violation. (b) The court records of a child under the age of 18 years who is a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation shall not be open to the public, but shall be kept in the same manner as juvenile offender records are kept. (Acts 1985, No. 85-742, p. 1192.)
AL Code § 15-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-1 - Felonies Generally.

Section 15-3-1Felonies generally. Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of all felonies, except those specified in Section 15-3-3, Section 15-3-5, or any other felony that has a specified limitations period, shall be commenced within five years after the commission of the offense. (Code 1852, §403; Code 1867, §3951; Code 1876, §4643; Code 1886, §3710; Code 1896, §5070; Code 1907, §7346; Code 1923, §4930; Code 1940, T. 15, §221; Act 2014-348, p. 1293, §1.)
AL Code § 15-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-2 - Misdemeanors.

Section 15-3-2Misdemeanors. Unless otherwise provided, the prosecution of all misdemeanors before a circuit or district court must be commenced within 12 months after the commission of the offense. (Code 1852, §404; Code 1867, §3952; Code 1876, §4644; Code 1886, §3711; Code 1896, §5071; Code 1907, §7347; Code 1923, §4931; Code 1940, T. 15, §222.)
AL Code § 15-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-3 - Conversion of Public Revenues.

Section 15-3-3Conversion of public revenues. A prosecution for conversion of the state or county revenue must be commenced within six years after the conversion. (Code 1876, §4641; Code 1886, §3708; Code 1896, §5068; Code 1907, §7345; Code 1923, §4929; Code 1940, T. 15, §220.)
AL Code § 15-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-4 - Unlawful Taking or Using Temporarily of Property.

Section 15-3-4Unlawful taking or using temporarily of property. A prosecution for unlawfully taking or using temporarily the property of another must be commenced within 30 days after the commission of the offense. (Code 1886, §3713; Code 1896, §5073; Code 1907, §7349; Code 1923, §4933; Code 1940, T. 15, §224.)
AL Code § 15-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-5 - Offenses Having No Limitation.

Section 15-3-5Offenses having no limitation. (a) There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses: (1) Any capital offense. (2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person. (3) Any felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person. (4) Any sex offense pursuant to Section 15-20A-5 involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves force, serious physical injury, or death. (5) Any felony involving arson of any type. (6) Any felony involving forgery of any type. (7) Any felony involving counterfeiting. (8) Any felony involving drug trafficking. (b) The amendments made by this act shall apply to both of the following: (1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985. (2) To all crimes committed before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law has run as of January 7, 1985. (c) Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that the adoption of this act indicates that any former statute of limitations applying to capital offenses is invalid as the result of any decision of any court invalidating the capital punishment statutes of the State of Alabama. (Code 1852, §401; Code 1867, §3949; Code 1876, §4640; Code 1886, §3707; Code 1896, §5067; Code 1907, §7344; Code 1923, §4928; Code 1940, T. 15, §219; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-14, p. 16, §§1, 2, 4; Act 2019-465, §1.)
AL Code § 15-3-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-6 - When Time Elapsing Between Preferring of First Charge and Subsequent Indictment Deducted From Time Limitation.

Section 15-3-6When time elapsing between preferring of first charge and subsequent indictment deducted from time limitation. When an indictment is lost, mislaid or destroyed, when a judgment is arrested or an indictment quashed for any defect therein, for the reason that it was not found by a grand jury regularly organized, because it charged no offense or for any other cause or when the prosecution is dismissed because of a variance between the allegations of the indictment and the evidence and a new indictment is ordered to be preferred, the time elapsing between the preferring of the first charge or indictment and the subsequent indictment must be deducted from the time limited for the prosecution of the offense last charged. (Code 1852, §597; Code 1867, §4147; Code 1876, §4820; Code 1886, §3715; Code 1896, §5075; Code 1907, §7351; Code 1923, §4935; Code 1940, T. 15, §226.)
AL Code § 15-3-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-7 - When Prosecution Deemed Commenced.

Section 15-3-7When prosecution deemed commenced. A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender. (Code 1852, §406; Code 1867, §3954; Code 1876, §4646; Code 1886, §3714; Code 1896, §5074; Code 1907, §7350; Code 1923, §4934; Code 1940, T. 15, §225.)
AL Code § 15-3-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution.|Section 15-3-8 - Crimes Punishable Under Different Provisions.

Section 15-3-8Crimes punishable under different provisions. Any act or omission declared criminal and punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished only under one of such provisions, and a conviction or acquittal under any one shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other provision. (Code 1923, §5204; Code 1940, T. 15, §287.)
AL Code § 15-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-1 - Duty of Coroner to Take Sworn Statement on Death; Direction to Summon Jury; Service, Compensation, and Oath of Jurors.

