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AL Code § 45-38-81.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Indexing System.|Section 45-38-81.42 - Installation of Improved Indexing and Recording System.

Section 45-38-81.42Installation of improved indexing and recording system. The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing and recording system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include the following: (1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for in the definition hereinabove set forth of an improved indexing and recording system. (2) The establishment of procedures for the continued indexing, recording, and filing of all instruments and records that will, after the effective installation date, constitute a part of the improved indexing and recording system. (3) The initial installation of the improved indexing and recording system shall be performed by a person or persons, firm, or corporation engaged in records management business and experienced in setting up county records; and the initial installation shall be supervised and inspected by a person who is experienced in handling records pertaining to abstracts and title. Following its installation in the county, the improved indexing and recording system shall be thereafter maintained in the county and all real property instruments, general property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records herein provided to constitute a part of the system, that may be thereafter filed for record in the probate office of the county shall be in accordance with the aforesaid improved indexing and recording system. Each real property instrument and each personal property instrument shall be operative as a record from the time of its delivery to the judge of probate of the county, in accordance with existing law, including particularly Section 12-13-43. (Act 93-491, p. 785, §3.)
AL Code § 45-38-81.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Indexing System.|Section 45-38-81.43 - Official Record.

Section 45-38-81.43Official record. Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records and indexes thereto shall constitute the official records of the instruments for the purpose of Section 12-13-43.  (Act 93-491, p. 785, §4.)
AL Code § 45-38-81.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Indexing System.|Section 45-38-81.44 - Applicability of State Laws.

Section 45-38-81.44Applicability of state laws. All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved indexing and recording system installed hereunder including, but not limited to, Section 12-13-43, and the provisions of all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of lis pendens, declaration of claims of exemption, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate, that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved indexing and recording system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto. (Act 93-491, p. 785, §5.)
AL Code § 45-38-81.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Indexing System.|Section 45-38-81.45 - Costs.

Section 45-38-81.45Costs. The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special indexing and recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the cost of operating and maintaining, after the initial installation, any improved system installed pursuant this subpart. (Act 93-491, p. 785, §6.)
AL Code § 45-38-81.46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Indexing System.|Section 45-38-81.46 - Special Indexing Fee.

Section 45-38-81.46Special indexing fee. Thirty days after May 13, 1993, a special indexing and recording fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the judge of 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 of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the judge of probate of the county, and, on and after that date no instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special indexing and recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid thereon. The special indexing and recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the judge of probate of the county. All special indexing and recording fees collected shall be paid into the county general fund. The fee shall be adjusted from time to time by the Lamar County Commission. (Act 93-491, p. 785, §7.)
AL Code § 45-38-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Jails.|Division 1|Section 45-38-230 - Operation of Jail Store.

Section 45-38-230Operation of jail store. (a) The Sheriff of Lamar 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 law enforcement fund in a bank located in Lamar County. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the law enforcement fund. (2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales and transactions of the law enforcement fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account and law enforcement fund shall be audited at the same time that other accounts of the sheriff are audited. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion. (c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail store shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in Lamar County that are in the interest of the public. (d) The establishment of the law enforcement fund and the use of the proceeds shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office. (e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to May 21, 1996, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to May 21, 1996, shall be deposited into the law enforcement fund created by this section. (Act 96-621, p. 990, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-38-230.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Jails.|Division 2 - Employees.|Section 45-38-230.20 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective August 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-38-230.20THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Upon successfully completing the minimum standards of training and other requirements for law enforcement officers of the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, a community corrections officer employed by the Community Punishment and Corrections Authority of the 24th Judicial Circuit, operating in Lamar County, shall have the same law enforcement powers, including powers of arrest, as granted to law enforcement officers of this state. (Act 2021-473, §1.)
AL Code § 45-38-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240 - Applicability.

Section 45-38-240Applicability. This subpart shall apply only in Lamar County. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §1.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.01 - Purpose.

Section 45-38-240.01Purpose. The purpose of this subpart is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §2.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.02 - Consolidation of Offices.

Section 45-38-240.02Consolidation of offices. At the expiration of the current term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If the office of county revenue commissioner is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector, the tax assessor or the tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term of office for which he or she was elected. For the purpose of this subpart the words vacancy in the office of the tax assessor or tax collector shall mean when either of the elected officials holding the office of Tax Collector of Lamar County or Tax Assessor of Lamar County, upon September 19, 2001, should die, resign, retire, or fail to seek reelection to such office, provided that, in the event of a vacancy by the means described above other than death, the vacancy shall not accrue until the effective date of resignation or retirement or until the expiration of the term office for which elected, as the case may be. The county revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election and every six years thereafter and shall serve for a term of office of six years. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §3.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.03 - Duties of County Revenue Commissioner.

