Title 45

(a) The Lawrence 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. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees c…

The Lawrence County Commission shall provide office space to the Lawrence County legislative delegation in any office space that is owned or controlled by the county and that is not occupied for use by a county, state, or federal employee. In addition to office space, the county …

Notwithstanding Section 40-12-10 and any other general or local law of this state, no person shall be appointed to the position of county license inspector of or for Lawrence County. The position of county license inspector in the county is abolished and the powers, duties, and f…

(a) This section shall apply to Lawrence County. (b) In cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the tax assessor shall notify the license inspector, who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In …

It shall not be necessary for the Judge of Probate or the License Commissioner of Lawrence County to retain on file the records of fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses, boat registrations, drivers’ licenses, and vehicle tag receipts for longer than five years from the date of …

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall regulate the use of buck shot in shotguns or dogs used to hunt deer, or both, in Lawrence County during the legal hunting season on lands outside of any wildlife management hunting area located in the county. (Act 85-716,…

(a) In Lawrence County, it shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, or while on foot, from any hig…

There is created and established a board of trustees for the Jesse Owens Memorial Park in Lawrence County, Alabama. The board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Lawrence County legislative delegation no later than 30 days after May 29, 1985. The memb…

(a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County shall receive the salary the sheriff is receiving on December 28, 2001. (b) Beginning October 1, 2025, the sheriff shall receive an expense allowance to increase the sheriff’s total compensation to ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) per annu…

The Sheriff of Lawrence County is hereby authorized to employ a clerk to perform the clerical duties of the sheriff’s office. Such clerk shall receive a monthly salary of not less then four hundred seventy-five dollars ($475) nor more than eight hundred dollars ($800), the exact …

(a) The County Commission of Lawrence County is hereby authorized to allow the sheriff of the county to appoint a chief deputy and as many other deputies as are needed in the discretion of the county commission. (b) Compensation of each deputy appointed pursuant to this section s…

Any individual employed by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, at his or her discretion, without cost, a retired badge and a pistol, provi…

(a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, at public auction, shall sell any abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department which has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a period of six consecutive months. (b) The Sheriff of Lawrence County shall k…

(a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama, may retain the funds accruing from the pay telephones and vending machines in the county courthouse annex and jail in a special fund known as the law enforcement fund which shall be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in t…

(a) The sheriff may sell surplus property of the sheriff’s department including vehicles, at a time and manner the sheriff deems best to get the greatest return from the original investment. (b) All monies received from the sale of the property shall be deposited into the sheriff…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account authorized by law to be expen…

(a) In Lawrence County the sheriff shall be entitled to keep and retain the allowances payable by the state, counties, or municipalities for feeding prisoners. (b) This section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1983, and all actions taken by the Sheriff of Lawrence County in acc…

(a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain …

Any individual who has been committed to the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections or the Lawrence County Sheriff may be released therefrom by the court having jurisdiction, either on its own motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at any time before sentencing or …

Any individual committed to the custody of the sheriff may be required, as a condition of release, probation, or sentence, to serve weekends or other times or intervals of time as directed by the court having jurisdiction. While in custody, the individual shall be the responsibil…

Any individual released under Section 45-40-233.70 or ordered confined under Section 45-40-233.71, who willfully fails to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement or to return to the place of confinement as ordered, shall be subject to conviction and punishment…

Any individual sentenced to participate in a work release program pursuant to this subpart shall pay 25 percent of gross earnings from his or her work release employment to the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission established by Section 45-40-233.79…

If the court having jurisdiction of the case determines the collection and payment of the amounts provided for in Section 45-40-233.73 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the defendant, the court may waive the collection and payment of t…

(a) All amounts collected and deposited in the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart, including, but not limited to: (i) paying salaries and other expenses involved in conducting investigations and s…

The provisions of this subpart pertaining to pretrial release shall be applied in conformity with the principles and guidelines set forth in Rules 7.2(a) and (b), 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. (Act 2024-320, §7.)

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any individual in Lawrence County charged with a non-capital, bailable offense, as a matter of right, shall be released pending trial on his or her personal recognizance or upon the execution of an appearance bond. (b) If a judge having j…

(a) A defendant who is released on an appearance bond or other security pursuant to this subpart and who knowingly fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required shall incur a forfeiture of the bond or any security that was given or pledged for his or her releas…

(a) The Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission is created. The commission shall be comprised of nine members as follows: the Chair of the Lawrence County Commission; the Sheriff of Lawrence County; the District Attorney of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Ci…

The Lawrence County Commission and any municipality in Lawrence County may appropriate public funds and other public property and to make the same available, either by loan, grant, or otherwise, to the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission to assist …

(a) Any municipality in Lawrence County may elect to participate in the programs authorized by this subpart. The election shall be evidenced by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality by which the municipality agrees to participate in the programs authorize…

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt or for any crime committed under the laws of Alabama. (Act 2024-320, §13.)

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Act 2024-320, §14.)

(a) In Lawrence 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) Any and all monies collected pursuant to subsect…

(a) This section shall be operative only in Lawrence County. (b) There is in Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program. The program shall be administered by the Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program Board, consisting of the Circuit Judge, …

(a) In the courts of Lawrence County a subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness in any civil, criminal, or other case or proceeding, or before the grand jury, may be served by the sheriff personally or by leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness or in…

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence County shall increase the fees by seventeen dollars fifty cents ($17.50) per …

(a) Effective October 1, 1981, the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Lawrence County shall each receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. The expense allowances h…

In Lawrence County, the tax assessor shall receive an additional expense allowance of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. The additional expense allowance shall be utilized to defer the costs of the additio…

(a) Beginning with the term of the revenue commissioner, the revenue commissioner shall receive an addition to his or her salary of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. This salary shall be in add…

The County Commission of Lawrence County is hereby authorized and empowered to employ an appraiser or appraisers to conduct ad valorem tax appraisal work on behalf of the county tax assessor’s office. The county commission may spend such funds out of the county general fund as is…

There is hereby created within the tax assessor’s office of Lawrence County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses issued through the tax assessor’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stat…

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate and tax collector. The Judge of Probate and Tax Collector of Lawrence County are hereby relieved of all dutie…

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller a…

Except as hereinafter provided, the tax assessor 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 tax asse…

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 tax…

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