Alabama § 11-5-12 Liability of Coroner or Special Coroner for Wrongful Acts, Etc., While Discharging Duties of Sheriff

Alabama Statutes

§ 11-5-12 — Liability of Coroner or Special Coroner for Wrongful Acts, Etc., While Discharging Duties of Sheriff

Alabama § 11-5-12

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 5Coroner

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Ala. Code § 11-5-12 (2026).

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For the failure to perform any duty or the improper or neglectful performance of such duty or for any wrongful act committed under color of office by the coroner or the special coroner while discharging the duties of sheriff, such coroner and his sureties and such special coroner are liable to the same penalties, forfeitures, and judgments given by law against sheriffs in like cases to and upon the same proceedings and remedies as are given by law against sheriffs and their sureties.

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For the failure to perform any duty or the improper or neglectful performance of such duty or for any wrongful act committed under color of office by the coroner or the special coroner while discharging the duties of sheriff, such coroner and his sureties and such special coroner are liable to the same penalties, forfeitures, and judgments given by law against sheriffs in like cases to and upon the same proceedings and remedies as are given by law against sheriffs and their sureties.