Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-50 (2026)
Who May Commence.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When a penalty is imposed by a statute which does not provide a mode for the recovery, any citizen may commence an action for the same on behalf of himself and the county in which the penalty is incurred.
(Code 1852, §2155; Code 1867, §2533; Code 1876, §2918; Code 1886, §2576; Code 1896, §15; Code 1907, §2474; Code 1923, §5683; Code 1940, T. 7, §99.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1998–2003 · leading case: Leonard v. Terminix Intern. Co., LP, 854 So. 2d 529 (Ala. 2003).
Leonard v. Terminix Intern. Co., LP, 854 So. 2d 529 (Ala. 2003). “Plaintiffs further have the right to bring this claim pursuant to Ala.Code § 6-5-50 (Alabama's qui tam statute) on behalf of themselves and the counties in which the above-described violations have occurred because a penalty is imposed by statute which does not provide a mode…”
Knutson v. Bronner, 721 So. 2d 678 (Ala. 1998). “[2] Because they had not filed the reports required by law, Bronner asserted that the plaintiffs were liable for the statutory fine imposed by § 17-22A-22, and, that, under § 6-5-50, he was entitled to recover the statutory penalty on behalf of the State.”
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