Title 45 — Title 45

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Autauga, Chilton, and Elmore Counties, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected…

There is hereby created within the judge of probate’s office of Autauga County license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the judge of probate’s office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary f…

Records. (a) The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes and casual sales and use taxes on motor vehicles in the county, which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor and the tax collector. The tax assesso…

Except as hereinafter provided, the judge of probate shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. All such fees shall be the property of the county and shall be paid to the general fund of the county. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake o…

or Transfer; Certificate of Assessment. To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, n…

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. …

The judge of probate may, at his or her discretion, mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be mailed prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in post card form and w…

This subpart shall apply only in Autauga County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Autauga County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and docum…

The following words and phrases when used in this subpart shall have the following meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records to be recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files or to be stored and filed on either optical disk or on paper, as determined b…

All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving syste…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after …

Effective September 1, 2003, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Autauga County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each Uniform Commercial Code docume…

Effective September 1, 2003, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every case filed in the Probate Court of Autauga County. This amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collec…

Effective September 1, 2003, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate on any transaction, at the discretion of the judge of probate, occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate with the exception of d…

Effective September 1, 2003, a special transaction fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to the celebration of the rites of marriage as performed by the judge of probate. This amount shall be in addition to all other costs an…

The fees collected pursuant to this subpart shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts. Records of these expenditures shall be open to the public on a continuous basis. History: (Act 2003-202, p. 523…

For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is employed by an a…

Supervision and Control. (a) The district attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the district attorney sh…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this section whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A person charged with any of t…

(a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older, or 16 years of age or older if the offense is a traffic citation, at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a p…

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family histor…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) While in the program, the appl…

(a) Except for traffic offenses, an offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. In the case of eligible traffic offenses, application shall be made within 21 days…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee to be established by the district attorney when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or…

The district attorney and the offender may enter into agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program that the offender be admitted to a drug, alcohol, violence, or any other self-improvement or self-help program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatmen…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program and to pay those things earlier herein provi…

(a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender in the pretrial diversion program and actively pursue prosecution of the offender for the crime…

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender participating in the pretrial diversion program. History: (Act 2006-89, p. 110, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for and accept grant funding applicable to the aims of the program and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, state, or federal agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversion …

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates and conditions for participation in the program. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administratio…

The District Attorney of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit composed of Autauga, Chilton, and Elmore Counties may appoint a chief investigator and from time to time additional investigators. The investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The investigators sh…

The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate office of Autauga County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall inc…

In the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, the official court reporters appointed and holding office under the provisions of law applicable thereto, in addition to any other salary provided by the state, shall each receive a total salary supplement in the amount of twelve thousand dolla…