Title 45

In Pike 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 2002–97, p. 310, § 1.)

(a) In Pike County, the Pike County Commission may set the salary of the coroner not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year. The salary provided by this section shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. (b) In addition to …

Regular meetings of the Pike County Commission shall be held on the second and fourth Monday of each month. Regular meetings may be continued from day to day or adjourned to some future day. (Act 83–553, p. 852, § 1.)

(a) In Pike County, the Chair of the Pike County Commission shall be elected from the membership of the commission at the first meeting of the commission after May 10, 1993. The chair shall serve until the first meeting of the commission in November of 1993. Thereafter, annually …

Pike County is divided into six commission districts to be designated District One, District Two, District Three, District Four, District Five, and District Six. (Act 86–323, p. 488, § 1.)

The districts shall be divided as described below: (1) DISTRICT 1 BOUNDARIES. All that portion of Pike County, Alabama, lying within the following described parcel: Commencing at a point on the Northern boundary of Pike County, said point being the point of intersection of Flat C…

The present incumbent county commissioners, who were elected at the general election in 1984 pursuant to an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, shall remain in office until their successors are elected in the general election in 1988, whi…

At the general election of 1988, and every four years thereafter, the qualified voters of each district shall elect one commissioner from each district, who shall reside in the district from which elected and whose term of service shall commence at the expiration of the term of t…

(a) In Pike County, the county commission may employ a deputy tax assessor, a deputy tax collector, and a deputy clerk of the circuit court. The employees shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and the compensation of the employees shall be set by the county commiss…

In each civil and criminal case filed in any court in Pike County, there shall be taxed as cost the sum of two dollars ($2). The costs taxed under this section shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected, and when collected by the clerks or other collecting offi…

In Pike County, in addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, there shall be an additional twenty-five dollar ($25) fee assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and an additional fifty dollar ($50) fee assessed on each criminal case, including traffic…

(a) In all juvenile cases, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Pike County in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, wh…

(a)(1) In addition to any court costs now or hereafter authorized to be collected, there shall be assessed an additional court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in all civil cases filed in the district or circuit court of Pike County, excluding cases filed in small claims court. …

(a) In Pike County, a fee of five dollars ($5) per page shall be charged and collected for filing and recording documents in the following books: Deed, mortgage, liens, judgment, and lis pendens. Additionally, a special indexing fee of two dollars ($2) shall be charged and collec…

(a) The judge of probate may employ a chief clerk and in addition thereto up to five clerks to carry out the duties of the office; thereafter, upon authorization of the county governing body, additional clerks shall be appointed by the judge of probate as needed. All such clerks …

Beginning with the next term of office, the Judge of Probate of Pike County shall receive an annual salary of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000), payable in the manner prescribed by the county commission. The salary shall be payable from the county general fund. (Act 93–512, p…

In Pike County, effective at the beginning of the next term of office, the judge of probate shall receive no compensation or fees for publishing the list of qualified electors in the county pursuant to Section 17–4–129. (Act 95–425, p. 921, § 1.)

The Judge of Probate of Pike County shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in Pike County which the revenue commissioner or tax collector and tax assessor are required under the general law to perform. The revenue commissione…

Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this subpart, the judge of probate shall execute an additional bond in a sum prescribed by the county commission, giving as surety thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be conditione…

The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters or additional space if any be necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the judge of probate, and shall provide for the transfer of all necessary forms, books, records, stationery, supplies, and equip…

The judge of probate shall charge and collect the same fee that is prescribed in the general law for a like service when performed by the tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, or license commissioner as the case may be. All fees shall be the property of Pike County a…

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

(a) Every person, firm, or corporation residing in or owning a motor vehicle which is principally used in Pike County who desires to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of Alabama shall first return the motor vehicle for ad valorem taxation to the judge of probate. The…

The Comptroller, the state Department of Revenue, and the state Department of Finance shall furnish the Judge of Probate of Pike County all books, records, and blanks now or hereafter required by law to be furnished to judges of probate, tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue com…

The judge of probate shall receive for the assessing and collecting of state and county ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles the same fees charged and commissions fixed by law to be paid to tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue commissioners, or license commissioners, for like ser…

The purpose of the subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Pike County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal propert…

The following words and phrases when used in this subpart shall have the following meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real…

The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate office of Pike County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall includ…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records to be recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files or to be stored and filed on either optical disk or on paper, as determined b…

All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving syste…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after …

Effective immediately after July 1, 2003, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Pike County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each Uniform Commercial C…

Effective immediately after July 1, 2003, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every case filed in the Probate Court of Pike County. This amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretof…

Effective immediately upon July 1, 2003, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate on any transaction, at the discretion of the judge of probate, occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate. What const…

Effective immediately upon July 1, 2003, any and all revenues generated either directly or indirectly due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system, the special recording fee from the probate court, and the special transaction fee shall b…

Pursuant to Section 41–15–1, the Pike County Board of Education may insure county school buildings and county school property through the state insurance fund or a private insurance company, whichever the board determines provides the best coverage. (Act 2017–308, p. 546, § 1.)

Any city or county board of education in Pike County may expend funds to pay the actual expenses of their legal counsel while attending legal seminars and workshops pertaining to developments in school law. (Act 82–672, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 105, § 1.)

(a) The electorate for the Pike County Board of Education shall include all qualified voters in Pike county, including those residing within the City of Troy. (b) The Pike County Board of Education shall consist of six members, each elected from a separate single-member district.…

(a) The Pike County Board of Education shall appoint the county superintendent of education pursuant to the general law of the state. (b) This section shall apply at the expiration of the term of office of the current county superintendent of education or upon any vacancy occurri…

(a) In Pike County, each member of the board of registrars shall be entitled to receive additional compensation in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day, payable out of the general fund of the county treasury. Such amount shall be in addition to any and all other amounts provid…

There is established a new voting center in Pike County to serve the voters of District 1, Precinct 5, and District 3, Precinct 28. The new voting center shall be located at 4162 County Road 7708, Troy, Alabama. (Act 2007–330, p. 587, § 1; Act 2007–405, p. 835, § 1.)

(a) There is established a new voting center in Pike County to serve the voters of District 3, Precinct 30, and District 4, Precinct 12. The new voting center shall be located at Banks City Hall, 82 West Troy Street, Banks. (b) There is established a new voting center in Pike Cou…

There is established a new voting center in Pike County to serve the voters of District 1, Precinct 3 and District 3, Precinct 7. The new voting center shall be located at Saco Volunteer Fire Department, 10790 Alabama Highway 223, Troy, Alabama 36081. (Act 2013–390, p. 1503, § 1.…

There is established a new voting center in Pike County to serve the voters of newly revised Precinct 18, District 4, and newly established Precinct 35, District 6. The new voting center shall be located at Hephzibah Baptist Church, 2701 Henderson Highway, Troy, Alabama 36079. (A…

The Pike County, Commission shall employ a county engineer who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent civil engineer possessing all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama; who shall devote his or her entire ti…

The county engineer shall be appointed by the county commission from a nomination made by the Director of Transportation. If the nomination is not acceptable to the county commission, the Director of Transportation shall be requested to make additional nominations. Should the Dir…