12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost
bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit
court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared
to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall
generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the
state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts.
The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may
best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of
costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal
process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be
assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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45-39-81.03
Section 45-39-81.03 Additional court costs - Domestic violence cases. In addition to all other
costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Lauderdale County, there
shall be levied and assessed a court cases in Lauderdale County, there shall be levied and
assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in which court costs are assessed
which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk of the court shall
collect the court costs and shall remit the proceeds quarterly to the office of the Chief
Presiding District Court Judge of Lauderdale County to be used to operate domestic violence
shelters located in Lauderdale County that are in compliance with the standards for operation
of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2009-395, p. 720, §1.)...
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45-17-234.01
Section 45-17-234.01 Additional fees; disposition of funds. (a) In addition to all existing
charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court
official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Colbert County shall
increase the fees by seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50) per document personally served
by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term document
shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. (b) In addition to
all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate
court office in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Colbert County, for
documents generated out-of-state, shall create a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per document served
by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term document
shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at...
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45-43-81
Section 45-43-81 Law library. In each civil and criminal case hereafter filed in any municipal,
circuit, or district court in Lowndes County, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two
dollars ($2). The costs taxed under this section shall be collected as other costs in such
cases are collected, and when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers of such
courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall be by them paid over to the treasurer
or depository of Lowndes County for deposit in the county treasury. The sums so paid over
to the county treasury or depository shall be maintained in a separate fund in the county
treasury, designated as the Lowndes County Law Library Fund, and shall be expended by the
district court judge presiding over Lowndes County for establishing, maintaining, equipping,
and operating a law library at Hayneville. The presiding district court judge shall draw warrants
on the county treasury in making expenditures for the purposes...
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45-49-82.02
Section 45-49-82.02 Additional court costs - Domestic violence cases. In addition to all other
costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Mobile County, there
shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in which
court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases.
The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall periodically remit the proceeds
to the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Mobile County to be used to operate domestic
violence shelters in Mobile County that are in compliance with the standards for operation
of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 99-180, p. 206, § 1.)...
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12-19-51
Section 12-19-51 Submission of cost bill by district court clerk, payment of circuit court
docket fee and making of final assessment of costs in circuit court upon appeals from district
courts to circuit courts. If an appeal to the circuit court is taken in a civil case, the
clerk in making records available to the circuit court shall submit a cost bill from the district
court and the final assessment of cost will be made in the circuit court. The appellant shall
pay the circuit court docket fee and all unpaid court costs from both district court and circuit
court will be assessed as costs on final judgment. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-115.)...

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45-28-81.01
Section 45-28-81.01 Incarceration in Etowah County Jail. (a) In Etowah County, additional court
costs in the amount of five dollars ($5) per day shall be assessed and collected against each
person incarcerated or booked in the Etowah County Jail. The court costs assessed pursuant
to this section shall be in addition to any other court costs or other costs and charges imposed
on persons incarcerated or booked in the Etowah County Jail. (b) The court costs imposed by
this section shall be assessed against a defendant upon conviction by the appropriate court
where the defendant is convicted. The sheriff shall be required to notify the appropriate
court clerk on a regular basis of the exact amount of the assessment to be collected for entry
on the docket sheet. (c) The revenues derived from the court costs shall be credited on a
monthly basis to a law enforcement fund to be used by the Sheriff of Etowah County for equipment
and professional development of the sheriff's department in the...
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45-40-236.01
Section 45-40-236.01 Additional service of process fee; out-of-state documents. (a) In addition
to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other
appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence
County shall increase the fees by seventeen dollars fifty cents ($17.50) per document personally
served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term
document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. (b) In addition
to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other
appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence
County for documents generated out-of-state shall collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per
document served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section,
the term document shall include multiple papers served on a...
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45-45-82.54
Section 45-45-82.54 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) The additional court costs or fees collected
by the Circuit Court Clerk of Madison County shall be deposited into the Judicial Administration
Fund, which is hereby created. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Madison County
Commission use the proceeds from the Judicial Administration Fund to maintain current staffing
levels in the District Attorney's Office and Judicial Branch of government in Madison County.
(c) For the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2004, the Madison County Commission shall
appropriate from the Judicial Administration Fund one hundred fourteen thousand four hundred
six dollars ($114,406) to the Madison County District Attorney's Office to hire two staff
attorneys and support services for those attorneys. The Madison County Commission shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Office of Courts, effective November
27, 2003, that is necessary to maintain the current...
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45-2-80.60
Section 45-2-80.60 Assessment for persons incarcerated in the Baldwin County jail. (a) In Baldwin
County, additional court costs in the amount of up to twenty dollars ($20) per day to be set
by the sheriff shall be assessed and collected against each person incarcerated in the Baldwin
County jail. The court costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any
other court costs or other costs and charges imposed on persons incarcerated in the Baldwin
County jail not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) The court costs imposed by this
section shall be assessed against a defendant upon conviction, violation of probation, or
order of commitment, by the appropriate court having jurisdiction. The sheriff shall notify
the appropriate court on a regular basis of the exact amount of the assessment for entry on
the docket sheet. (c) The revenues derived from the fees shall be credited on a monthly basis
to a Law Enforcement Fund established by Part 3 of Article 23 to be...
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