Judgment must be entered for the plaintiff, on three days’ notice, against the sheriff, coroner, or other officer receiving or executing the writ in the following cases:

(1) For failing to return an execution, 20 percent on the judgment;
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-680

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(2) For failing to pay over money collected upon an execution, on demand of the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, for the amount so collected and five percent per month damages from the time such demand was made;
(3) For failing to make the money on an execution, which by due diligence could have been made, for the amount of the execution, interest, and 10 percent damages thereon;
(4) For fraudulently making a false return, for the amount of the execution, interest, and 10 percent damages thereon;
(5) For failing to notify the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney of the collection of money by execution, for five percent per month on the amount collected from the time when the notice should have been given, not to exceed $25 per month;
(6) For failing to endorse on an execution the true date of its delivery to him, for 10 percent on the amount of the execution, and the officer is also responsible for any injury or loss which may arise from such omission; and
(7) For failure to execute a summons, attachment, or other mesne process, which by due diligence could have been executed, for a sum not less than $50, nor more than $500, to be ascertained by a jury. This remedy shall not preclude the party injured from a resort to other legal modes of redress.
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