Title 45

(a) Except as hereinafter provided, the judge of probate 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 …

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 jud…

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless the vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. I…

The judge of probate, at his or her discretion, may mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. The renewal forms may be in post card form and …

The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in St. Clair County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing and recording of instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property tha…

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2)…

The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing and recording system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include the following: (1) The acquisition of…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be indexed with computer-generated indexes to be filed in binders, shall constitute the official records of such instruments for…

All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect 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 indexing and recordi…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special indexing and 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 cost of operating and maintaining, after …

Thirty days after May 20, 1985, a special indexing and recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the judge of 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 of probate an…

In accordance with Section 41–15–1, the St. Clair County Board of Education may insure school buildings and property through the state insurance fund or an insurance company, whichever in the opinion of the board provides the best coverage for the school buildings and property. (…

(a)(1) The St. Clair County Board of Education shall be composed of seven members. One member shall be elected from each of the five single-member districts established by this subsection, by a majority of the qualified electors of the county at-large voting in the election, and …

When the Superintendent of Education of St. Clair County is elected, only those qualified electors in the county who are served by the St. Clair County Board of Education shall participate in the election. (Act 84–452, p. 1060, § 2.)

In St. Clair County, the county superintendent of education shall be entitled to such expense allowance as the county board of education may prescribe from time to time. The expense allowance shall be in lieu of any other expense allowance heretofore provided by law. (Act 87–260,…

(a) In St. Clair County, election officials who work at polling places are entitled to an additional per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials thirty-nine dollars fifty cents ($39.50) for each d…

The St. Clair County Commission, in coordination with the St. Clair County Judge of Probate, may appoint additional members to the board of registrars pursuant to Section 17–3–2(b). Compensation to the board of registrars added pursuant to this section shall be paid in accordance…

In St. Clair County, any health care authority or similar public corporation organized in the county, which participated in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama and which has withdrawn from participation prior to October 1, 2002, may elect to fund and pay to any retirees o…

The St. Clair County Commission may grant and pay to each former St. Clair County Sheriff or Revenue Commissioner serving in a supernumerary office the same cost-of-living increase or lump-sum payment paid to retirees of the county who are retired under the State Employees’ Retir…

County roads in St. Clair County shall be constructed, repaired, and maintained as a unit without regard to district or beat lines. (Acts 1971, No. 1728, p. 2889, § 1.)

The county governing body shall possess original and unlimited jurisdiction and authority respecting county roads and bridges within St. Clair County. (Acts 1971, No. 1728, p. 2889, § 2.)

The jurisdiction and authority of the county governing body respecting roads and bridges shall not be delegated to nor exercised by any member of the governing body individually; such jurisdiction and authority shall be exercised solely by the governing body in joint session and …

The county engineer, whose salary shall be fixed by the county governing body, shall hold no other office or employment and shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office. He or she shall be qualified to practice engineering and surveying in Alabama and shall hav…

The county engineer shall do all of the following: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants as are necessary to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, and bridges of St. Clair County, and prescribe their duties, and discharge employees for cause, or w…

The county engineer is designated as the person authorized to make written requisition upon the county commission, or its duly designated purchasing agency, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and …

It shall be the duty of the county commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scale of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and highways, and the wage or s…

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 St. Clair County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, and for the fa…

The county commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office at the court house, or elsewhere, at the county seat, and all necessary office supplies, and shall furnish him or her with necessary transportation in connection with his or her duties under this article. (Act…

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of St. Clair County, and shall be accountable for the same, at all times. The county commission shall furnish the necessary storage facilities in which to keep tools, machinery, suppl…

The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, and highways of St. Clair County as may be set aside and appropriated by the county commission, as hereinafter prov…

The county engineer shall make written requisition to the chair of the county commission for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and highways of St. Clair County. The requisi…

It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by St. Clair County for use on public roads, bridges, and highways, when the same is delivered, and the same shall not be accepted and paid for without firs…

In the event an emergency should arise, in which it would be impossible for the county commission to employ an engineer, as provided in this article, then, in that event the county commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so emplo…

It shall be the further duty of each member of the county commission to inspect the roads of his or her district from time to time, and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the same to the county commission with his or her recommendations; to advise wit…

In carrying out the duties imposed by this article, each member of the county commission may be reimbursed for travel and actual expenses incurred on official business outside of the county. The above expenses are in addition to any salary or monthly expense allowance now authori…

(a) Upon any petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question or questions on which the petition requests an election. The petition shall be signed by at least 50 qualified electors r…

(a) When a petition for the holding of any election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the ele…

The provisions 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 any election for a fire district. (Act 2017–265, § …

The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under this article by publishing for three weeks at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed…

Where an election is held on the question of the establishment of a district in conjunction with another election, the governing body of the county shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. The district…

No district shall be created unless the creation thereof is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Only residents of the district who are qualified electors may vote in an election. Upon the officers canvassing the retu…

(a) The affairs and business of each district shall be managed by a board of directors established as provided in the bylaws of the district. The initial board shall consist of seven members from the existing board of directors of the volunteer fire department serving the distric…

(a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) To sue or be sued. (2) To ha…

(a) Upon approval at an election as provided in this article, the expenses of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds of a fire protection service fee which shall be levied and collected in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150)…