Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-1-15

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Whenever any execution is issued by the Department of Revenue for the collection of any taxes assessed by it, such execution duly attested by the secretary of commission shall be sufficient warrant to the officer to whom directed to levy on the property of the person against whom directed, and the sheriff or other officer shall forthwith execute such writ without demanding or requiring any indemnifying bond or other protective obligation, but the writ issued by the Department of Revenue under authority of law for the collection of taxes due the state shall be sufficient defense to any action for damages on any ground other than the willful, wanton, or malicious conduct of the officer making the levy.