The register, or the clerk if there is no register, when holding a reference by order of the circuit court or when presiding on a show cause order which by law may come before him, may punish for contempt, by fine not exceeding $10.00 and by imprisonment not exceeding two days.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.
Article 4 - Circuit Clerks and Registers.
Section 12-17-112 - Compensation of Registers and Employees in Office of Register.
Section 12-17-113 - Place of Office.
Section 12-17-114 - Duties Generally.
Section 12-17-115 - Pleadings to Be Endorsed With Date of Filing.
Section 12-17-116 - Injunctions.
Section 12-17-117 - General Direct and Reverse Indexes.
Section 12-17-118 - Recopying of Records.
Section 12-17-119 - Records Open to Examination.
Section 12-17-120 - Payment of Money to Successor.
Section 12-17-121 - Punishment for Contempt.
Section 12-17-122 - Failure of Register or Commissioner to Made Deed of Land.