Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-13-277

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The board shall have the same jurisdiction over funeral establishments, funeral directors, cemetery authorities, or third party sellers who sell preneed contracts without a preneed certificate of authority as the board has over those preneed sellers who possess a preneed certificate of authority.