Section 28-4-220
Authorization and procedure generally; filing of petition generally.
The nuisances named in this chapter as liquor nuisances may be abated by a proceeding in a circuit court. The Attorney General or the district attorney or deputy district attorney where his official duties require him to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state may, upon their relation, file a petition in the name of the State of Alabama in the circuit court in the county where the nuisance exists to abate and perpetually enjoin the same.
(Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4671; Code 1940, T. 29, §141.)