15-6-25
Section 15-6-25 Discharge of defendant; commitment to jail; contents of commitment warrant. (a) Upon an undertaking, with sufficient sureties being given, the defendant must be discharged; and, if not given, the circuit, district or municipal court judge must commit him to jail until he gives the same, specifying in the warrant of commitment the cause thereof, the time he is required to keep the peace, towards whom particularly and the sum in which security is required. (b) Any person committed under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may be discharged by the sheriff of the county in which he is detained upon entering into an undertaking to keep the peace, with sufficient sureties, in the sum and for the term required by the circuit, district or municipal court judge. (Code 1852, §§416, 417; Code 1867, §§3965, 3966; Code 1876, §§4035, 4036; Code 1886, §§4689, 4690; Code 1896, §§5170, 5171; Code 1907, §§7529, 7530; Code 1923, §§5147, 5148; Code 1940, T. 15,...
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15-5-16
Section 15-5-16 Restoration of taken property to defendant; property to be forwarded to court if not restored. (a) If it appears that the property taken is not the same as that described in a search warrant or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the ground on which the warrant issued, the judge or the magistrate must direct it to be restored to the person from whom it was taken. (b) If the property is not directed to be restored under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the judge or the magistrate shall annex together the search warrant, the return and the depositions and return them to the court having power to inquire into the offense in respect to which the search warrant was issued. (Code 1852, §§841, 842; Code 1867, §§4392, 4393; Code 1876, §§4021, 4022; Code 1886, §§4742, 4743; Code 1896, §§5499, 5500; Code 1907, §§7772, 7773; Code 1923, §§5486, 5487; Code 1940, T. 15, §§115, 116.)...
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11-51-183
Section 11-51-183 Certification and disposition of taxes; charge for collection and administration; redistribution of over-charges; warrant; fees. (a) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected by the department under this division; and, on a bi-weekly basis, the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under the provisions of this division for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount to be distributed to each municipality, less collection and administration charges deducted, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof. (b) The Department of Revenue shall charge each municipality its actual cost for collecting and administering the municipal license taxes. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for that...
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12-14-13
Section 12-14-13 Probation. (a) Municipal courts may suspend execution of sentence and place a defendant on probation for varying periods of time, not to exceed two years. (b) The court may require such investigations as may be deemed necessary and desirable to be made by a probation officer or such other suitable person or persons as the court may designate as to the circumstances of the offense and the criminal record, social history and present condition of the defendant. (c) The court may suspend the execution of sentence and continue the defendant under an existing bond or may require such additional bail as it deems necessary pending the disposition of the application for probation. (d) The court shall determine and may, at any time, modify the conditions of probation and may require the probationer to comply with the following or any other conditions: (1) To avoid injurious or vicious habits; (2) To avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful character; (3) To report to...
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12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants. (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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45-35-81.01
Section 45-35-81.01 Additional court costs - Criminal and civil cases. (a) This section shall apply only in Houston County. (b) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Houston County, an additional docket fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed in each case. The fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. (c) In all civil cases filed in small claims court, district court, or circuit court, including child support and domestic relations cases, an additional fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per case shall be assessed in each case. (d) Any fees collected pursuant to this section shall be disbursed monthly as follows: (1) Ten dollars ($10) of the fee shall be distributed to the Houston County General Fund for the operation of the county jail. (2) One...
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45-22-81.04
Section 45-22-81.04 Solicitor's fee. (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Cullman County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor's fee. The solicitor's fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. Three dollars ($3) of each fee when collected may be retained by the clerk of the court as an administrative fee. The administrative fee collected by the circuit clerk shall be expended pursuant to subdivision (2) of Section 12-17-225.4. (b) The solicitor's fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged...
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15-13-190
Section 15-13-190 Procedures upon arrest; conditions of release or bail. (a) A person arrested for domestic violence in the first degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-130, domestic violence in the second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-131, domestic violence in the third degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-132, interference with a domestic violence emergency call, in violation of Section 13A-6-137, or domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, pursuant to Section 13A-6-138, or a violation of a domestic violence protection order, may not be admitted to bail until after an appearance before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest, and if the person is not taken before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest, he or she shall be afforded an opportunity to make bail in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. (b) The judge or magistrate may impose conditions of release or bail on the person to protect the alleged victim of domestic violence or...
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45-15-80.11
Section 45-15-80.11 Drug and violent crime reduction fee. (a) In addition to all other fees and court costs, in all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, and circuit courts in Cleburne County, a docket fee in the amount of five dollars ($5), hereinafter referred to as a drug and violent crime reduction fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: One dollar ($1) per case to the Cleburne County Office of the Circuit Clerk and four dollars ($4) per case to the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office. (b) The drug and violent crime reduction fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. The drug and violent crime reduction fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The drug and violent crime reduction fee shall not be waived or...
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12-14-70
Section 12-14-70 Appeals to circuit courts from judgments of municipal courts and proceedings thereon. (a) All appeals from judgments of municipal courts shall be to the circuit court of the circuit in which the violation occurred for trial de novo. (b) The municipality may appeal within 60 days, without bond, from a judgment of the municipal court holding an ordinance invalid. (c) A defendant may appeal in any case within 14 days from the entry of judgment by filing notice of appeal and giving bond, with or without surety, approved by the court or the clerk in an amount not more than twice the amount of the fine and costs, as fixed by the court, or in the event no fine is levied the bond shall be in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00, as fixed by the court, conditioned upon the defendant's appearance before the circuit court. The municipal court may waive appearance bond upon satisfactory showing that the defendant is indigent or otherwise unable to provide a surety bond. If an appeal...
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