Title 45

At the general election for state and county officers to be held in 1972, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the entire county a commissioner from each of the districts numbered 2 and 4; and at the general election to be held in 1…

For purposes of electing members of the county commission, Dale County, Alabama, is hereby divided in four county commission districts with boundaries defined as follows: District 1 Beginning at the corner of Dale, Coffee, and Pike Counties, said corner being the Northwest corner…

In addition to the salary paid to each of the circuit judges of the 33rd Judicial Circuit by the state, there shall also be paid to each of the judges a supplemental salary set out as follows: Beginning on October 1, 1989, an amount equal to 25 percent of the base state salary pa…

(a) This shall apply only in Dale County. (b) This section is enacted pursuant to Amendment 326 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and is not intended to authorize court costs greater than the total court costs authorized under existing law pursuant to Section 11-47-7.1. (c)…

(a) In addition to any other costs and charges now provided by law, a monthly supervision fee, not to exceed twenty dollars ($20), shall be assessed in juvenile cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the Dale County Circuit …

The governing body of Dale County, Alabama, is authorized to establish and maintain a public law library in the county, and to accomplish the purpose, may from time to time expend such public funds of the county as are not required by law to be expended for any other purpose or p…

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dale County shall pay into the county treasury, for the use and benefit of the Dale County Public Law Library Fund, all solicitors’ fees collected in the trial of cases in the Circuit Court of the county. (Act 86-379, p. 565, §2; Act 96-617, p. 9…

(a) The Dale County Law Library Fund shall be expended by the presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Dale County for maintaining the library and to provide for court security and more effective administration of justice. The judge shall draw warrants on the county for the expend…

Upon the establishment of the Dale County Law Library under this subpart, Dale County shall have and maintain a separate fund known as the Dale County Law Library Fund and may have a separate law library fund for each law library in the county. The Dale County Law Library Funds s…

For the support and maintenance of the Dale County Law Library established under this subpart a library fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid in all causes and cases of whatever nature in the District and Circuit Courts of Dale County, to be collected as other court costs are co…

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

(a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-third Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for t…

For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The elected District Attorney of the Thirty-third Judicial Circuit or any of his or her assistant district attorneys. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any perso…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Thirty-third Judicial Circuit may apply to the District Attorney of the Thirty-third Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion p…

Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older, or 16 years of age or older if the offense is a traffic citation, at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a proba…

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family histor…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) The offender shall be eligible for and shall sign to have any bond on his or her case where diversion is sought based on personal recognizance, cash, or a property…

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. In the case of traffic citations, application shall be made within 21 days of the issuance of the citation. (b)…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for victims of drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law…

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient basis or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

The district attorney shall establish a pretrial diversion program fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the pretrial diversion program fund to pay costs and expenses associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for other purposes contained…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender and the district attorney, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the dis…

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2005-130, p. 215, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion o…

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views. It…

This part shall only apply in Dale County. The purpose of this part is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Dale County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecti…

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this part, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) “General Property Instrument” means a real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property.…

The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate offices of Dale County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval syste…

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

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, archiving…

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

Effective May 2, 1996, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and DCC that may be filed for record in the office of the judge…

May 21, 1996, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate with respect to every court case filed in the probate court of Dale County, this amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The add…

Effective May 21, 1996, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) dollars shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate with respect to every transaction occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate, this amount shall be in addition to all other co…

Effective May 21, 1996, any and all revenues generated either directly or indirectly due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be paid directly in to the aforementioned special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be …

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2015, the Judge of Probate of Dale County shall receive an annual salary of seventy-three thousand six hundred nineteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($73,619.75). (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 2A of Title 11, the judge of probate shall receive any cost-of…

(a) This section only applies in the corporate limits of the Town of Newton. (b) Subject to subsection (d), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the cor…

(a) This section only applies in the corporate limits of the City of Ozark. (b) Subject to subsection (d), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corp…

(a) The sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays may be authorized by the city council within the corporate limits of the City of Ozark in Dale County subject to approval by a referendum as provided in this section. If the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages is approved by the refer…

The revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the City of Ozark develops and promotes for the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities and promotes the general welfare of the city and state by creating a c…

The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application wit…

The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: (1) “Herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. (2) The d…

(a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city…

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Dale County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with…

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which sh…