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2013 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 19 - COURT FINANCES.
Article 1 General Provisions.- Section 12-19-1 - State responsibility for operating expenses of Unified Judicial System generally; supplementation of state expenditures by counties.
- Section 12-19-2 - Continuation of financial support by counties from January 16, 1977, through September 30, 1977.
- Section 12-19-3 - Phasing of state assumption of financial responsibility for Unified Judicial System.
- Section 12-19-4 - Provision and maintenance by municipalities of courtrooms and judicial and clerical facilities for certain district courts.
- Section 12-19-5 - Preparation of budget estimates as to state expenditures for trial courts of Unified Judicial System.
- Section 12-19-6 - Payment by state of salaries and expenses of personnel of Unified Judicial System.
- Section 12-19-7 - Establishment and filing of special procedures for payment of juror fees, witness fees, etc.
- Section 12-19-8 - Inventory of equipment and furniture used in operation of trial courts other than municipal and probate courts; submission of inventory to county commission for approval, etc.; finality of decision of Administrative Director of Courts as to items to be transferred to state.
- Section 12-19-9 - Transfer to state of title to county-owned equipment, furniture and supplies utilized in operation of judicial system.
- Section 12-19-10 - Local purchasing procedures.
- Section 12-19-20 - Court fees in civil and criminal cases in circuit and district courts to be uniform; fees prescribed by chapter exclusive; exceptions.
- Section 12-19-21 - Administrative Director of Courts to prescribe procedures for collection and distribution of court fees.
- Section 12-19-22 - Assessment and distribution of fines, costs and fees in cases filed in circuit or district courts on or after January 16, 1977; assessment and distribution of fines, costs and fees in cases filed prior to January 16, 1977, in circuit courts and courts abolished; transfer to circuit clerks of costs, fees, etc., collected and in possession on January 15, 1977, of clerks of courts abolished.
- Section 12-19-23 - Fees collected from proceeds of judicial sale; payment into General Fund; application of section.
- Section 12-19-25 - Applicability.
- Section 12-19-26 - Administrative fee for periodic payments; payment to General Fund; notice of fee.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-19-40 - Posting of lists of fees by probate judges and furnishing of copies thereof.
- Section 12-19-41 - Preparation of bills for fees or costs generally - Officers.
- Section 12-19-42 - Preparation of bills for fees or costs generally - Probate judges.
- Section 12-19-43 - When fees allowed for services in proceedings before probate judges due.
- Section 12-19-44 - Allowances for ex officio services.
- Section 12-19-45 - Maintenance of record book of fees received by probate judges.
- Section 12-19-46 - Liability for receiving unauthorized fees - Officers.
- Section 12-19-47 - Liability for receiving unauthorized fees - Probate judges.
- Section 12-19-48 - Security for costs in suits by or for nonresidents in probate courts.
- Section 12-19-49 - Assessment of prepaid fees as costs against defendant; execution for prepaid fees assessed as costs against defendant; issuance of execution against plaintiff for unpaid fees where execution against defendant returned indicating "no property found."
- Section 12-19-50 - Issuance of execution against plaintiff or appellant for own costs; issuance of execution against sheriff, etc., failing to return, levy, or collect execution issued against plaintiff or appellant for costs.
- Section 12-19-51 - Submission of cost bill by district court clerk, payment of circuit court docket fee and making of final assessment of costs in circuit court upon appeals from district courts to circuit courts.
- Section 12-19-52 - Recovery of full costs by defendant upon showing of usurious interest.
- Section 12-19-53 - Entry of judgment for costs when judgment in action entered against nominal plaintiff.
- Section 12-19-54 - Proceedings for retaxation of excessive costs in probate courts.
- Section 12-19-70 - Circuit and district court docket fee - Creation; collection generally; waiver and taxation as costs at conclusion of case.
- Section 12-19-71 - Circuit and district court docket fee - Amount.
- Section 12-19-72 - Circuit and district court docket fee - Distribution.
- Section 12-19-73 - Circuit and district court defendant service fees.
- Section 12-19-74 - Circuit and district court fee for service of witness subpoenas.
- Section 12-19-75 - Circuit and district court attachment, garnishment, and execution fees.
- Section 12-19-76 - Circuit court fee for filing of report of sale of abandoned motor vehicle.
- Section 12-19-90 - Judge of probate - Schedule of fees.
- Section 12-19-90.1 - Limitation on probate judges' income when on fee basis.
- Section 12-19-91 - Clerks of Supreme Court or courts of appeals.
- Section 12-19-92 - Constables' fees generally; exception as to Jefferson County.
- Section 12-19-93 - Coroners' fees generally.
- Section 12-19-94 - Fees due constables and coroners for services in connection with circuit and district court proceedings.
- Section 12-19-95 - Collection, etc., of commissions on costs on executions by coroners or constables generally.
- Section 12-19-96 - When coroners or constables entitled to receive full commissions.
