Alabama Code 13A-7-60. Unlawfully taking possession of or going back into possession of real estate after dispossession under legal process
Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-7-60
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Any person having no title or bona fide claim of title thereto or right of possession, who enters upon any land, and on demand of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof, refuses to surrender such possession, or any person or his privy, who, having been dispossessed of any real estate by an officer under legal process from any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter; or any person or his privy, who voluntarily surrenders possession of the lands as a result of a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and goes back into the possession of such real estate by force or otherwise; or who, having regained possession of such real estate, holds the same by force or threats without having been restored to the possession of such real estate by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than six months; and one half of the fine shall go to the person for whose benefit the writ of possession is issued.