Title 45

In addition to the provisions of this subpart, all court costs, fines, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, and restitution, and other court-ordered charges shall be considered a civil judgment which may be recorded and enforced in the manner provided by law. (…

The provisions of this subpart are supplemental to any procedures for the enforcement and collection of any court-ordered sums or forfeitures. (Act 94-807, p. 125, §10.)

(a) The Judge of Probate of Covington County shall be compensated on a salary basis. He or she shall receive in equal monthly installments from the General Fund of Covington County such salary as provided by general law. Such salary shall be the entire compensation received by su…

This subpart shall only apply in Covington County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Covington County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing of instruments and documents affecting the ti…

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2)…

The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include the following: (1) The acquisition of …

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be indexed with computer-generated indexes to be filed in binders, and shall constitute the official record of such instruments …

All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect 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 indexing system inst…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special indexing 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 cost of operating and maintaining, after the initial in…

Thirty days after April 16, 1986, a special indexing fee of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the …

When the revenue commissioner’s office is established as provided in Subpart 1 of Part 2 of Article 24, there is hereby created within the judge of probate’s office of Covington County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses. The judge of probate shall cha…

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 and require that such renewal application be returned to such judge prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may …

The judge of probate or other public officer performing such services for Covington County is authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an issuance fee in addition to all other fees authorized by law in an amount not to exceed two …

(a) In Covington County, when a negotiable instrument, such as a check or draft, given for a motor vehicle license, boat license, driver’s license, privilege license, or conservation license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate, or his or her designe…

(a) There is created the Covington County Industrial Development Authority. The authority is created for the purpose and has the responsibility of aiding and assisting current industries and coordinating efforts of all municipal and county agencies of Covington County, as well as…

In Covington County the county board of education is authorized to appoint a superintendent of education at the expiration of the term of the present superintendent. The superintendent shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the county board of education. (Act 79-100, p. 1…

(a) Commencing with the next term of office, each member of the Covington County Board of Education, at the time of qualifying for office and during the entire term of office, shall reside within that portion of the county lying outside of the corporate limits of any city in the …

In Covington County, the county commission is authorized, in its discretion, to pay in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance, to each member of the board of registrars an expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day. The amount paid under …

In Covington County, an election official who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount paid to each returning officer and each clerk ni…

This article shall apply only in Covington County. (Act 2009-378, p. 701, §1.)

The Covington County Commission shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer. The county engineer shall possess all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the state. …

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants necessary to properly inspect, maintain, and construct the public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county and prescribe their duties and discharge employees for cause or when they a…

It shall be the duty of the county commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the inspection, maintenance, and construction of public roads, bridges, and ferrie…

The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable from appropriate funds and in the same manner as the compensation of other county employees. (Act 2009-378, p. 701, §5.)

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount set from time to time by the county commission, payable to Covington County, conditioned on the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, a…

The county commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article. (Act 2009-378, p. 701, §7.)

The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to the county commission for all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by Covington County. The county commission shall establish necessary policies and regulations governing accountability…

The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of funds appropriated by the county commission. The county commission shall fix and determine the amount of funds which will be available for the purpose of inspecting, building, maintaining, and constructin…

The county engineer, or a designated representative, shall make written requisition for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the inspection, construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county. The purchas…

In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the county commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have, within the boundaries of applicable law, all the du…

Each member of the county commission shall hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestions or complaints to the county engineer with his or her recommendations. The members of the county commission shall also assist in securing rights-of-way and as…

(a) The county governing body of Covington County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Covington County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After th…

As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BINGO. The game where numbers or symbols on a card are matched with numbers or symbols selected at random. (2) BINGO SESSION. A consecutive period of time during which bingo is played on a given da…

The operation of bingo sessions for prizes or money by qualified organizations for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Covington County, subject to this article. (Act 93-886, p. 151, §2.)

(a) No qualified organization may conduct a bingo session unless the sheriff of the county issues a permit to the organization authorizing it to do so. The permit described in this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business licenses which may be required by…

(a) A qualified organization that does not hold a permit pursuant to Section 45-20-150.02 may apply for a special permit for conducting a bingo session at a designated location for a special occasion. The applicant shall submit to the sheriff a written application prepared in acc…

(a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address of the permit holder, the location at which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo, and the day or days of the week on which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo. (b) The bingo permit holder shall displa…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only qualified organizations that are properly issued permits or special permits shall be allowed to operate bingo sessions. A qualified organization shall not lend its name nor allow its identity to be used by any other person in c…

All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall be paid into the county general fund. All necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be financed from the county general fund, with the remainder distributed to …

No less than 100 percent of the net proceeds of a bingo session shall be designated and expended for charitable or educational purposes. Net proceeds means gross proceeds less reasonable expenses incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of bingo a…

(a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented by the permit holder, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 45-20-150.05. (b) Prizes given by any organization for the playing of bingo games shall not be le…

Each permit holder shall maintain the following records for at least one year from the date of each bingo session: (1) An itemized list of gross receipts for each session. (2) An itemized list of all expenses, including the name of each person to whom the expenses are paid, and a…

(a) On or before April 15th, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15 of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the sheriff a copy of the records required in Section 45-20-150.09 relating to the operation of bingo se…

The sheriff, for good cause shown, may revoke any permit if the permit holder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permit holder violates this article or rule promulgated pursuant to this article. The revocation by the sheriff shall become effective 10 days…

(a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is revoked for a violation of this article, or a rule promulgated under this article, is ineligible to conduct a bingo session or apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offe…

The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall afford trial by jury for all appeals directed to it for alleged violations of this article leading to revocations of existing permits. (Act 93-886, p. 151, §14.)