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Ala. Code § 14-6-105 (2026)

Deputies, Watchmen, Etc., for Jails, Etc.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.

(Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4879; Code 1940, T. 45, §185.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1980–2006 · leading case: Nicholson v. Choctaw Cnty., Ala., 498 F. Supp. 295 (S.D. Ala. 1980).
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Nicholson v. Choctaw Cnty., Ala., 498 F. Supp. 295 (S.D. Ala. 1980). · cites it 6× “Lolley arises under Alabama Code § 14-6-105, which requires the sheriff to provide an adequate number of watchmen to insure security in the jail.”
Popham v. City of Talladega, 742 F. Supp. 1504 (N.D. Ala. 1989). · cites it 6× “Specifically, she contends that in violation of Ala. Code § 14-6-105 , defendants failed or refused to station a guard on the night shift on December 24, 1987.”
Sylvia Vaughn v. City Of Athens, 176 F. App'x 974 (11th Cir. 2006). · cites it 2× “And Plaintiff's contention that Harrison and Harris owed McLemore a federal due process duty to protect based on state tort law and on Ala.Code § 14-6-105, which provides that jails have a night watchman, is not material.”
Popham v. City of Talladega, 582 So. 2d 541 (Ala. 1991). · cites it 2× “*544 Plaintiff argues that, for summary judgment purposes, the fact that there was no night watchman is sufficient to create an inference of negligence per se under Alabama Code 1975, § 14-6-105, which states in pertinent part: "Prisoners shall not be confined in any jail or…”
Belcher v. City of Foley, 30 F.3d 1390 (11th Cir. 1994). “Belcher also contends that Chief Anderson is liable under section 1983 for violating Ala.Code Ann. § 14-6-105 (1982), which requires all Alabama jails to have a nightwatchman.”
Turquitt v. Jefferson Cnty., 137 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1998). “The Alabama Supreme Court has held that § 14-6-1 demonstrates that “the sheriffs authority over the jail is totally independent of the [county commission].”
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