Title 45

(a) Students of cosmetology or barbering in Escambia County who have completed 250 hours of study in a registered school of cosmetology or barbering may work in a duly registered beauty shop or barber shop during non-school hours. (b)(1) Any person who has served as an apprentice…

(a) The office of constable is hereby abolished in Escambia County. (b) Any person now serving in such office in Escambia County shall be entitled to any vested rights accrued. (Act 85-526, p. 635, §§1,2.)

In Escambia County, Alabama, the office of coroner is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized, or required by law to be performed by the coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as provided for by this article. (Act …

(a) The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. (b) The county medical examiner shall be appointed by the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified candidates submitted by a nominating…

The Escambia County Medical Examiner may appoint one or more assistant county medical examiners to assist the investigation and certification of deaths. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §3; Act 2025-438, §1.)

The county medical examiner shall complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic Sciences may provide the training. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §4; Act 2025-438, §1.)

It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner, or designated assistant county medical examiners, to investigate any death in Escambia County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when t…

While investigating a death pursuant to this article, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and the medical examiner or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or the legal designee of the medical examiner, may …

(a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or a designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or designated assista…

(a) In compliance with the provisions of Section 36-18-2, an autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the Governor, the Attorney General, a circuit judge, or the Escambia County District Attorney or his or her auth…

The county medical examiner and assistant medical examiners of Escambia County, or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and the approval of the county medical examiner, shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in re…

Any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the dea…

The county medical examiner, or the State Medical Examiner, or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences may issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tissues, fluids, or any other material thing as may be required while investigating…

Neither the county medical examiner nor any member of the staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, nor any member of the staff or agent of the department, shall incur any civil or criminal liability for duties performed pursuant to this article. (Ac…

The county medical examiner shall maintain the reports of death investigations conducted by the Escambia County Medical Examiner and a copy shall be forwarded to the Department of Forensic Sciences. These reports, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examin…

In addition to the duties and authority described above, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall also have all duties and authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by law. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §14.)

Beginning January 15, 1998, title and control of all equipment in the office of the Escambia County Coroner shall be transferred by the county to the county medical examiner. The Escambia County Commission shall establish a Medical Examiner Fund. Thereafter, all funds previously …

This article shall not be construed to make any changes in funding or responsibility for existing methods of transporting bodies in Escambia County. The Department of Forensic Sciences is assigned no additional responsibilities for transportation of bodies pursuant to this articl…

The county medical examiner shall make an annual report to the county governing body listing the number of deaths investigated, the determinations made, and other reasonable facts as required by the governing body. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §18.)

(a) All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the Chair of the Escambia County Commission shall serve full time as such officer. (b) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal other laws or parts of laws unless such laws or parts of laws ar…

(a) In Escambia County, there is hereby created the office of Chair of the Escambia County Commission. The chair shall be elected by the commissioners from one of their number and shall serve for a term of one year or until his or her successor is elected. The one year term shall…

(a) In addition to all salaries, travel, and other expenses now provided or allowed by law to be paid to them, each member, including the chair, of the County Commission of Escambia County, shall be paid or reimbursed by the county for actual expenses incurred in the performance …

(a) In Escambia County, the chair and members of the county commission are each hereby entitled to an expense allowance of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, or expense allowance heretofore…

(a) On July 1, 1991, the chair and associate commissioners of the County Commission of Escambia County shall be entitled to receive a monthly expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) to be paid from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in…

(a) The Chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County shall serve as county purchasing agent without additional compensation. The county purchasing agent shall purchase for the county officials, the county offices, and every department of the county, all books, st…

(a) This section shall be applicable to supernumerary circuit clerks In Escambia County. (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Supernumerary Circuit Clerk of Escambia County shall receive an annual expense allowance in an amount which together with any salary from coun…

In addition to all other compensation provided for by law, the official court reporter of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall be entitled to additional compensation payable by Escambia County in the amount of seven thousand dollars ($7,000) annually. Such additiona…

(a) In the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit, in Escambia County, the county commission shall pay the presiding circuit judge and circuit court judge No. 2 a total expense allowance of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum. Such expense allowance shall be paid in equal monthly …

In all capital cases where trial by jury is held before the circuit court in the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama, the judge presiding over the empanelment of the jury venire in the capital case is authorized to excuse any prospective juror outside the presence of the def…

(a) In Escambia County, in order to provide a special fund for the creation and maintenance of the law library and for the purposes of judicial administration as further specified in this section, there shall be taxed as additional court costs the sum of thirty dollars ($30) in e…

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

(a) In Escambia County, a booking fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed against and collected from each person booked or incarcerated into the Escambia County Detention Center and subsequently convicted. The fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be in …

(a) The office of the district attorney serving Escambia County, Alabama, shall be allowed to establish a court cost recovery division for the purpose of collecting assessments, costs, fees, fines, or forfeitures due to be paid to the State of Alabama, Escambia County, municipali…

(a) The District Attorney of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) The district attorney shall retain all discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discret…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama may apply to the District Attorney of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial …

(a) Diversion shall be appropriate if: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a likelihood justice will be served if the offender is placed in the diversion program. (3) It is determined the needs of the state and …

(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 an intervention program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the tolling, while in the progra…

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 45 days after service of the warrant or within 21 days following appointment of counsel for the charge for which the offender applies or at his or her first court appearance. (b) In the discret…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be set from time to time by the district attorney. The assessment shall be in …

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse…

(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 Fund. All fees paid by offenders as set out in this subpart to the district attorney shall be placed into the Pretrial Diversion Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds to pay costs associated with the administrat…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender and the district attorney, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender in the program and pursue criminal charges against the offender. The…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Escambia County shall be compensated on a salary basis which shall be in lieu of all fees and commissions heretofore paid as compensation to such judge. The amount of such salary shall be the same as that paid to the presiding circuit judge in the coun…

The Judge of Probate of Escambia County is hereby authorized to employ two additional clerks in addition to those provided for by Section 45-27-83, to aid in carrying out the duties of the office at the Atmore Satellite Courthouse. Such clerks shall serve at the pleasure of the j…