Title 45

In Blount County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished. (Act 2010-567, p. 1150, §1.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-183, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 18, 2027. (Act 2000-338, p. 535, §§1-3.)

(a) Commencing on May 16, 2008, the Coroner of Blount County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in an amount equal to the employer portion of all health care benefits provided to any other elected official of Blount County to be paid in equal monthly installment…

(a) Commencing on October 1, 2024, the Coroner of Blount County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law…

(a) Effective beginning the term of office of any member of the Blount County Commission which commences after the November 2024 election, each member of the Blount County Commission, not including the chair, shall receive an annual salary of 80 percent of the salary of the Chair…

(a) The Blount County Commission may appropriate from the county general fund an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each fiscal year, for a contingent fund to be used for any purpose the commission may deem appropriate. (b) Any funds appropriated …

(a) Effective the next election of the Blount County Commission, the members of the Blount County Commission shall be elected from single-member districts. Each member of the commission shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she represents. (b) Not later …

(a)(1) The position of Chair of the Blount County Commission is established. The first chair shall be elected on a countywide basis at the general election in 2024 following a primary election, if applicable, at the same time and in the same manner as any primary election for mem…

The county commissioners of Blount County may authorize the use of county personnel and county equipment to load sand, gravel, and chert for the purpose of repairing and maintaining existing private roads when the use of the personnel and equipment is not detrimental to the use f…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the regulation of the detonation of explosives for industrial purposes is not currently regulated and that it is in the interest of the health and safety of the citizens of Blount County for the Blount County Commission to regulate the …

(a) The County Commission of Blount County may establish and administer a program of revenue collection for all legally authorized fees, taxes, licenses, and other revenues not presently being collected locally. (b) The County Commission of Blount County may with 30 days’ written…

(a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or criminal action instituted outside the Sta…

(a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at l…

(a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10) upon conviction in any criminal proceeding arising out of the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as …

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars ($40) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case …

In addition to any compensation provided by the state, each member and the clerk of the jury commission in Blount County shall receive a supplemental salary in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day spent in the discharge of his or her duties up to a maximum of 1…

Immediately upon May 2, 1994, the salary of the Judge of Probate of Blount County shall be increased by the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month, and upon receipt of the salary increase provided by this section, the judge of probate shall no longer receive the expense…

(a) In Blount County no probate judge shall receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an instrument …

On and after July 22, 1987, a special recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge or probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge …

(a) In Blount County, the district attorney for the Forty-first Judicial Circuit may appoint, with the concurrence of the county governing body, an investigator for the office who shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The investigator shall be responsible to the d…

(a) In Blount County, there is hereby created the “Blount County 2020 Strategic Planning Commission” (hereinafter called the commission), for the development of long-term goals and objectives for Blount County covering economic, environment, business, and education, and other sig…

(a) Members of the county Board of Education of Blount County, except the member serving from beat or precinct 36, serving on August 10, 1973, shall serve out the terms for which they have theretofore been elected. The Governor shall appoint a member of the board to fill the vaca…

In Blount County, the members of the county board of education are hereby granted an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances pr…

In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Blount County Board of Education is hereby authorized to insure school buildings and property in the state insurance fund or in an insurance company, whichever in the opinion of such board provides the best coverage for such school building…

The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Blount County School District. (Act 81-509, p. 872, §1.)

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County, upon approval by the Blount County Commission, shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid as prescribed by general law for the payment of other compensation and e…

(a) The Probate Judge of Blount County shall appoint one or more regular clerks in the probate office as deputy registrars empowered to take applications, testimony, and oaths of applicants for voting registration at any time the probate office is open to the public for business.…

In Blount County, election officials shall allow voters who have signed in to vote, to use the voting machine with the fewest number of voters standing in line to use the machines. (Act 94-570, p. 1043, §1.)

(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) “County” means Blount County; (2) “Municipality” means any municipality in Blount County; (3) “Employee” means any person, includ…

(a) In addition to all other authority vested in the Blount County Commission, the county commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within …

(a) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Blount County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Blount C…

(a) In Blount County the county commission shall have the power and authority to establish rules and regulations governing the establishment, operation, and control of fire districts on matters not specifically covered by local or general law. (b) The Blount County Commission sha…

(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at a…

(a) The Blount County Commission shall reimburse the offices of judge of probate, revenue commissioner, and sheriff from the general fund in the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year for each officer, arising or caused with…

(a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on the file for one year fol…

(a) The Board of Health of Blount County may fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or of the county or State B…

(a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dump…

(a) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff in office on March 31, 2022, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Blount County shall be equal to 90 percent of the annual base salary of the judge of probate of the county, payable in equal monthly installmen…

Effective October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the Blount County Commission may provide the Sheriff of Blount County with an expense allowance for the fiscal year equal to the monthly expense allowance received by a county commission member, provided the county commiss…

(a) Any individual appointed to serve as Sheriff of Blount County shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required by law; and, effective on the first day of the qualifying period for the 2026 election for the office of sher…

(a) The Sheriff of Blount County may operate a jail commissary and contract telephones for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail commissary and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) The sheriff may retain the …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2008, in Blount County, the fee for issuing a license to carry a pistol shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. The fee imposed by this section shall constitute the total fee imposed by …

(a) In Blount County, the sheriff may conduct fund raising events, including, but not limited to, rodeos, and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff. (b) This section is remedial and curative and …

(a) The Sheriff of Blount 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 id…

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…