Section 34-3-4 Disposition of admission and license fees. All fees and licenses paid by applicants for admission as provided in this chapter and attorneys’ annual license fee levied by the revenue law shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Alabama State Bar and constitute a separate fund to be disbursed […]
Section 34-3-5 Effect of default in license payment. No attorney who is in default in the payment of such annual license shall be recognized in the courts of Alabama or in the voting or transacting of business by the State Bar as being in good standing until he or she has paid the required annual […]
Section 34-3-6 Who may practice as attorneys. (a) Only such persons as are regularly licensed have authority to practice law. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the practice of law is defined as follows: Whoever, (1) In a representative capacity appears as an advocate or draws papers, pleadings, or documents, or performs any act […]
Section 34-3-7 Penalty for practicing law without license or conspiring, aiding, or abetting in violation. Any person, firm or corporation who is not a regularly licensed attorney who does an act defined in this article to be an act of practicing law is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, must be punished as provided […]
Section 34-3-8 Clerk or employee practicing before court. Any person who practices law in any court in which he is clerk, deputy clerk or regularly employed to perform any of the ministerial duties thereof must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100. (Code 1876, §4144; Code 1886, §3942; Code 1896, §5128; Code 1907, §6315; […]
Section 34-3-9 Certain ministerial officers prohibited from practicing law. Any sheriff, coroner, or deputy thereof, or constable who practices law in any court of this state must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100. (Code 1886, §3943; Code 1896, §5129; Code 1907, §6316; Code 1923, §3312; Code 1940, T. 46, §57.)