Section 15-4-1Duty of coroner to take sworn statement on death; direction to summon jury; service, compensation, and oath of jurors. (a) When a coroner has been informed that a person has been killed or suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must forthwith make inquiry of the facts and circumstances of such death by taking the sworn statement in writing of the witnesses having personal knowledge thereof and submit the same to a judge of a court of record or a district attorney. (b) If, upon such preliminary inquiry, the judge or district attorney is satisfied from the evidence that there is reasonable ground for believing that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must direct the coroner to forthwith summon a jury of six qualified jurors of the county to appear before him forthwith at a specified place and inquire into the cause of such death; but no person shall be liable to serve as a juror more than one time during any one year, and no person shall be paid compensation for services as a juror on more than one inquest during any one year. (c) When five or more of the jurors appear, they must be sworn to inquire who the person was and when, where and by what means he came to his death, and to render a true verdict thereon according to the evidence offered them or arising from the inspection of the body. (Code 1852, §§812, 813; Code 1867, §§4363, 4364; Code 1876, §§3991, 3992; Code 1886, §§4801, 4802; Code 1896, §§4924, 4925; Code 1907, §§7162, 7163; Acts 1911, No. 18, p. 13; Code 1923, §§4557, 4558; Code 1940, T. 15, §§76, 77.)
AL Code § 15-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-2 - Examination of Body and Report by Coroner; Postmortem, Autopsy or Internal Examination of Body and Report by Physician or Surgeon.

Section 15-4-2Examination of body and report by coroner; postmortem, autopsy or internal examination of body and report by physician or surgeon. (a) When a coroner has been informed that a person is dead in the county and that such person died without being attended or examined by a legally qualified physician, the coroner shall forthwith proceed to the place where the dead person is lying, examine the dead body to ascertain the cause of death and report same in the same manner as inquests are reported. (b) When a coroner is unable to determine the cause of death, he may summon any physician or surgeon, who shall make an external postmortem examination of the dead body and report his opinion of the cause of death to the coroner in writing. (c) If the surgeon or physician is unable to determine the cause of death from an external postmortem examination and the coroner has reasonable cause to believe that deceased came to his death by unlawful means, the coroner may in such cases order any physician or surgeon to perform an autopsy or internal examination on the dead body, and report the findings of such autopsy to the coroner in writing. (Code 1852, §814; Code 1867, §4365; Code 1876, §3993; Code 1886, §4803; Code 1896, §4926; Code 1907, §7164; Acts 1911, No. 40, p. 22; Code 1923, §4550; Acts 1927, No. 445, p. 497; Code 1940, T. 15, §78.)
AL Code § 15-4-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-3 - Subpoenas for Witnesses; Witnesses to Be Summoned and Examined.

Section 15-4-3Subpoenas for witnesses; witnesses to be summoned and examined. In an inquest under this chapter, the coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses returnable forthwith or at such time and place as he may appoint. He must summon and examine as a witness any person who, in his opinion or that of any of the jury, has any knowledge of the facts; and he may also summon as a witness a surgeon or physician who must inspect the body in the presence of the jury and give a professional opinion as to the cause of death. (Code 1852, §814; Code 1867, §4365; Code 1876, §3993; Code 1886, §4803; Code 1896, §4926; Code 1907, §7164; Acts 1911, No. 40, p. 22; Code 1923, §4550; Acts 1927, No. 445, p. 497; Code 1940, T. 15, §78.)
AL Code § 15-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-4 - Service of Subpoenas; Proceedings Against Defaulting Witnesses; Endorsement as Presumptive Evidence of Default.

Section 15-4-4Service of subpoenas; proceedings against defaulting witnesses; endorsement as presumptive evidence of default. (a) In an inquest under this chapter, the sheriff or any constable must serve subpoenas for witnesses or they may be served by the coroner. (b) If any witness, being subpoenaed, fails to attend, the coroner must endorse on the subpoena his default, sign his name thereto and return the same to the clerk of the circuit court of the county within five days thereafter, and such witness must be proceeded against in such court, in the name of the state, as if he were a defaulter therein, the endorsement of the coroner being presumptive evidence of the default. (Code 1852, §815; Code 1867, §4366; Code 1876, §3994; Code 1886, §4804; Code 1896, §4927; Code 1907, §7165; Code 1923, §4560; Code 1940, T. 15, §79.)
AL Code § 15-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-5 - Refusal of Witness to Answer Questions.

Section 15-4-5Refusal of witness to answer questions. In an inquest under this chapter, any witness who refuses to answer any question in relation to the cause of death, except on the ground that it may criminate himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be committed to jail by the coroner, unless he gives bail in the sum of $500.00 to appear at the circuit court and answer such offense, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, and may be imprisoned not exceeding three months. (Code 1852, §816; Code 1867, §4367; Code 1876, §3995; Code 1886, §4805; Code 1896, §4928; Code 1907, §7166; Code 1923, §4561; Code 1940, T. 15, §80.)
AL Code § 15-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-6 - Right of Coroner to Administer Oaths.

