Alabama § 34-3-25 Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Receiving Compensation from Attorney

Alabama Statutes

§ 34-3-25 — Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Receiving Compensation from Attorney

Alabama § 34-3-25

Title 34Professions and Businesses

Ch. 3Attorney-at-Law

Art. 1General Provisions

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Ala. Code § 34-3-25 (2026).

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Any person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out, procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court trying the case.

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Any person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out, procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court trying the case.