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Terms Used In Alabama Code 28-4-294

  • 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
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

When any officer shall seize or take possession of any prohibited liquors and beverages in the enforcement of the law, he shall at once, in writing, make a return of his acts, with a statement of the quantity and kind of liquors and beverages to the court that has or secures jurisdiction of the case. When any such liquor or beverage is destroyed, delivered to any person or otherwise disposed of, the officer acting in the matter shall in writing make a report of the facts to such court.