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Statutes > Alabama > Title12 > Chapter21 > 12-21-183Section 12-21-183
Execution of warrants for witnesses and other process in adjoining counties.
The sheriff, his deputy or any person specially deputed by a court of record may execute all warrants of arrest, attachments, subpoenas, etc., for witnesses or any other process issued by a court of record, during trial or within three days before trial, in any adjoining county. The sheriff, the deputy sheriff or person specially deputed may act upon a copy of such warrant, attachment or subpoena, given him over a telephone, by telegraph or by radio by the sheriff or clerk of the court.
(Code 1907, §4023; Code 1923, §7737; Code 1940, T. 7, §450.)