If any person who has received any relief, support or maintenance at public charge, under Chapter 8 of this title or as an inmate of any state, county or municipal institution, was at the time of receiving such relief, support or maintenance the owner of property, the authorities charged with the care of the poor of the municipality or the authorities in charge of the institution chargeable with such relief, support or maintenance may file a civil action for and collect the value of the same against such person and against his estate. In any such action or proceeding, the statutes of limitation shall not be placed in defense, but the court may, in its discretion, refuse to enter judgment or allow the claim in favor of the claimant in any case where a parent, wife or child is dependent on such property for support. The records kept by the state, county or municipality, for the purpose of showing names and the value of the relief, support or maintenance furnished, shall be prima facie evidence of such indebtedness.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 1 - General Provisions.
Section 38-1-2 - Recipients' Freedom of Choice in Selection of Specialists to Make Eye Examinations.
Section 38-1-3 - Legal Representative for Handling Public Assistance Payments of Incompetents.
Section 38-1-4 - Filing Names of Recipients of Public Assistance With Probate Judge.
Section 38-1-7 - (Effective October 1, 2015 Until September 30, 2017) Drug Screening Program.