Section 15-4-6Right of coroner to administer oaths. Coroners shall have the right to administer oaths to persons on preliminary examinations provided for by this chapter. (Code 1876, §4004; Code 1886, §4806; Code 1896, §4929; Code 1907, §7167; Code 1923, §4562; Code 1940, T. 15, §81.)
AL Code § 15-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-7 - Rendition of Verdict by Jury and Certification by Inquisition; Contents of Inquisition.

Section 15-4-7Rendition of verdict by jury and certification by inquisition; contents of inquisition. After inspecting the body and hearing the evidence, a jury summoned under this chapter must render its verdict and certify it by an inquisition in writing signed by it, setting forth who the person is and when, where and by what means he came to his death and, if the death was occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, who is guilty thereof; but if the person, means or manner of his death or the person by whose act he came to his death are not discovered by the evidence, the inquisition must so state, and if there is no evidence tending to show that the deceased came to his death by the unlawful act of another, the inquisition must also state that fact. (Code 1852, §817; Code 1867, §4368; Code 1876, §3996; Code 1886, §4807; Code 1896, §4930; Code 1907, §7168; Code 1923, §4563; Code 1940, T. 15, §82.)
AL Code § 15-4-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-8 - Return of Inquisition and Preliminary Investigation to Circuit Court; Undertaking of Witnesses to Appear in Court.

Section 15-4-8Return of inquisition and preliminary investigation to circuit court; undertaking of witnesses to appear in court. (a) An inquisition taken under this chapter must be returned by the coroner forthwith, together with the written statement under oath taken by him on the preliminary investigation, to the clerk of the circuit court of the county. (b) The coroner must also require all the material witnesses to enter into an undertaking to appear at the circuit court, if in session, or, if not, at the next session thereof; he may require surety to such undertaking and, on the failure of a witness to enter therein, may commit him until he enters into the same. (Code 1852, §818; Code 1867, §4369; Code 1876, §3997; Code 1886, §4808; Code 1896, §4931; Code 1907, §7169; Code 1923, §4564; Code 1940, T. 15, §83.)
AL Code § 15-4-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-9 - Issuance and Execution of Arrest Warrant for Accused; Appearance of Accused Before Judge.

Section 15-4-9Issuance and execution of arrest warrant for accused; appearance of accused before judge. (a) If a jury summoned under this chapter finds that the deceased came to his death by the act of another by unlawful means, the coroner may issue a warrant of arrest for such person, which may be executed in the same manner as provided in Chapter 7 of this title. (b) When arrested, the person must be brought before the district court of the county in which the inquest was held, and the district court judge must proceed to examine the charge and commit, bail or discharge the defendant as upon a warrant of arrest under the provisions of such chapter. (Code 1852, §819; Code 1867, §4370; Code 1876, §3998; Code 1886, §4809; Code 1896, §4932; Code 1907, §7170; Code 1923, §4565; Code 1940, T. 15, §84.)
AL Code § 15-4-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-10 - Money and Property of Deceased to Be Delivered to County Treasurer; Exception; Disposition of Property and Proceeds Therefrom.

Section 15-4-10Money and property of deceased to be delivered to county treasurer; exception; disposition of property and proceeds therefrom. (a) Within 30 days after an inquest on a dead body, the coroner must deliver to the county treasurer any money or other property which may be found on the body, unless claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives of the deceased. If he fails to do so, the treasurer may proceed against him for the amount or value thereof, on 10 days' notice to him and his sureties, or against any of them served therewith and recover the same, with 20 percent damages on the amount or value thereof. (b) Upon the receipt of the money by the treasurer, he must place it to the credit of the county. If it is other property, he must sell it within three months at the courthouse of the county at public auction, upon reasonable public notice, and in like manner must place the proceeds to the credit of the county. (c) If such money in the treasury is demanded in six years by the legal representatives of the deceased, the treasurer must pay it to them, after deducting the fees of the coroner, expenses of sale and five percent on the balance for the treasurer, or it may be paid at any time thereafter upon the order of the county commission. (Code 1852, §§820-822; Code 1867, §§4371-4373; Code 1876, §§3999-4001; Code 1886, §§4810-4812; Code 1896, §§4933-4935; Code 1907, §§7171-7173; Code 1923, §§4566-4568; Code 1940, T. 15, §§85-87.)
AL Code § 15-4-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests.|Section 15-4-11 - Fees of Physician or Surgeon for Postmortem, Autopsy and Internal Examinations; Recovery of Costs by County Against Estate.

Section 15-4-11Fees of physician or surgeon for postmortem, autopsy and internal examinations; recovery of costs by county against estate. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1852, §823; Code 1867, §4374; Code 1876, §4002; Code 1886, §4813; Code 1896, §4936; Code 1907, §7174; Code 1923, §4569; Code 1940, T. 15, §88.)