Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-7-48

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Upon the notice being given and bond filed as required in Section 40-7-46, the officer, board, or commission making such assessment or revaluation shall certify a statement of the assessment or valuation to the clerk of the circuit court, and the case shall be docketed in the circuit court and shall stand for trial within 10 days after it is so entered upon the docket. The valuation of the property so adjudged by the court on appeal shall be the valuation for the assessment of such property, which valuation shall be certified by the clerk of the court to the officer, board, or commission charged with the duty of valuing such property for taxation.