The return of an execution or other process by a sheriff of a county other than that from which the process issued may be made through the postal service, and the certificate of the postmaster that it was placed in his office in time, by the usual course of mail, to reach the courthouse of the county where the return has to be made, by the return day of the writ, shall be presumptive evidence for the sheriff of the fact, but the sheriff is not authorized to send money by the mail without the consent of the plaintiff in execution.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Levy, Sale and Return.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 6-9-80 - Time for Execution and Return.
Section 6-9-81 - Indemnity Bond.
Section 6-9-82 - Notice Where Levy on Real Estate.
Section 6-9-83 - Levy on Property of Principal First if Execution Against Sureties.
Section 6-9-84 - Charging of Subjected Property Sold by Debtor.
Section 6-9-85 - Levy and Sale on Undivided Interest in Property.
Section 6-9-86 - Sale of Levied Property - Time and Place; Continuances.
Section 6-9-87 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice.
Section 6-9-88 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Generally.
Section 6-9-89 - Sale of Levied Property - Perishable Goods and Chattels - Strawberries.
Section 6-9-91 - Sale of Levied Property - Rights of Debtor - Substitution of Other Property.
Section 6-9-92 - Sale of Levied Property - Notice to Plaintiff of Money Made.
Section 6-9-93 - Sale of Levied Property - Payment to Debtor.
Section 6-9-94 - Death of Party After Execution Issued.
Section 6-9-95 - Levying Officer to Provide Sustenance for Unsold Livestock.
Section 6-9-96 - Return - Unexecuted Writ.
Section 6-9-97 - Return - Sheriff of Another County.
Section 6-9-98 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Time and Order of Receipt.
Section 6-9-99 - Endorsements on Execution Writs - Description of Property Levied and Date Thereof.