Title 45

(a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the services as listed below in civil and criminal cases: SERVICE FEE (b) The aforementioned sheriff’s fees in civil cases shall be collected by the sheriff at the time of filing in court and pai…

(a) In addition to any other filing fees assessed, the Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled to a one dollar ($1) sheriff’s filing fee on each civil and criminal case filed in the District and Circuit Courts of Mobile County. (b) The filing fees shall be collected by the she…

In Mobile County, the sheriff of the county and the chiefs of police of the municipalities of Mobile County may in their respective judgments distribute forfeitable assets or funds received pursuant to Section 20-2-93, as amended, 19 U.S. Code § 1616(a), as amended, or any other …

(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) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall administer and supervise all electronic monitoring of pretrial defendants in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. (b) The sheriff may not contract with another entity for the provision of electronic monitoring services. (c)(1) The she…

(a) The Sheriff of Mobile 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 a La…

Any person who has been committed to the Mobile County Jail under a criminal sentence may be released therefrom at any time by order of the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit or district court. Such release shall be for the purpose of obtaining and working at gainfu…

Any person who has been sentenced to the Mobile County Jail and who has been released pursuant to Section 45-49-235, may at the time of sentencing or at any time while part of his or her sentence remains unserved, be required by the court to report to the jail to be incarcerated …

Any person released under Section 45-49-235 or required to be confined under Section 45-49-235.01, who willfully fails to report for confinement as ordered, shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he or she has been sentenced and, upon conviction, shall be s…

Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-49-235 shall pay to Mobile County an amount not greater than a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pur…

In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of the case determines that the collection and payment of monies provided for in Section 45-49-235.03 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the prisoner involved, the court, in its discret…

(a) All monies collected pursuant to this part shall be paid into the Mobile County Pretrial Release and Jail Diversion Fund and shall be expended for the implementation of this part, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) The payment of salaries an…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this part pertaining to pretrial release shall be a guide to judicial officers in Mobile County, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county jail because of his or her personal economic circumstances so …

As used in this part, the term judicial officer means, unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and any district court judge in Mobile County. (Act 91-647, p. 1219, § 8.)

(a) Any person charged with an offense, at his or her appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending trial on his or her personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the j…

(a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this part, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B misde…

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to this part and who has violated a condition of release, shall be subject to revocation of the release and, in addition, may be prosecuted for contempt of court. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release may be initiated …

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to this part and as to whom there is probable cause to believe has committed a felony or misdemeanor while released, shall be subject to the revocation of his or her release. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release for t…

All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise retained pursuant to this part shall be paid over to the Mobile County Pretrial Release and Jail Diversion Fund hereby created, to be used to implement this part. (Act 91-6…

The presiding circuit judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit shall have the duty to implement this part and to generally superintend all administrative functions pursuant hereto. The presiding circuit judge shall have the power to employ and dismiss personnel employed to carry …

The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized to appropriate such funds as, in its discretion, may be necessary to implement this part. (Act 91-647, p. 1219, § 15.)

The presiding circuit judge shall present to the county commission on a quarterly basis a full accounting of all receipts and expenditures of the Mobile County Pretrial Release and Jail Diversion Fund. (Act 91-647, p. 1219, § 16.)

Nothing in this part shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt. (Act 91-647, p. 1219, § 17.)

The procedures prescribed in this part shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Act 91-647, p. 1219, § 18.)

(a) The Chair of the Mobile County Board of Equalization shall receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250) per year and the members of the board shall each receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand two hundred fifty dol…

(a) Effective retroactively to August 28, 1981, the chair and each member of the Mobile County Board of Equalization shall be officially authorized to receive an automobile expense allowance of nine hundred dollars ($900) per annum, payable in monthly installments out of the coun…

The Tax Assessor of Mobile County shall receive a salary to be set at forty- two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) per year payable in installments in accordance with the existing policy of the Treasurer of Mobile County. The tax assessor’s salary as adjusted under this sec…

The Tax Assessor of Mobile County shall receive an additional expense allowance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month, payable from the county general fund in monthly installments. (Act 80-107, p. 160, §1.)

The Tax Collector of Mobile County shall be compensated on a salary basis. The tax collector shall be paid a salary of forty two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) per annum. Such salary shall be paid in 12 equal monthly installments in the manner and at the same time as sal…

The Tax Collector of Mobile County shall receive an additional expense allowance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month, payable from the county general fund in monthly installments. (Act 80-328, p. 449, §1.)

In Mobile County, all persons serving as supernumerary tax collectors as of April 30, 1986, shall receive a minimum annual salary payable in equal monthly installments from the county in the amount of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500). Any supernumerary official w…

(a)(1) Upon the expiration of the current terms of office of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Mobile County, or if a vacancy occurs in either office prior to the expiration of the current terms of office, there is hereby created the office of County Revenue Commissioner in Mobil…

(a) Effective October 1, 1997, the Revenue Commissioner of Mobile County shall be paid an annual supplemental salary in the amount of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500). (b)(1) The supplemental salary, as above determined, is in addition to the salaries or compensation p…

(a) Commencing on June 1, 2016, the salary of the executive secretary to the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner shall be the same as the salary of the secretaries to the Mobile County Commissioners, payable in equal monthly installments upon warrants drawn from the county treasur…

(a) At least 30 days prior to the sale of land upon which taxes have not been paid, the Revenue Commissioner of Mobile County shall give notice in writing of the proposed sale by registered mail at the last known address of the owner. Failure to comply with this subsection shall …

(a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of Mobile County and the operation of the office of the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner to provide for the electronic filing of business property tax returns including payment of any taxes due. (b)(1) The Mobile County …

All property owned by the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc., and used by the organization is hereby exempted from ad valorem taxation. (Act 82-865, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 419, §1.)

In Mobile County, all real and personal property owned and used as community centers, ball parks, the Mobile Exploreum, and recreational facilities by nonprofit businesses and corporations is hereby exempted from county ad valorem taxation. (Act 84-832, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 266, §1.…

In Mobile County, all real and personal property owned and used as incorporated and nonprofit community centers, incorporated and nonprofit ball parks, and incorporated and nonprofit recreational facilities by nonprofit businesses and corporations is hereby exempted from county a…

All property owned by the Woman’s Club of Saraland, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, and used by the organization is hereby exempted from all county, local, or municipal ad valorem taxation, retroactive to October 1, 1983. (Act 85-589, p. 917, §1.)

(a) All property owned by qualified parading Mardi Gras societies and used exclusively for the purpose of storing Mardi Gras parade floats, equipment, related accessories, and records, or used exclusively for other Mardi Gras related purposes, is hereby exempted from all county, …

All property owned by the Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc., of Mobile, Alabama, a nonprofit corporation, and used by the organization is exempted from all county, local, and municipal ad valorem taxes retroactively to October 1, 1987. This section shall not affect ad valorem tax…

(a)(1) The Court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of Mobile County is hereby authorized to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, a special annual ad valorem tax of one mill on each dollar’s worth of taxable real and p…

(a) The following words and phrases used in this section, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 3. That amendment to the consti…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 325. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 116, H. 56, 1971 Th…

(a) This section shall apply only in Mobile County and except as in this section as otherwise provided, shall not have the effect of altering or repealing in any wise any statute now in affect, but shall be in addition to and cumulative of all laws now in effect. (b) The amount o…