Title 45

(a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10) upon conviction in any criminal proceeding arising out of the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as …

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars ($40) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case …

In addition to any compensation provided by the state, each member and the clerk of the jury commission in Blount County shall receive a supplemental salary in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day spent in the discharge of his or her duties up to a maximum of 1…

Immediately upon May 2, 1994, the salary of the Judge of Probate of Blount County shall be increased by the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month, and upon receipt of the salary increase provided by this section, the judge of probate shall no longer receive the expense…

(a) In Blount County no probate judge shall receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an instrument …

On and after July 22, 1987, a special recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge or probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge …

(a) In Blount County, the district attorney for the Forty-first Judicial Circuit may appoint, with the concurrence of the county governing body, an investigator for the office who shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The investigator shall be responsible to the d…

(a) In Blount County, there is hereby created the “Blount County 2020 Strategic Planning Commission” (hereinafter called the commission), for the development of long-term goals and objectives for Blount County covering economic, environment, business, and education, and other sig…

(a) Members of the county Board of Education of Blount County, except the member serving from beat or precinct 36, serving on August 10, 1973, shall serve out the terms for which they have theretofore been elected. The Governor shall appoint a member of the board to fill the vaca…

In Blount County, the members of the county board of education are hereby granted an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances pr…

In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Blount County Board of Education is hereby authorized to insure school buildings and property in the state insurance fund or in an insurance company, whichever in the opinion of such board provides the best coverage for such school building…

The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Blount County School District. (Act 81-509, p. 872, §1.)

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County, upon approval by the Blount County Commission, shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid as prescribed by general law for the payment of other compensation and e…

(a) The Probate Judge of Blount County shall appoint one or more regular clerks in the probate office as deputy registrars empowered to take applications, testimony, and oaths of applicants for voting registration at any time the probate office is open to the public for business.…

In Blount County, election officials shall allow voters who have signed in to vote, to use the voting machine with the fewest number of voters standing in line to use the machines. (Act 94-570, p. 1043, §1.)

(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) “County” means Blount County; (2) “Municipality” means any municipality in Blount County; (3) “Employee” means any person, includ…

(a) In addition to all other authority vested in the Blount County Commission, the county commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within …

(a) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Blount County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Blount C…

(a) In Blount County the county commission shall have the power and authority to establish rules and regulations governing the establishment, operation, and control of fire districts on matters not specifically covered by local or general law. (b) The Blount County Commission sha…

(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at a…

(a) The Blount County Commission shall reimburse the offices of judge of probate, revenue commissioner, and sheriff from the general fund in the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year for each officer, arising or caused with…

(a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on the file for one year fol…

(a) The Board of Health of Blount County may fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or of the county or State B…

(a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dump…

(a) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff in office on March 31, 2022, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Blount County shall be equal to 90 percent of the annual base salary of the judge of probate of the county, payable in equal monthly installmen…

Effective October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the Blount County Commission may provide the Sheriff of Blount County with an expense allowance for the fiscal year equal to the monthly expense allowance received by a county commission member, provided the county commiss…

(a) Any individual appointed to serve as Sheriff of Blount County shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required by law; and, effective on the first day of the qualifying period for the 2026 election for the office of sher…

(a) The Sheriff of Blount County may operate a jail commissary and contract telephones for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail commissary and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) The sheriff may retain the …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2008, in Blount County, the fee for issuing a license to carry a pistol shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. The fee imposed by this section shall constitute the total fee imposed by …

(a) In Blount County, the sheriff may conduct fund raising events, including, but not limited to, rodeos, and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff. (b) This section is remedial and curative and …

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

If the abandoned or 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 the…

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or 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, and the serial or other identifying number, if a…

(a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s office and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a six-month period. (b) …

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff. (Act 2017-233, §5.)

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record 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 continue t…

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 Blount County and shall be …

This part shall not apply to abandoned motor vehicles, which are subject to Chapter 13 of Title 32. (Act 2017-233, §8.)

(a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Blount County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1984 and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day …

(a) There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner’s Office of Blount County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses issued through the revenue commissioner’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary …

The Revenue Commissioner of Blount County is hereby authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of state, county, and municipal ad valorem ta…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT NO. 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT NO. 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 6, …

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Blount County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of two mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the add…

(a) The following words, when used in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them below, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Gasoline” means any type of gasoline, naptha, or other liquid motor fuel, or any device or substitute therefor, commonl…

(a) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or of any general law of this state, the Blount County Commission shall have the power to levy and provide for the collection of additional privilege license taxes, excise taxes, gasoline taxes, and sales and u…