Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-5A-19

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • 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.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The department shall make a sworn report of its findings within a reasonable time after an audit is completed. The chief examiner shall certify one copy of each report to the circuit judge of the county in which the office examined is located. The judge shall refer to the report in his or her next oral charge to the grand jury. The report shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the court. The reports shall be public records and prima facie evidence of what they charge. Working papers used in the preparation of the reports shall be subject to and treated as being under Section juror, witness, etc., prohibited from revealing, disclosing, etc., form, nature, etc., of physical evidence or questions asked; no person to directly, indirectly, etc., by any means, obtain information as to physical evidence or questions asked; exc” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2021″ statecd=”AL” title=”12″>12-16-216, and shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction, and upon a substantiated request, may be shared with the local district attorney, the Attorney General, and the Ethics Commission. One copy of each report shall be certified to the Governor.