Title 45

The Director of the Madison County License Department shall charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each motor vehicle license tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. The additional fee shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehic…

(a) The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, and alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay …

Any and all duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of judges of probate with reference to the registration, sale, and distribution of tags for motor vehicles, the issuance of motor vehicle drivers licenses and temporary instruction permits, and the transfer of the o…

All duties required by law of the tax assessor and tax collector of any county to which this part applies, with reference to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed and exercised by the director of the …

The director of the department shall collect for the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the tax assessor and tax collector for the same services. The fees, ch…

This part shall become effective in Madison County only upon a writing subscribed to by the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and the tax collector requesting to come under this part and upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of revenue, court of coun…

This part shall immediately apply and become effective in the county upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of the county, whereby it elects to come within this part; provided, however, that the governing…

It is the intent and purpose of the foregoing sections of this part to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better service to the people of the county, by incorporating in one county office the assessment and collection of all taxes o…

Any other provisions of law notwithstanding, there is hereby created the position of license inspector for the county. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 19.)

The license inspector for the county shall be the director of the county license department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 20.)

It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the county license department and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county of which he or she has been appointed license inspector, and if…

(a) In cases where a personal check given for licenses, motor vehicle registrations, manufactured home instruments, or any other instruments is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the Madison County License Director shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license, …

(a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation located in the Monrovia School District. (b) T…

(a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation operating Trojan Park in the Hazel Green area …

(a) In Madison 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) The Madison County Commission shall have the authority, at its discretion, to appropriate and pay to the Sheriff of Madison County, any deputy sheriff, or other member of the sheriff’s force, an annual amount to be determined by the Madison County Commission for each deputy s…

(a) Any newly-elected Sheriff of Madison County shall receive a base salary of one hundred seventy thousand dollars ($170,000) per year, effective as of the first full pay period after the start of the newly-elected sheriff’s first term in office, which begins on the first Monday…

All personnel employed by the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16, Act 488, 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 530), who have been certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, shall h…

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

(a) Any individual employed by the office of the Sheriff of Madison County as a detention officer who has served as a Madison County detention officer for a minimum of 10 years, who retires under the Retirement Systems of Alabama in good standing, and who is at least 62 years of …

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County, Alabama, is hereby authorized to sell at public auction, in the manner provided in this section, abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the Sheriff’s Department of Madison County which has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner th…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for fingerprinting persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons; however, a fee may not be charged if the fingerprinting is performed for a public purpose or on behalf o…

(a) Any device which is used as a weapon in the commission of a crime against any person or any device which is used as a weapon in any attempt to commit any crime against any person, and any weapon or device possessed during any violation of the laws concerning controlled substa…

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Madison County shall increase the fees by ten dollars ($10) for each subpoena served a…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a local criminal history background check on persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons if the sheriff is authorized by law to conduct a background check and relea…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County is hereby authorized to operate a jail store within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) All funds generated by the jail store after business and operating expense…

(a) The sheriff of Madison County may operate a jail store and a telephone and messaging system for inmates within the confines of the Madison County Jail. The jail store and the telephone and messaging system shall each be operated to serve the needs of the county jail populatio…

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

Any person who has been sentenced to the Madison County Jail or any city jail within Madison County and who has been ordered released under Section 45-45-233.20, may at the time of sentence or at any time while any part thereof remains unserved, be required by the sentencing cour…

Any person released under Section 45-45-233.20, or ordered confined under Section 45-45-233.21, who wilfully 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 subjec…

Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-45-233.20 shall pay to the county a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pursuant to this subpart, may …

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 45-45-233.23 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the prisoner involved, the court, may in its d…

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 grante…

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 Madison 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 Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, any judge of probate in Madison County, any district court judge or judge of any other court created in lieu thereof…

(a) Any person in Madison 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 45-45-233.28 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 ini…

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-45-233.28 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 receives 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 Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund hereby created, to be used to implement this subpart. (Act…

(a) There is hereby created a body to be known as the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall be composed of eight persons, including the following: The Sheriff of Madison County, the District Attorney o…

Any funds which have been collected pursuant to Act 895, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1753) and Act 608, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 867) as amended by Act 435, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1045) and which on April 25, 1978, are unexpended shall be paid over…

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 18.)

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 19.)