Alabama § 6-6-722 - Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim.
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§ 6-6-722. Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim.
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.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-6-722 ("Judgment Against County Treasurer, Etc., Failing to Pay Allowed Claim.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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