Alabama Statutes

§ 12-15-126 — Issuance of Pick-Up Order for Taking into Custody

Alabama § 12-15-126

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 12Courts

Ch. 15Juvenile Proceedings

Art. 1General Provisions

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Ala. Code § 12-15-126 (2026).

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If it appears from a sworn statement, written or verbal, presented to the juvenile court that a child needs to be placed in detention or shelter or other care, the juvenile court may issue a pick-up order that a law enforcement officer or other person authorized by this chapter shall at once take the child into custody and take him or her to the place of detention or shelter or other care designated by the juvenile court.

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If it appears from a sworn statement, written or verbal, presented to the juvenile court that a child needs to be placed in detention or shelter or other care, the juvenile court may issue a pick-up order that a law enforcement officer or other person authorized by this chapter shall at once take the child into custody and take him or her to the place of detention or shelter or other care designated by the juvenile court.

Legislative History

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-120; §12-15-57; amended and renumbered by Act 2008-277, p. 441, §7.)

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