{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-19-49","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-19-49","heading":"Assessment of Prepaid Fees as Costs Against Defendant; Execution for Prepaid Fees Assessed as Costs Against Defendant; Issuance of Execution Against Plaintiff for Unpaid Fees Where Execution Against Defendant Returned Indicating “No Property Found.”","body":"(a) Prepaid fees shall be assessed as additional costs of the proceedings when costs are assessed against the defendant.\n(b) A plaintiff may have execution against a defendant for prepaid fees assessed as costs against a defendant by a final judgment.\n(c) Execution may be had against a plaintiff when execution against a defendant for unpaid fees results in a sheriff’s return indicating “no property found.”","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 19 Court Finances.","Article 3 Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.","Division 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-19-49","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"cdf90cfd852810157c89f2d5d91098323b776176f0e5d15a25454790a86c422d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-19-48","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-19-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}