Alabama Code 35-9-35. Affidavit and bond
Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-9-35
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Before such attachment is issued, the plaintiff, or his agent or attorney must make affidavit, setting forth the amount that is or will be due for rent and advances, or either, as the case may be, or, if the rent is not payable in money, the value of the part of the crop or other things agreed to be paid as rent, that one of the causes for issuing an attachment prescribed in section lien may be enforced by attachment” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”35″>35-9-34 exists, and that the attachment is not sued out for the purpose of vexing or harassing the defendant; and must also execute a bond in double the amount claimed, with sufficient surety, payable to the defendant, and with condition that the plaintiff will prosecute the attachment to effect, and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain from the wrongful or vexatious suing out of such attachment.