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.
Ala. Code § 6-6-722
Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 561 So. 2d 1092 - Elmore County Com'n v. Ragona (1990)
Most recently applied in 561 So. 2d 1092 - Elmore County Com'n v. Ragona (April 1990)
(Code 1852, §795; Code 1867, §930; Code 1876, §3395; Code 1886, §3134; Code 1896, §3802; Code 1907, §5938; Code 1923, §10265; Code 1940, T. 7, §620.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.