Title 12

The coroners shall be entitled to receive, for services rendered by them in civil cases, the same fees as were allowed to sheriffs for like services on December 18, 1973. (Code 1886, §3688; Code 1896, §1378; Code 1907, §3723; Code 1923, §7288; Code 1940, T. 11, §37; Acts 1975, No…

Fees due to constables and coroners for services in connection with district and circuit court proceedings shall be payable from the county treasury upon a sworn statement certified by the circuit clerk and shall not affect the collection and distribution of uniform fees. (Acts 1…

No coroner or constable shall collect or reserve commissions on costs taxed in an execution put in his hands. The commissions allowed by law shall be collected or received only on the principal, damages and interest of the execution. (Code 1852, §3062; Code 1867, §3533; Code 1876…

Coroners or constables shall not be entitled to full commissions until after actual levy of execution on property of the defendant and the money made or paid to the plaintiff in execution, and then only on the amount actually collected or paid. (Code 1852, §3055; Code 1867, §3526…

When the coroner or constable has levied execution and, before sale, it is stayed by order of the plaintiff, the coroner or constable so levying shall receive only half commission. (Code 1852, §3056; Code 1867, §3527; Code 1876, §5010; Code 1886, §3670; Code 1896, §1358; Code 190…

Clerks of the circuit courts and registers of the circuit courts are prohibited from receiving any fees or allowances out of the county treasury for keeping direct and reverse indexes to books and records required by law. (Code 1876, §5023; Code 1886, §3674; Code 1896, §1362; Cod…

(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 c…

If the defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor and confesses judgment for the fees and fine, the fees set forth in Sections 12-19-170 through 12-19-172, and the applicable fine shall be collected by execution against the defendant. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-119.)

Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 14 of this title, fines collected in misdemeanor and felony cases shall be remitted to the State General Fund; provided, that state funds or percentages thereof designated for use by state agencies or departments shall be distributed as oth…

(a) Municipal courts may impose court costs pursuant to law. (b) In cases of appeal de novo from a municipal court and conviction of the defendant in the circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall collect the municipal court costs, fines and forfeitures in addition to th…

(a) Docket fees, fines and forfeitures collected in municipal ordinance cases in district court and in circuit court shall be distributed as follows: (1) Ninety percent of the docket fee to the State General Fund and 10 percent to the municipality; and (2) Ninety percent of the f…

Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the increases in fees and costs provided in this act shall in no instance operate to increase the municipal share of the docket fees collected in municipal ordinance cases in the district and circuit courts. In addition, n…

Except for the law library costs provided in Section 11-25-9 and the victims compensation costs provided in Section 15-23-17, the fees and costs prescribed in this chapter for circuit and district courts shall be exclusive of all other fees and costs that are prescribed by genera…

Docket fees for criminal cases shall be uniform by court level and type of case; except, that in all conservation cases the docket fee shall be increased to include an arrest and bond fee of $7.00. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-121.)

(a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court: (1) District Court: (2) Circuit Court: (3) Docket fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district court or circuit court shall be assessed at eigh…

(a) The following docket fees shall be collected for municipal ordinance cases in the district court: (b) Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fee in municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be …

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees in cases where the defendant forfeits bond in either the district court or circuit court: (1) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (2) Thirty-nine dollars ($39) to the State General Fund. (3) Five dollars ($…

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for felony cases in circuit court: (1) Ten dollars ($10) to the Peace Officers’ Annuity Fund. (2) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (3) One hundred four dollars ($104) to the State General Fund. (4) Five …

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for misdemeanors in circuit court: (1) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (2) Sixty-four dollars ($64) to the State General Fund. (3) Ten dollars ($10) to the county general fund. (4) Ten dollars ($10) to …

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for felony guilty plea cases in district court: (1) Ten dollars ($10) to the Police Officers’ Annuity Fund. (2) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (3) One hundred four dollars ($104) to the State General F…

The docket fee collected in circuit court for preliminary hearings in district court shall be remitted to the State General Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-128; 1983, No. 83-744, §12.)

