Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-17-2

  • 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.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

In all actions upon the bond of the Treasurer or against the sureties or insurers of such bond, the courts of the State of Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, and this shall be deemed a condition of such bond.