Title 45

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this article, shall mean a certified nonprofit volunteer fire department located in Barbour County that is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines and is a member of the Barbour County Volunteer Firefig…

Funds paid to the county volunteer fire departments shall only be expended for fire protection services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase insurance, including liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which…

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article, after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county commission. …

The personnel of volunteer fire departments or the volunteer fire association provided for in this article shall not be considered employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the officers and employees of the county shall not be liabl…

The Barbour County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services by the Barbour County Health Department for which a fee may be levied and shall set the fee to be levied for each service. Any fees to be levied, or increased, pursuant to this section shall be subject …

The provisions of this part shall only apply to any municipality located in Barbour County, Alabama. (Act 97-886, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 242, Art. I, §1; Act 97-929, p. 382, Art. I, §1.)

All weeds growing upon streets, sidewalks, or upon private property within any municipalities located in Barbour County, Alabama, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature, which attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or d…

The term appropriate city official as used in Section 45-3-171.02 to 45-3-171.14, inclusive, shall mean any city official or employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by t…

After the passage of a resolution, the appropriate city official shall send notice of the action to the last person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the revenue com…

Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 14 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation, may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with objections to the finding by the city governing bo…

If the nuisance on the property has not been abated within 14 days after the city governing body’s resolution, the major of the city shall order the nuisance to be abated. The abatement may be accomplished, at the option of the city, by its own forces or by contract. Compliance w…

The appropriate city official shall given an itemized written report to the city governing body regarding the cost of abating the nuisance. The cost of abatement shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the abatement, including administrative costs. Should the city contract fo…

The confirmed cost of abatement shall hereinafter be referred to as a weed lien and thus made and confirmed shall constitute a weed lien on the property for the amount of the weed lien. After confirmation of the reports, a copy shall be turned over to the Revenue Commissioner of …

Any municipality located in Barbour County, Alabama, shall have authority, after notice provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls and foundations, when the same are found by the governing body of the city to b…

The term appropriate city official as used in Sections 45-3-171.16 to 45-3-171.26, inclusive, shall mean any city building official or deputy and any other city official or city employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercis…

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with…

Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make an itemized written report to the governing body of the cost thereof. The cost of the demolition shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the demolition should the city use its own forces, i…

The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for nonpayment of taxes, and where any assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of the land, a…

Payment of any assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments as provided for the payment of an delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant to…

This part shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which any city may have under any other law. (Act 97-886, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 242, Art. III, §7; Act 97-929, p. 382, Art. III, §7.)

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

The Barbour County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to impose, by resolution duly adopted and spread upon its minutes, a citation issuance fee in an amount not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15) per each citation issued by the county license inspector citing a delinquen…

The County Commission of Barbour County, Alabama, is authorized to compensate the clerk in the sheriff’s office in Clayton, Alabama, to be paid out of the general fund of the county. The salary shall be set by the Barbour County Commission up to eight thousand four hundred dollar…

The Barbour County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ a secretary who shall work in the office of the sheriff. Such employee shall be selected by the sheriff and shall be compensated out of the general fund of the county. The salary of such secretary shall be…

(a) Commencing with the next term of office, the Sheriff of Barbour County shall be paid a salary of forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($47,500) per annum, payable in equal installments as other county employees are paid from the county treasury. (b) The compensation here…

(a) Effective on September 1, 2023, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Barbour County shall be increased by twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000) per year. The additional compensation provided by this section shall be paid from the general fund of the county in the same manner …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “commission” means the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission. (b) Beginning June 1, 2025, any individual seeking to qualify for election to the office of Sheriff of Barbour County or any individual appointed to se…

Beginning June 1, 2025, any individual serving as the Sheriff of Barbour County shall attend a minimum of 12 hours of executive level continuing education training approved by the Alabama Sheriffs Association, the National Sheriffs’ Association, or any other recognized executive …

The Sheriff of Barbour County shall be responsible for feeding prisoners and shall be entitled to keep and retain the allowances payable by the state for feeding prisoners. (Act 84-419, p. 999, §1.)

(a) The Sheriff of Barbour County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail canteen and inmate telephone system within the confines of the county jail to serve the needs of the jail population. After the costs and operating expenses are deducted from the income, …

(a) In Barbour 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, or his or her agent. (b) Each fee collected under subs…

The Sheriff of Barbour County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process. Nothing in this section should be construed as conflicting with the provision…

(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 Barbour County shall increase the fees by fifteen dollars ($15) per document personall…

The Barbour County Sheriff, at his or her discretion, may use the monies generated by this part for law enforcement purposes in Barbour County, including contracting with or entering into a contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for service of proces…

The County Commission of Barbour County is authorized to compensate members of the board of equalization up to thirty dollars ($30) per diem as set by the commission. Compensation under this section shall be in addition to the provisions of Section 40-3-7. (Act 82-246, p. 319, §1…

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Barbour County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, amended, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probat…

Effective October 1, 1997, or upon occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Barbour County. A revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election held in 1996 and at the general electi…

The revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector relative to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of report…

When approved by the county commission, the revenue commissioner may appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to adequately perform the duties of the office. The acts of deputies shall have the same force and legal eff…

Before entering upon the duties of the office, the revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in the sum prescribed in Section 40-5-3, for tax collectors, giving as security on the bond a…

The county commission shall provide adequate office space for the revenue commissioner, and shall also provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed by the commission to completely perform the duties of the office. (Act 92-266, p. …

The offices of the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Barbour County are abolished effective the first day of October 1997, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of tax assessor or tax collector. If the office of tax assessor or tax collector becomes vacant before Octo…

It is the purpose of this part to promote the public convenience in Barbour County by consolidating the offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Barbour County into one office. (Act 92-266, p. 626, §19.)

(a) Beginning October 1, 2025, the supernumerary revenue commissioner of Barbour County serving on October 1, 2025, shall receive an annual salary of thirty-seven thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($37,125), paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. …

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transaction fee not exceeding three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the Barbour County Tax Collector or Revenue Commissioner when public business is transacted in the office of either county official. The tax assess…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, there is hereby approved an additional special district ad valorem tax to be levied and collected annually in the Barbour County Board of Education Sc…