§ 8-7A-1 Short title
§ 8-7A-2 Definitions
§ 8-7A-3 Exclusions
§ 8-7A-4 Exemptions from licensing
§ 8-7A-5 License required
§ 8-7A-6 Application for license
§ 8-7A-7 Security
§ 8-7A-8 Issuance of license
§ 8-7A-9 Renewal of license
§ 8-7A-10 Net worth
§ 8-7A-11 Relationship between licensee and authorized delegate
§ 8-7A-12 Examinations
§ 8-7A-13 Reports
§ 8-7A-14 Records
§ 8-7A-15 Suspension and revocation
§ 8-7A-16 Unauthorized activities
§ 8-7A-17 Orders to cease and desist and other injunctive or civil relief
§ 8-7A-18 Consent orders
§ 8-7A-19 Civil penalties
§ 8-7A-20 Criminal penalties
§ 8-7A-21 Confidentiality
§ 8-7A-22 Cooperation
§ 8-7A-23 Investigation and subpoenas by commission
§ 8-7A-24 Party aggrieved by order entitled to hearing before commission; appeals from action of commission
§ 8-7A-25 Burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition
§ 8-7A-26 Making, amending, and rescinding rules and prescribing forms
§ 8-7A-27 Interpretive opinions by the commission

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 8 > Chapter 7A - Alabama Monetary Transmission Act

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commercial or nongame fish: as used in this article shall be limited to those freshwater fish designated as such by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and all species of saltwater fish. See Alabama Code 9-11-170
  • commission: The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission established by Section 36-21-41. See Alabama Code 36-21-40
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund provided for in Section 36-21-47. See Alabama Code 36-21-40
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • juries: include courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY: The state Department of Public Safety, the Alabama Board of Corrections, the police department of each incorporated city or town, the department of each sheriff of the state, including all deputy sheriffs, the Enforcement Division of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Public Service Commission, and each public agency in the state charged with the enforcement of any laws and the officers or employees of which have power as such officials or employees to make arrests. See Alabama Code 36-21-40
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: A policeman, deputy sheriff, deputy constable and other official who has authority as such official to make arrests. See Alabama Code 36-21-40
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • officer: The term includes every person authorized to enforce the game and fish laws of this state, and whenever the possession, use, importation, transportation, storage, sale, offering, or exposing for sale of game birds, animals, or fish is prohibited or restricted, the prohibition or restriction shall extend to and include every part of the game, bird, animal, or fish, and a violation as to each animal, bird, or fish, or part thereof, shall be a separate offense. See Alabama Code 9-11-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Spearing: as used in this article shall be limited to the use of a spear or similar instrument that is held in the hand of the person using same and the use of a weapon, other than a firearm, which propels or forces a projectile, arrow or similar device therefrom to which a wire, rope, line, cord or other means of recovering the propelled projectile, arrow or similar device is attached and is secured to the weapon or to the person using the weapon. See Alabama Code 9-11-170
  • state: The State of Alabama. See Alabama Code 36-21-40
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.