Title 45

(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 Houston 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 reasona…

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 office of the Sheriff of Houston County. (Act 97-487…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account authorized by law to be expen…

(a) The Sheriff of Houston County may operate a jail concession. The sheriff, sheriff’s deputies, or agents or employees of the sheriff, or any combination of these persons, may sell soft drinks, cigarettes, personal items, and other concession items to county prisoners and state…

A person who has been sentenced or committed to the county jail in Houston County, from a city court, district court, circuit court, or other court with appropriate jurisdiction, under a criminal sentence, including a person sentenced to a state prison or into the custody of the …

A person who has been sentenced to the Houston County Jail and who has been ordered released under Section 45-35-232.20, may at the time of sentence or at any time while any part of the sentence remains unserved, be required by the sentencing court to report to the jail to which …

Any person released under Section 45–35–232.20 or ordered confined under Section 45-35-232.21, who willfully fails to report for confinement as ordered shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he or she has been sentenced and upon conviction shall be subject …

(a) The purpose of this subpart is to promote the rehabilitation of offenders and, insofar as possible, to provide for the Houston County Temporary and Work Release and Pretrial Program and to make the program self-supporting. (b) A person released from jail for work release, as …

(a) Funds collected pursuant to this subpart shall be expended for its implementation, including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in: (1) Screening and making investigations and studies necessary to determine whether or not a particular prisoner wi…

It is the intent of the Legislature that this subpart providing for pretrial release shall be a guide to specified judicial officers in Houston County, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county when release is not contrary to the public interest to assure the …

As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means, unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge or equivalent thereof in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, any district court judge or equivalent, any district or municipal magistrate whose duties are authorized by law, and an…

(a) A person in Houston County charged with an offense, at an appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending a trial on personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the ju…

(a) A person released pursuant to this subpart who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security given or pledged for release and, in addition, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, punishable as provided …

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to this subpart and who has violated a condition of release, shall be subject to revocation of release and, in addition, may be prosecuted for contempt of court. (b) A proceeding for revocation of release may be initiated …

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to this subpart shall be subject to revocation of release if there is probable cause to believe he or she has committed a felony or misdemeanor while released. b) A proceeding for revocation of release pursuant to this sec…

All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise retained pursuant to this subpart, shall be paid over to the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund to be used to implement this subpart. (Act 93-693, p. 132…

(a) There is created the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall be composed of seven persons, including the following: The Sheriff of Houston County, the District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial Circ…

This subpart shall not interfere with or prevent any court of competent jurisdiction in Alabama to punish for contempt or impose sanctions. (Act 93-693, p. 1324, §14.)

Houston County through the Houston County Commission is authorized to provide, in its sole discretion, any funding, in-kind service or other aid of any type deemed necessary by the Houston County Commission to the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission for th…

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Act 93-693, p. 1324, §16.)

Upon successfully completing the minimum standards of training and other requirements for law enforcement officers of the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, a person employed by the Houston County Work Release Commission as a community corrections officer shall ha…

(a) In Houston 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-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Seventeen dollars ($17) of the monies c…

Any individual employed as a law enforcement officer by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the office in good standing may receive from the office, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and his or her service …

(a) This section shall only apply to Houston County. (b)(1) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, in the civil division of the District Court, Circuit Court, Family Court, and Juvenile Court of Houston County, a service of process fee of twenty-fi…

(a) Any municipality within Houston County may contract for police services with the sheriff of the county. The contract may include the enforcement by the sheriff and his or her duly commissioned deputies of all laws within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the mun…

This section shall apply only to Houston County, Alabama. The members of the Board of Equalization in Houston County shall serve for not more than 80 days in each taxable year, the exact working period to be fixed or approved by the Department of Revenue, and each member shall be…

(a) Commencing April 1, 2017, the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall receive an annual expense allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) payable in equal monthly installments. This expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation or benefits grante…

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Houston County is authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of the office. The operational cost of the office shall be financed, on a pro rata share basis, from the net proceeds of state, county, and mu…

In Houston County, any duties of the judge of probate relating to manufactured homes, including, but not limited to, the collection of sales tax on sales between individuals and acting as the designated agent for the issuance of titles, may be transferred to the revenue commissio…

Any duties of the judge of probate relating to the selling or redeeming of lands for taxes shall be transferred to and performed by the revenue commissioner, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all related duties. (Act 2026-212, §1.)

There is levied in Houston County, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining public roads, streets, bridges, and ferries, a privilege tax of not more than one cent per gallon on all gasoline or gasohol which is sold or delivered in the county, for the privilege of …

The License Commissioner of Houston County is authorized to administer this part and to provide such rules, regulations, and means as are required for the collection of such privilege tax, and for the collection of such late charges, interest, or fines as are hereinafter provided…

All of the net proceeds of the privilege tax collected within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town in Houston County, Alabama, shall be paid over to such incorporated city or town each month as collected and may be expended as may be directed by the constituted a…

After July 8, 1982, no incorporated city or town in Houston County, Alabama, shall levy or collect a privilege license or excise tax on any liquid motor fuel upon the business of selling, delivering, withdrawing from storage, or keeping in storage such fuels, on a quantity basis;…

All taxes levied under this part and the money derived therefrom shall be used exclusively for the purpose of constructing and maintaining public roads, streets, bridges, and ferries in the County of Houston, except for the municipalities’ share, which may be expended as provided…

(a) All distributors or individuals who are subject to the tax herein levied shall acquire a license therefor issued from the county, in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per year. (b) Each distributor, individual, or other person or party who is subject to the tax here…

(a) The following sanctions shall be imposed for the following violations of this part: (1) Any distributor, person, or association required to pay the tax levied by this part which fails to pay the tax, or which is delinquent in paying the tax, shall pay interest of 12 percent p…

(a) This section shall only be applicable to portions of Houston County outside the corporate limits of the City of Dothan. (b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or cor…

(a) In Houston County, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, the Houston County Commission may levy a privilege or license tax in the amount prescribed in this section against every person in the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms, l…

(a) The following words, terms, and phrases as used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) COUNTY. Houston County in the State of Alabama. (2) COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AREA. All of Houston …

There is hereby levied, for the period of time provided for herein, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided a privilege or license tax on account of the business activities and in the amount to be determined by th…

(a) Unless otherwise provided for herein or where the context herein clearly indicated a different interpretation, the taxes levied in Section 45-35-244.01 shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, disc…

For the period of time provided for herein: (1) An excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in the county of tangible personal property, not including materials and supplies bought for use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repairing, or reco…

(a) Unless otherwise provided for herein or where the context herein clearly indicates a different interpretation, the taxes levied by Section 45-35-244.03 shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, proceedings, requirements, fines, punishments, and deductions that are appl…