Title 45

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or other identifying number …

If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the…

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a separate permanent record of all abandoned and stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, the serial or other identifying number…

(a) At least every six months, the sheriff shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s department and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner during the …

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Geneva County Sheriff’s Department, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasonab…

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may conti…

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the General Fund of Geneva County and shall be used for t…

(a) In addition to all other charges, fees, and costs of court, a service of process fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) shall be collected for service or attempted service of process on each document requiring personal service of process by the sheriff for matters pendi…

(a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Geneva County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1984 and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years from the thirtieth day of S…

(a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of p…

The Geneva County Commission may, in its discretion, provide for the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Geneva County, a clerk hire allowance not to exceed seven thousand forty dollars ($7,040) for the period beginning August 1, 1979 and ending July 31, 1980; six thousand seven hu…

(a) In order to provide funds for the benefit of the public schools in Geneva County, the Geneva County Commission or other governing body of Geneva County is hereby authorized to levy and to provide for the assessment and collection of any sales and use taxes generally paralleli…

(a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b) As used in this section, state sales tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, and 40-23-4. (c)(1) The County Commission of Geneva C…

(a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b) As used in this section, state sales tax means the tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and state use tax means the tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. (c) (1) In addition to all other taxes aut…

(a) The Geneva County Commission is hereby authorized to impose upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Geneva County a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amount…

Upon adoption of a resolution by the Geneva County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose in Geneva County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of…

It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Geneva County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided…

The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the paym…

The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 87-415, p. 611, §5.)

All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the …

The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual cost of collection not to exceed five percent shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Geneva County Commission to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Geneva County; and more specifically, for …

(a) None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco produ…