Title 6 — Title 6

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 by law, shall be returned immediately upon the execution thereof by the officer executing the same; and all execution…

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 other process is directed resides, he may execute it in an adjoining county if such parties are there found, or he may pursue them and ex…

Service of process, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. History: (Code 1923, §9451; Code 1940, T. 7, §209; Acts 1977, No. 669, p. 1143.)

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, register, or judge of the court in which the proceeding is pending, he may direct in writing the mode of service or may appoint in …

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 advance with the clerk or judge to cover the expenses of such publication or the postage and registration fee, as the case may be. History: (Cod…

(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 sheriff is a party, is interested or otherwise is incompetent to act, the summons must be directed to and executed by the coroner if such interes…

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 the state, or is about to secrete himself so that service cannot be had upon him on the following day, he shall be allowed to file his compla…