Title 45

Any merit employee who willfully violates this part, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance hereof, shall be dismissed from service under the system and shall not be reappointed or reemployed for two years. (Act 82-206, p. 242, § 17.)

The county commission shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent civil engineer, possessing all the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of this state. The county engineer shall devote his or her entire tim…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer: (1) To supervise the maintenance and construction of the public roads, highways, bridges, parks, and other public properties of Marshall County. (2) To perform such engineering and surveying services as may be required, and to prepare …

The county engineer is hereby designated as the person authorized to make written specifications for an inspection of all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies purchased by Marshall County for use on public roads, bridges, parks, and other public properties, when the same…

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), payable to Marshall County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties, and for the faithful accou…

The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable from the road and highway funds of Marshall County. The commission shall provide the county engineer with an office and the necessary supplies, and shall provide him or her with the necessary transp…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including, but not limited to, Section 11-98-4, the Marshall County Emergency Telephone Service Board of Commissioners shall consist of seven members appointed as follows: (1) Three members shall be named by or serve from the members…

The County Commission of Marshall County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection of forests from fires, insects, disease, and other pests in Marshall County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s forest protection program in the manner hereinafte…

(a) After the Marshall County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Marshall County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial charge to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Marshall County for the use o…

The county governing body of Marshall County is authorized to appoint agents and delegate authority to individuals to search out forest land in Marshall County, to determine the area and owners thereof, and report the same to the Tax Assessor of Marshall County who shall be autho…

The financial charge herein imposed shall be due and payable to the Tax Collector of Marshall County, and shall, when collected, be paid to the Treasurer of Marshall County. All monies collected in accordance with this part shall be spent in participating in the Alabama Forestry …

The County Commission of Marshall County is authorized to remove such financial charge after the county commission has determined that the financial charge is no longer needed. The county commission shall hold public hearings to determine whether or not the financial charge is st…

In order that the several volunteer fire departments throughout Marshall County may be able to purchase their supplies and equipment at more competitive prices, there is hereby created and established within the Marshall County Association of Volunteer Firemen, a centralized purc…

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire districts which receive funds pursuant to this subpart are organizations which are public in nature as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 2.)

The Marshall County Commission may establish one or more volunteer fire districts within the geographic boundaries of the county. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall be included in a district unless the municipality adopts …

(a) The Marshall County Commission shall request the Marshall County Association of Fire Departments and Rescue Squads to develop a plan that defines the requirements of a district, monitors its performance and adherence to requirements, and provides for dissolution of the volunt…

(a) After the county commission establishes a fire district, the qualified electors of that district may file a petition, signed by at least five percent of the qualified electors in the fire district who voted in the last general election, with the office of the judge of probate…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-240, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are affirmative votes, the fire service fee on each residence, dwelling, and business within the geographic boundaries of the fire district shall …

Any person who meets the requirements of Section 40-9-19 and Section 40-9-21, as last amended, for the over 65 disability special homestead exemption shall be exempt from paying the fire protection service fee. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 7.)

(a)(1) The revenue commissioner shall collect, administer, and enforce the fire protection service fee at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as the ad valorem taxes of the state. In the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected, adm…

(a) The provision of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire district funding. (b) Whe…

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire district, any remaining funds derived from this subpart or any assets purchased with the funds derived from this subpart, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the Marshall County Associat…

A fire district shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state including, but not limited to, license, utility, and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities of the distric…

The personnel of volunteer fire districts provided for in this subpart shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in priv…

The provisions of this subpart are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in conflict with this subpart. The County Commission of Marshall County shall retain the right to set district lines except as provided in this subpart. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 13.)

(a) The Marshall County governing body shall reimburse the offices of the tax collector and the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total for each office of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, arising o…

In each fiscal year, the distribution of the share of in-lieu-of-taxes payments of the Tennessee Valley Authority for Marshall County shall be as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent of the total amount allocated to Marshall County shall be distributed to the Marshall County Board of…

(a) The increase in TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments to Marshall County generated by Act 2010-135, 2010 Regular Session, to the counties served by the TVA shall be distributed as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent of the total amount to the Marshall County Board of Education, the Arab…

(a) The Marshall County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county health depart…

(a) The Sheriff of Marshall County may employ, subject to the approval of the county commission and within the budget of the sheriff’s office as provided by the county commission, employees necessary to carry out the purposes of the office. (b) The Sheriff of Marshall County shal…

The Sheriff of Marshall County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensati…

(a) Effective the next term of office, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Marshall County shall be ninety thousand dollars ($90,000), which shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as other county employees. (b) The salary provided for by this section shall be in li…

(a) After April 6, 2022, the Sheriff of Marshall County may receive the same uniform increases in compensation, such as cost-of-living increases, granted to other elected county officers in Marshall County. (b) During the current term of any sheriff serving on April 6, 2022, the …

(a) All law enforcement officers of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office who are certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall be required to complete training and continuing education. (b) The training and continuing education shall be outlined…

(a) The Sheriff of Marshall County is hereby authorized to establish a sheriff reserve to be composed of persons who volunteer to serve, without compensation, as sheriff reserve officers of the sheriff’s department. (b) The sheriff reserve officers shall at all times serve under …

Any individual employed by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office 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 retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, pro…

For the time period from the end of the primary election for the election of a sheriff for the next term of office until January of the next year when the sheriff takes office for the new term, the sheriff serving the remainder of his or her term shall not spend more than one-twe…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words 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 held by the Marshall County S…

The Sheriff of Marshall County shall sell, at public auction or by Internet auction, abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department which has remained unclaimed by the owner for a period of 12 consecutive months. (Act 93-487, p. 781, § 1; Act 2026-36…

The Sheriff of Marshall County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department which describes the property, provides the date of recovery, the serial or other identifying number, and the place of reco…

Except for perishable property sold pursuant to Section 45-48-231.21, at least every six months, the Sheriff of Marshall County shall sell at auction to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property that has been recovered by the sheriff’s department and that has r…

The owner of abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department may redeem the property for a period of one year from the date of the sale or public auction at any time prior to its sale by paying the reasonable expenses incurred in the recovery of the pr…

A notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for any property sold at auction. The person making the sale shall have the right to reject any bid if the bid amount is deemed unreasonably low. The sale may continue, from time to time, i…

The purchaser at any sale conducted by the sheriff’s department pursuant to this part shall receive title to the property purchased, free from all claims of the owner or prior holder thereof, subject to redemption pursuant to Section 45-48-231.03, and of all persons claiming thro…

The net proceeds from any auction after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property sold at the auction, shall be paid into the office of the Sheriff of Marshall County. (Act 93-487, p. 781, § 7.)

(a)(1) 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 serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm; and the place where…