Code of Alabama - Title 35: Property - Section 35-14-3 - Court in which action may be brought; limitations; further proceedings not barred

Section 35-14-3 - Court in which action may be brought; limitations; further proceedings not barred.

Any action for the specific penalties given by this chapter may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction and must be brought within one year from the time the injury was committed and not after; and neither action brought, nor penalty incurred under any of the provisions of this chapter, is a bar to any action for further damages or to any criminal proceeding for any offense included in the acts for which such penalties are herein imposed or connected therewith.

(Code 1867, §3202d; Code 1876, §3554; Code 1886, §3299; Code 1896, §4140; Code 1907, §6038; Code 1923, §10374; Code 1940, T. 47, §275.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021