Mail-out of tags; fee.

(a) The judge of probate, as an option to providing for citizens to acquire motor vehicle tags from the office of the judge of probate, may provide for the mail-out of tags and the related collection of payment for ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle tags.

(b) The judge of probate shall collect a fee for each vehicle for the mail-out option provided in subsection (a). The fee shall be charged to cover the necessary costs of notification, handling, packing, and mailing of motor vehicle tags. No mail-out fee shall be charged for registration of vehicles made in person at the office of the judge of probate.

(c) The county commission shall set the mail-out fee to be collected and may adjust the fee as cost changes may require.

(d) The mail-out fee collected by the judge of probate shall be paid into the general fund of the county on a monthly basis.

(Act 98-649, p. 1426, §§1-4.)