Title 45

(a) This section shall apply only in the unincorporated areas of Dallas County and each municipality in Dallas County. (b) Draft beer and keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the unincorporated areas of…

(a)(l) There is created a fund to be designated the Dallas County Law Library Fund, which fund shall be expended as hereinafter provided for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, equipping, administering, and operating the law library at the courthouse of Dallas County. …

In Dallas County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond, or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Dallas 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 m…

(a) There is created a fund to be designated the District Attorney’s Fund of Dallas County, which fund shall be at the disposal of the District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, and shall be drawn upon by him other in a manner hereinafter provided and expended b…

The Judge of Probate of Dallas County, in addition to the salary authorized by law, shall receive a salary supplement in the amount of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per year. Cost-of-living adjustments to the salary of the Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be …

(a) This section shall apply only to Dallas County. (b) Effective August 1, 2006, any Judge of Probate of Dallas County who has served continuously as Judge of Probate of Dallas County for a period of 25 years or more shall be entitled to receive as his or her compensation an amo…

(a) This section shall only apply in Dallas County. (b) Commencing on September 1, 2013, the annual salary for the Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be increased by twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of t…

(a) Commencing on August 1, 2021, the Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($30,500) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or sal…

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

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)…

(a) The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate offices and the offices of other elected county officials of Dallas County. The initial installation …

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

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 recording, archiving…

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 cost of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after t…

A special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and UCC instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate …

A special recording fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every court case filed in the Probate Court of Dallas County, this amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The additional fee …

A special transaction fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every transaction occurring in or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate, which amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collect…

Connection fees may be established and assessed by the judge of probate for any individual, company, corporation, or any other entity, wishing to access or retrieve, or both, public records from the probate office. The judge of probate reserves the right to charge fees according …

Any and all revenues generated, either directly or indirectly, due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be paid directly into the general fund of the county. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate. …

(a) The Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of an instrument in which the title to real property, or of any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an i…

(a) In Dallas County, there is created the Selma and Dallas County Economic 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 Dalla…

(a) Upon resolution passed by a majority of the members of the county board of education, in lieu of any other compensation, salary, or expense allowance provided by law, each member of the Dallas County Board of Education shall be entitled to receive compensation in the amount o…

Each member of the Dallas County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day when the board is authorized to meet and conduct business. The expense allowance provided for in this secti…

The officers appointed to hold elections in Dallas County shall each be entitled to twenty-five dollars ($25) and the returning officer, in addition, to fifteen cents ($0.15) a mile in going to the courthouse and returning to the place of holding the election. The several claims …

(a) The governing body of Dallas County, jointly with the governing bodies of any incorporated municipalities within the county, shall provide office accommodations for the members of the legislative delegation from the county and also provide assistants to the legislative delega…

(a) The Dallas County Commission may impose a special transaction fee not exceeding five dollars ($5) to be paid to the Dallas County License Commissioner when public business is transacted in the office of the license commissioner. The fee may only be imposed by the county commi…

Pursuant to the authority granted in Amendment 138 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, in addition to all other issuance fees currently provided by law, the county officer charged with the duty and responsibility of issuing motor vehicle license tags and plates in Dallas Coun…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2007, the annual salary of the sheriff shall be sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any other compensation or…

Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Dallas County shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The salary increas…

(a) The Sheriff of Dallas County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail canteen and a telephone system for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail canteen and telephone system shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(…

(a) In Dallas County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-1l-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a…

The Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector of Dallas County shall each be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per annum to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition …

(a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of Dallas County for the Dallas County Tax Assessor and Dallas County Tax Collector to provide for the electronic filing of business property tax returns, including payment of any taxes due, subject to the approval of the …

The provisions of this part shall apply only to those portions of Dallas County located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Selma. (Act 91-535, p. 962, §1; Act 91-729, p. 1419, §1.)

The Legislature hereby declares that the county fire association and the volunteer fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this part are organizations which are public in nature, as they promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (A…

The County Commission of Dallas County is authorized and empowered to levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter provided by law, not exceeding three and one-half mills on each one dollar’s worth of taxable property outside the corpor…

The Tax Assessor of Dallas County shall assess the tax herein provided for, and the Tax Collector of Dallas County shall collect the tax, in the same manner and method that other ad valorem taxes are collected. The proceeds of the tax shall be paid into a special county fund. Wit…

An eligible volunteer fire department, for purposes of this part, shall mean a volunteer fire department located in Dallas County that maintains an ISO approved rating or that is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines, or both. (Act 91-535, p. 962, §5; Act 91-…

Funds paid to eligible volunteer fire departments shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical and rescue services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase liability insurance to insure coverage of acts or omissi…

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds derived from this part or any assets purchased with funds derived from this part shall, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, be transferred to the county commission. The funds and…

The personnel of volunteer fire departments provided for in this part shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a pri…

This part shall apply only to Dallas County. (Act 94-712, p. 1382, §1.)

For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Dallas County. (2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Dallas County. (3) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale …

(a) The Dallas County Commission may impose an additional excise tax on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage gasoline and motor fuel in an amount not to exceed two cents ($0.02) and may require every distributor, retail dealer, or storer to pay the …

On or before the 20th day of each month after the commission has imposed the additional excise tax, each person upon whom the excise tax is imposed shall furnish to the commission on forms prescribed by it a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals of gasoline or m…