Alabama § 6-6-722 Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim

Alabama Statutes

§ 6-6-722 — Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim

Alabama § 6-6-722

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 6Civil Practice

Ch. 6Remedies

Art. 16Statutory Summary Proceedings Involving Officials

Div. 4Officers and Other Persons Receiving Public Moneys

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Ala. Code § 6-6-722 (2026).

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If any county treasurer or other custodian of county funds fails, on demand and without good excuse, to pay an allowed claim against the county when there are funds in the treasury to pay the same, judgment may be obtained against him and his sureties, or any or either of them, on five days’ notice, on motion in the circuit court of the county, in the name of the party to whom the claim is payable, his legal representatives or assigns for the amount of the claim, with interest from the time of the demand and 10 percent damages and costs.

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If any county treasurer or other custodian of county funds fails, on demand and without good excuse, to pay an allowed claim against the county when there are funds in the treasury to pay the same, judgment may be obtained against him and his sureties, or any or either of them, on five days’ notice, on motion in the circuit court of the county, in the name of the party to whom the claim is payable, his legal representatives or assigns for the amount of the claim, with interest from the time of the demand and 10 percent damages and costs.