Title 45

The chair and each member of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid an additional one hundred dollars ($100) per month for nine consecutive months following October 1, 1979. Thereafter, such allowance shall be decreased to one dollar ($1) per month and shall so continue for …

The county commission shall set the salary of the county engineer and the county’s portion of such salary shall be not less than seven thousand dollars ($7,000) per annum, which sum shall be payable from the funds of the county treasury designated for the department of public wor…

Members of the board of directors of any Jackson County Public Park Board may be permitted the use of its facilities in lieu of compensation or expenses for service as members of such board or boards. Authority to use facilities of such board or boards by board members in lieu of…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson County Commission may transfer surplus funds over the operating costs of the Jackson County Public Parks System as determined by standard government fund accounting principles from the Jackson County Parks Fund to the Jac…

(a) In Jackson County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor ve…

(a) Commencing on June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of Jackson County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. T…

(a) Commencing on March 1, 2022, the Sheriff of Jackson County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. …

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

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 permanent record of all abandoned or 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, and the serial or other identifying number, if a…

(a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s office and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a six-month period. (b) …

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, 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 reasonable …

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this subpart, a notation in the storage record 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 continu…

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this subpart, 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 Jackson County and shall…

In Jackson County, all interest earned on the Inmate Trust Fund Account shall be used by the sheriff for the operation or maintenance of that account or for law enforcement purposes. (Act 2015-92, §1; Act 2015-118, §1.)

(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 Jackson County or his or her authorized agents shall operate a jail store within the confines of the county jail. The county commission shall contract for a telephone system to be used by the prisoners within the confines of the county jail and also for the hou…

Any person who has been committed to the county jail or to any city jail in Jackson County under a criminal sentence may be released therefrom at the discretion of the sentencing court, either on its own motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at the time of sentence or at an…

Any person who has been sentenced to the Jackson County jail or any city jail within Jackson County and who has been ordered released under Section 45-36-232.20, at the time of sentence or at any time while any part thereof remains unserved, may be required by the sentencing cour…

Any person released under Section 45-36-232.20, or ordered confined under Section 45-36-232.21, 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…

For the purposes of this subpart, the term net income shall be defined as total salaries, wages, and other compensation received by a person committed to a jail in Jackson County for work performed while such person is released pursuant to this subpart, less all sums withheld for…

In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of the case determines that the collection and payment of the sums provided for in Section 45-36-232.23 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the prisoner involved, the court, in its discr…

All sums collected under this subpart shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart, including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in making investigations and studies necessary to determine whether or not particular prisoners will be grant…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this subpart pertaining to pretrial release shall be a guide to judicial officers in Jackson County, as defined herein, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county because of his or her personal economic…

As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means, unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge or equivalent thereof in the Thirty-eighth Judicial Circuit, any judge of probate in Jackson County, and any district court judge or judge of any other court created in lieu th…

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

(a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this subpart, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B mi…

a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-36-232.28 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) Proceedings for revocation of release may be init…

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-36-232.28 and as to whom there is probable cause to believe he or she has committed a felony or misdemeanor while released, shall be subject to revocation of release. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release…

Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety on bail bonds in Jackson County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Jackson County who shall pay a fee or rebate or …

Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or any public official or employee, who received a fee or rebate or receives or agrees to receive anything of value, in…

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 Jackson County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund hereby created, to be used to and implement this subpart. …

(a) There is hereby created a body to be known as the Jackson 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 Jackson County, the district attorney o…

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt. (Act 89-264, p. 380, §17.)

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Act 89-264, p. 380, §18.)

Any individual employed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 25 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, prov…

(a) In Jackson County, the sum of one thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($1,379.95), or the amount as otherwise provided in this section, is hereby appropriated monthly for the relief of Mr. Willie Dean Mount. The monthly appropriations shall be pa…

Each member of the Board of Equalization of Jackson County shall be paid a total of thirty dollars ($30) per diem for each day’s attendance upon the session of the board. Any portion of this amount not paid by the state shall be paid from the general fund of the county. (Act 80-1…

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Jackson County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and municipal ad valor…

(a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Jackson 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 beginning on the first day…

There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner’s office of Jackson County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses, and titles, issued through the revenue commissioner’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the…

The revenue commissioner shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses and titles on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate. The Judge of Probate of Jackson County is hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilit…

The revenue commissioner shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses and titles received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report t…

Except as herein provided, the revenue commissioner shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code the revenu…

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the rev…