Title 45

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 Crenshaw County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall in…

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 September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Crenshaw County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instru…

Effective September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, 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 Crenshaw County. This amount shall be in addition …

Effective September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, a special transaction fee of four dollars ($4) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate on any transaction occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of, the judge of probate. What constitutes an …

This subpart shall expire and shall be repealed July 1, 2027. (Act 2007-270, p. 362, §11; Act 2016-233, §1.)

(a) The Crenshaw County Board of Education shall appoint the Superintendent of Education of Crenshaw County pursuant to the general law of the state. The county superintendent of education shall possess all the qualifications prescribed for county superintendents of education by …

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Crenshaw County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid out of the Crenshaw County General Fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all othe…

(a) In Crenshaw County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each election official of the county an expense allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, as sa…

The Crenshaw County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body performing the functions of the county governing body in the county, shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications as s…

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 board the Director of Transportation shall be requested to make additional nominations. Should the Director of Tran…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer, (1) to employ, supervise, and direct all such assistants as are necessary properly to maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of Crenshaw County, and he or she shall have authority to prescribe their dut…

The county engineer is the person authorized to make written requisition upon the duly designated purchasing agency, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and ferries in Crenshaw County. (Act 87-420,…

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

The board shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from the road and highway funds of Crenshaw County. (Act 87-420, p. 617, §6.)

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) payable to Crenshaw County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and for th…

The board shall furnish the county engineer with an office at the courthouse, 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 87-420, p. 6…

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of Crenshaw County, and he or she shall be accountable for the same, at all times. The board shall furnish the necessary storage facilities in which to keep tools, machinery, supplies…

The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of such funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, and ferries of Crenshaw County as may be set aside and appropriated by the county commission, as hereinafter p…

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 ferries of Crenshaw County. Requisitions …

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

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

(a) This section shall apply only in Crenshaw County. (b) For purposes of this section, the following term shall have the following meaning: ELIGIBLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS and ELIGIBLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. A fire department in Crenshaw County that maintains an ISO-approved rati…

(a) This section shall apply only to Crenshaw County. (b) The Crenshaw County Commission may grant an additional exemption to the mandatory solid waste collection program to individuals in households whose total income does not exceed 75 percent of the federal poverty level. (c) …

(a) In Crenshaw County, the 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 he…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency within Crenshaw County which is authorized by the sheriff to exercise the authority described in this section. (2) LAW ENFORCEMEN…

(a) The Sheriff of Crenshaw County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or other …

If the abandoned and 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 th…

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a separate permanent record of all abandoned and stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, the serial or other identifying number…

(a) At least every six months, the sheriff shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s department and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner during the …

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Crenshaw County Sheriffs Department, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasona…

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may conti…

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Crenshaw County. (Act 2001-…

(a) The Sheriff of Crenshaw County may operate a jail store or commissary for all inmates within the confines of Crenshaw County custody. The jail store or commissary shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsec…

(a) In Crenshaw County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Six dollars ($6) of each fee collected under su…

(a) In the service of summons and complaints or subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses in any civil, criminal, equity, or other case or proceeding in either the small claims court, district court, or Circuit Court of Crenshaw County, whether civil, criminal or juvenile, …

At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector of Crenshaw County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy, there shall be the office of county revenue commissioner…

The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation, the collection of such taxes, the …

Subject to the approval of the county commission or other like governing body of the county, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her o…

Before entering upon the duties of office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama, and execute a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the county commission or like governing body of the county, giving …

The county commission or other like governing body of the county shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner in the courthouse, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient p…

The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performa…

The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Crenshaw County are hereby abolished effective on the first day of the term to which he or she is elected, or on such earlier date as is prescribed in Section 45-21-242 if vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or tax …

It is the purpose of this part to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Crenshaw County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector of such county into one county office. (Act 88-739, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 141, §8.)