Title 45

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

(a) In all civil cases in the district and circuit courts in Shelby County, except for small claims cases, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: Three dollars …

In Shelby County, in addition to any court costs provided for in the county, additional court costs shall be assessed in the circuit and district court in the amount of eight dollars ($8) for the issuance of each subpoena in a civil case and in the amount of two dollars ($2) for …

(a)(1) In addition to any court costs now authorized in the circuit, district, and juvenile courts of Shelby County, there shall be assessed and collected an additional court cost of twenty dollars ($20) in all civil and criminal cases except small claims, traffic cases, and prot…

(a) The following defendant service fees shall be collected in civil cases in circuit court and district court in Shelby County: For each defendant in excess of one, when personal service is required, there shall be collected a service fee of ten dollars ($10); provided, however,…

(a) In Shelby County, a booking and administration fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed by the clerk of the court or the municipal official assigned the responsibility for assessing, entering, and collecting costs of court as court costs against each defend…

The Shelby County Commission may, in its sole discretion, provide additional line item expenses for the district attorney’s office in lieu of other funding provided by the commission from year to year as part of its normal budgeting process. The additional expenses shall be based…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Shelby County is hereby authorized and empowered to delegate and assign to the chief clerk and other clerks and personnel in the probate office such duties and authority of supervision and ministerial functions, with which he or she is now authorized a…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Shelby County, Alabama, shall receive as compensation a salary of twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) per annum, which shall be payable in equal monthly installments by proper warrant drawn on the general fund of the county. (b) Any expense allowance…

The judge of probate is entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation and expenses heretofore provided by law and shall be payable out of the…

(a) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997, in lieu of any other fees or expense allowances, the Judge of Probate of Shelby County shall receive a salary supplement in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) payable in equal monthly installments in the …

(a)(1) In Shelby County, if the Judge of Probate of Shelby County is licensed to practice law in Alabama, the judge of probate shall receive a salary equal to the salary of a district judge in the county. Any judge of probate covered by this section after June 18, 2003, shall beg…

The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Shelby County by providing for the installation of an improved system of filing and recording instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are re…

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)…

(a) The Court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of the county may provide for the installation upon the recommendation, acceptance, and approval of the judge of probate and thereafter for the maintenance, of an improved recording system in the prob…

On and after the effective installation date, the microphotographic copies of all instruments and records provided herein to be microphotographed shall constitute the official record of the instruments for the purposes of this code and all other laws applicable to the recording o…

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 recording system ins…

No monies owned or controlled by the county, other than the special recording fees, shall be applied by the county for payment of any part of the initial installation costs; and the initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing conta…

A special index fee of sixteen dollars ($16) shall be paid to the county, and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of othe…

The Judge of Probate of Shelby County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property is conveyed, unless the instrument has endorsed on it a printed, typewritten, or stamped statement, stating the mailing address of the …

(a) The Shelby County Commission or other like governing body of Shelby County, Alabama, may adopt and implement rules and regulations including, but not limited to, advance permit requirements, as it deems necessary and in the best interests of the public for the adequate contro…

(a) Commencing on April 27, 2000, each member of the Shelby County Board of Education shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or …

(a) In all general, municipal, special, and primary elections held in Shelby County, the compensation of certain election officials shall be as follows: (1) The chief inspector shall be paid one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day. (2) The assistant chief inspector shall be paid…

All polling places within Shelby County shall remain open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for all state and local elections held in the county. (Act 79–373, p. 597, § 1.)

Each member of the Shelby County Board of Registrars shall receive compensation of thirty-five dollars ($35) for each day’s attendance of the registrar on a working day of the registrar. This compensation shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be a supplement to a…

The Board of Registrars of Shelby County is directed to purge all lists of the qualified electors in the county to the end that the names of all persons who are deceased or nonresidents of the county or have otherwise become disqualified from voting in Shelby County, shall be rem…

The board of registrars shall omit and remove from the lists of qualified electors of the county the name of any person who fails to reidentify himself or herself, in the manner prescribed herein, before the last day of July 1981, and any tenth year thereafter. No person whose na…

Prior to the November General Election of 1980 and any tenth year thereafter, the Board of Registrars of Shelby County is authorized and directed to commence reidentification of qualified electors of the county. The members of the board of registrars shall meet as provided by law…

Each member of the board of registrars shall receive twenty dollars ($20) per diem compensation from the county general fund, for each day’s attendance upon the special sessions of the board required under this subpart; but if the special session is held on the same day a regular…

A voter may reidentify himself or herself in any one of the following ways: (1) He or she may reidentify himself or herself by appearing in person at the office of the board of registrars and answering such questions and submitting such proof as may reasonably be required by the …

The board of registrars shall meet on the first Monday in January 1981, and any tenth year thereafter, for the purpose of purging the registration lists and the names of all persons who have failed to appear and reidentify themselves in the manner herein prescribed shall be stric…

Any qualified elector of the county who shall have his or her name omitted or removed from the list of qualified electors in the county by failure to appear and reidentify himself or herself as herein provided shall be entitled to have his or her name restored to the list of qual…

The Court of County Commissioners of Shelby County is hereby authorized, directed, and required to furnish the board of registrars with the supplies, equipment, printed forms, stationery, and newspaper advertisements necessary for reidentification of voters as herein provided. (A…

The questionnaire to reidentify a voter shall be in substantially the following form: VOTERS REIDENTIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE Date ______, 20______ Name ____________________________________________________ Legal Residence Address___________________________________________ (STREET) …

Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the board of registrars, or any duly authorized person, in reidentifying himself or herself as a qualified elector in the manner provided herein shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by impris…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Shelby County is hereby directed to transfer all records and lists in his or her custody relating to electors or voting to the Board of Registrars of Shelby County. The board of registrars, upon request, shall supply to the judge of probate from time t…

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Municipal Court of the City of Pelham in Shelby County may assess a prisoner transport fee against a defendant for expenses incurred in transporting the defendant on a Pelham Municipal Court misdemeanor warrant from another muni…

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal magistrate of the City of Pelham in Shelby County may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant arising from any mu…

This part shall apply only to the City of Pelham and shall be known as the City of Pelham Civil Service System Act. (Act 2024–259, § 1.)

The purpose of this part is to promote greater efficiency and economy in the administration of the government of the City of Pelham by accomplishing both of the following: (1) Attract to the service of the City of Pelham qualified individuals of character and ability by providing…

For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) APPOINT. To hire to a regular classified position with the city. (2) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor, city council, city manager, or any department head of the city authorized to make appointments…

(a)(1) The City of Pelham Personnel Board is established. The board shall have three members, who shall be selected as follows: a. One member shall be elected by the regular classified service employees to serve the initial term, under this part, of four years. b. One member shal…

(a) The mayor or city manager shall appoint a human resources director. The director shall be experienced in the field of personnel administration and shall administer an efficient and economical merit system and carry out the rules and policies established by the mayor, city man…

(a) On October 1, 2024, all employees holding regular full-time positions in the service of the city shall continue in their regular status in the classified service, unless the position to which they are appointed or elected is otherwise exempted by this part. (b) The service sh…

(a) Public records are those records as defined in Section 41–13–1. The records may be reviewed in a manner prescribed by the city, taking into account confidentiality, convenience, and related factors. (b) Minutes of board meetings and financial records shall be retained permane…

(a)(1) The classification plan shall provide a complete inventory of all positions in the service of the city and include an accurate description and specifications for each class of work, and all other positions in the city for which salary and benefits are set out by the city, …