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for misdemeanor cases in district court: (1) Seven dollars ($7) to the Police Officers’ Annuity Fund. (2) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (3) Sixty-four dollars ($64) to the State General Fund. (4) Five…

(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for traffic infractions and boating violations in district court: (1) Three dollars ($3) to the Police Officers’ Annuity Fund. (2) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (3) Eight dollars fifty cents ($8.50) t…

(a) In addition to all other costs, fees, or fines prescribed by law, each person convicted of a crime in a municipal, district, or circuit court, except traffic cases which do not involve driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances as set out in Section 32-5A…

(a) In addition to any other docket fees provided by law, including, but not limited to, the docket fees provided in Sections 12-19-171 and 12-19-176, the following fees shall be automatically assessed in cases in municipal, juvenile, district, and circuit courts upon conviction …

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

In all criminal cases taken to the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals if judgment is there entered in favor of the state, the Attorney General is entitled to a fee of $15.00, to be taxed and collected as costs. (Code 1852, §793; Code 1867, §4344; Code 1876, §5048; Code 18…

(a) Constables shall be entitled to the following fees in criminal cases: (1) For executing a search warrant by day ..... $1.00 (2) For executing a search warrant by night ..... 2.00 (3) For executing any other warrant or writ of arrest ..... 1.50 (4) For serving each subpoena or…

(a) Coroners shall be entitled to the following fees: (1) For going to and returning from the place where he holds an inquest, for each mile traveled ..... $.06 (2) For holding an inquest, when ordered by a judge of a court of record or by the district attorney ..... 7.50 (3) For…

(a) Fees for holding inquest shall be paid out of the county treasury, when the inquest has been held under the order of a judge of a court of record or district attorney, and such fees must be also certified by the coroner to the clerk of the circuit court of the county and must…

(a) Regular jurors, grand and petit, shall be entitled to an expense allowance for each day’s services and an amount for each mile traveled in going to and returning from court, to be proved by the oath of the juror before the clerk of the court. (b) The Alabama Supreme Court, by…

Every person summoned for trial of a capital case under the provisions of this code or for service on a coroner’s jury and attending in obedience to the summons shall be entitled to the same per diem and mileage for their attendance as regular jurors, to be paid in the same manne…

(a) There shall be levied and imposed a tax in the amount of sixteen dollars ($16), to be called the “fair trial tax,” in each and every criminal case in any municipal court. (b) The fee shall be automatically assessed in each case upon conviction or adjudication and shall be col…

When the fair trial tax is collected in circuit or district court, the clerk or register of the court, or the judge if there is no clerk or register, shall remit the receipts monthly to the State Treasury to be paid into a fund to be called the “Fair Trial Tax Fund.” (Acts 1965, …

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, when the “fair trial tax” levied and provided for in this article is collected, the clerk of the municipal court of each municipality which has retained its municipal court, instead of remitting the receipts from said tax into the S…

There is hereby appropriated from the Fair Trial Tax Fund, annually, such amount as may be necessary to pay the fees of counsel, court reporters, and such other necessary expenses of indigent defense as are provided by law. There is also hereby appropriated from the Fair Trial Ta…

(a) Expenditures from the Fair Trial Tax Fund shall be subject to the control and approval of the Governor. (b) In his discretion the Governor may limit the payment of expenses incurred in one county or judicial circuit to revenues collected within such county or judicial circuit…

Any unexpended and unencumbered balance remaining in the Fair Trial Tax Fund at the close of the state fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund of the state but shall be retained in the “Fair Trial Tax Fund” and may be used in future years for the payment of appointed cou…

This article may be cited as the Alabama Litigation Accountability Act. (Acts 1987, No. 87-186, p. 254, §1.)

The following words and phrases as used in this article, have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL JUSTIFICATION. The phrase “without substantial justification”, when used with reference to any action…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, in any civil action commenced or appealed in any court of record in this state, the court shall award, as part of its judgment and in addition to any other costs otherwise assessed, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs against any…

In determining the amount of an award of costs or attorneys’ fees, the court shall exercise its sound discretion. When granting an award of costs and attorneys’ fees, the court shall specifically set forth the reasons for such award and shall consider the following factors, among…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent an attorney and his client from negotiating in private the actual fee which the client is to pay his attorney. Nothing in this article is intended to limit the authority of the court to approve written stipulations filed with …

This article shall apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal filed subsequent to June 11, 1987. It shall also apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal which has been filed prior to June 11, 1987, and which is not dismissed within 180 days of June 11, 1987. (Acts 1987…

The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to the damages which may be awarded for a frivolous appeal pursuant to Rule 38, Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Acts 1987, No. 87-186, p. 254, §8.)

(a) The Administrative Office of Courts Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund is created in the State Treasury. (b) The fund shall consist of all monies paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund pursuant to Section 12-19-181 or by legislative appropriation, gran…