- Section 12-19-97 - When coroners or constables entitled to receive only half commissions.
- Section 12-19-98 - Fees, etc., for keeping indexes not allowed.
- Section 12-19-110 - Circuit court.
- Section 12-19-111 - Probate court - Generally.
- Section 12-19-112 - Probate court - Ad quod damnum proceedings.
- Section 12-19-113 - Probate court - Proceedings to pass upon soundness of mind of person.
- Section 12-19-130 - Circuit and district court witness fees generally.
- Section 12-19-131 - Attendance and mileage fees generally; limitations in same case and when attending more than one case.
- Section 12-19-132 - Issuance to witness of certificate of sum entitled to for attendance, etc.; proof of attendance by witness.
- Section 12-19-133 - Effect of certificate of attendance; obligation of witness to appear in same case when fees not paid.
- Section 12-19-134 - Taxation and collection of amount proved; limitation on number of witnesses to prove any one matter.
- Section 12-19-135 - Witness fees in probate court - Generally; inquisition proceedings regarding mental illness.
- Section 12-19-136 - Witness fees in probate court - Ad quod damnum proceedings.
- Section 12-19-137 - Claims for payment of witness fees to be presented within three months from date of collection by clerk; payment of claims.
- Section 12-19-138 - Payment of nondisbursed fees to successors and furnishing of statement as to fees by court clerks.
- Section 12-19-139 - Per diem and mileage for volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical service providers.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-19-150 - Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts.
- Section 12-19-151 - Collection of docket fees and fines where defendants convicted of misdemeanors confess judgment for fees and fines.
- Section 12-19-152 - Distribution of fines collected in misdemeanor and felony cases generally.
- Section 12-19-153 - Imposition of court costs by municipal courts; collection of municipal court costs, fines, etc., by circuit court clerks upon appeals to circuit courts from municipal courts.
- Section 12-19-154 - Distribution of docket fees, fines, etc., collected in municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts; payment of municipal share of docket fee.
- Section 12-19-155 - Provisions not to increase municipal share of docket fees or fees applicable to traffic cases.
- Section 12-19-156 - Prescribed fees for circuit and district courts to be exclusive.
- Section 12-19-170 - Docket fees to be uniform for criminal cases; exception for conservation cases.
- Section 12-19-171 - Schedule and distribution of fees - Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts.
- Section 12-19-172 - Schedule and distribution of fees - Municipal ordinance cases in circuit and district courts.
- Section 12-19-173 - Distribution of docket fees - Cases in circuit and district courts in which bond forfeited.
- Section 12-19-174 - Distribution of docket fees - Felony cases in circuit court.
- Section 12-19-175 - Distribution of docket fees - Misdemeanor cases in circuit court.
- Section 12-19-176 - Distribution of docket fees - Felony guilty pleas in district court.
- Section 12-19-177 - Distribution of docket fees - Preliminary hearings in district court.
- Section 12-19-178 - Distribution of docket fees - Misdemeanor cases in district court.
- Section 12-19-179 - Distribution of docket fees - Traffic infractions in district court.
- Section 12-19-180 - Criminal history processing fee; allocation of monies; access to court data from within and without Unified Judicial System; user fees to be deposited in Court Automation Fund; section not bar to public access to court records.
- Section 12-19-181 - Schedule and distribution of additional fees.
- Section 12-19-182 - Solicitor's fee.
- Section 12-19-190 - Attorney General.
- Section 12-19-191 - Constables.
- Section 12-19-192 - Coroners generally.
- Section 12-19-193 - Fees for inquest; fees, etc., for postmortem examinations; payment of fees to coroners for services rendered in discharging duties of sheriff.
Article 5 Fair Trial Tax.
- Section 12-19-250 - Imposition; assessment, collection.
- Section 12-19-250.1 - Imposition of additional fee on every case; charge and collection; distribution to Fair Trial Tax Fund.
- Section 12-19-251 - Remittance into Fair Trial Tax Fund.
- Section 12-19-251.1 - Retention of tax by municipalities when collected in municipal court; disposition of proceeds by municipalities.
- Section 12-19-252 - Annual appropriations; payment of share of cost of maintaining public defender offices by counties.
- Section 12-19-253 - Expenditures from fund subject to control and approval of Governor.
- Section 12-19-254 - Disposition of unexpended and unencumbered balance in fund at close of fiscal year.
- Section 12-19-270 - Short title.
- Section 12-19-271 - Definitions.
- Section 12-19-272 - Court to award fees and costs against attorney or party who brought action without substantial justification; voluntary dismissal.
- Section 12-19-273 - Court to exercise sound discretion and specifically set forth reasons for award; factors to be considered.
- Section 12-19-274 - Attorney's fees negotiated in private; court may approve stipulations.
- Section 12-19-275 - Application.
- Section 12-19-276 - Provisions cumulative.
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