Code of Alabama - Title 6: Civil Practice - Chapter 4 - Process

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 6-4-1 Time for execution and return
  All original and mesne process, notices, citations and motions or actions in the nature of scire facias shall be executed instanter and, unless otherwise provided...
• Section 6-4-2 Execution - Adjoining county or any part of state
  When the summons, subpoena, or other process issues to the sheriff of the county in which the defendant or person against whom the subpoena or...
• Section 6-4-3 Execution - Coroner or special coroner
  (a) When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his successor is qualified, when the sheriff is imprisoned or in cases in which the...
• Section 6-4-4 Commencement of action on Sunday
  Whenever the plaintiff shall make an affidavit that he is informed and believes that the defendant is about to abscond or to remove out of...
• Article 2 Service.
• Section 6-4-20 Method generally
  Service of process, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Section 6-4-21 Where no other provision for service of nonresident minors or insane persons
  Should there be no other provision by law or rule for service upon nonresident minors or insane persons and proof is made before the clerk,...
• Section 6-4-22 Deposit of money for postage and registration
  In all cases where service is to be made by publication or registered or certified mail, a sufficient sum of money must be deposited in...

Last modified: May 3, 2021