Section 45-38-240.03Duties of county revenue commissioner. The county 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 of the county relative to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning the assessment and collection of taxes. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §4.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.04 - Personnel.

Section 45-38-240.04Personnel. Subject to the approval of the county commission, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of deputies shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner. The compensation for any deputies, clerks, and assistants shall be fixed by the county personnel board and shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as the salaries of other county employees are paid. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §5.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.05 - Bond.

Section 45-38-240.05Bond. Before entering the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in a sum as may be fixed by Section 40-5-3, for tax collectors. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and shall be approved and filed with the judge of probate. The cost of the bond required shall be paid out of the general fund of the county on warrant of the county commission, and shall be a preferred claim against the county. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §6.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.06 - Office Space and Equipment.

Section 45-38-240.06Office space and equipment. The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner, and his or her deputies, clerks, and assistants, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office and not otherwise furnished by law by the Department of Revenue, the Department of Finance, or the Comptroller. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §7.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.07 - Performance of Duties; Compensation.

Section 45-38-240.07Performance of duties; compensation. The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor or tax collector of the county is authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary as determined by Chapter 6A of Title 40. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §8.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.08 - Abolition of Offices; Transfer of Personnel.

Section 45-38-240.08Abolition of offices; transfer of personnel. (a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2003. (b) All personnel employed in the office of tax assessor or tax collector at the time the office of county revenue commissioner comes into being shall be absorbed into the staff of the office of county revenue commissioner. Any position held by one of these employees may not be eliminated until the employee either retires or the position otherwise becomes vacant. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §9.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 1 - Consolidated System.|Section 45-38-240.09 - Election Procedure.

Section 45-38-240.09Election procedure. If the election provided by the act from which this subpart is derived occurs in a year in which the office of the tax collector and the office of the tax assessor are filled by election, candidates for either office shall also be deemed candidates for the office of county revenue commissioner without the payment of any additional fees. If this subpart becomes operative, the person receiving the most votes for county revenue commissioner at the general election shall be elected revenue commissioner and no one shall be elected to the office of tax collector or the office of tax assessor. If this subpart has no further effect as a result of the election provided by the act from which this subpart is derived, the person receiving the most votes for tax collector shall be elected tax collector and the person receiving the most votes for tax assessor shall be elected tax assessor. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §11.)
AL Code § 45-38-240.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 2 - Duties.|Section 45-38-240.30 - Transfer of Duties.

Section 45-38-240.30Transfer of duties. (a) This section shall apply only in Lamar County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of probate. (c) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding real property sales for failure to pay taxes and subsequent redemption heretofore performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the revenue commissioner. (Act 2004-250, p. 345, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-39-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-80 - Semi-Retired or Retired Circuit Judges.

Section 45-39-80Semi-retired or retired circuit judges. (a) Any semi-retired or retired circuit judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to receive as additional compensation payable from the treasury of the county, a sum equal to one and one half percent of the compensation paid the judge by the State of Alabama for each year served as circuit judge up to a maximum of 25 percent. The salaries or compensation provided for herein is supplementary to the salaries or compensation paid the judges by the state and shall be paid out of the general funds of the county in 12 equal monthly installments on warrants properly drawn against the funds. (b) The additional compensation may not be paid to a semi-retired or retired circuit judge who has not vested in the Retirement Systems of Alabama as of July 1, 2010. (c) Each circuit judge receiving a retirement supplement pursuant to this section and who has vested in the Retirement Systems of Alabama shall receive a retirement supplement pursuant to the formula provided in subsection (a). (Acts 1975, No. 800, 1st Sp. Sess. 1604, §1; Act 2010-572, p. 1155, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-80.01 - Circuit Clerk.

Section 45-39-80.01Circuit clerk. In Lauderdale County, when the compensation of the circuit judge is increased, the compensation of the circuit clerk shall also be increased in an amount sufficient to maintain his or her total salary at the same relationship which the salary of the circuit clerk of the county bears on January 16, 1977, plus seven percent, to salaries of circuit judges in the county. (Act 88-269, p. 268, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-80.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 2 - Juries.|Section 45-39-80.20 - Jury Strike System.

Section 45-39-80.20Jury strike system. Upon the trial by jury in the circuit courts of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony not punished capitally, or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require two lists of all the regular jurors empaneled for the week who are competent to try the defendant to be made, and the district attorney shall be required to strike from the list the name of one juror, and the defendant shall strike one, and they shall continue to strike off names alternately until only 12 jurors remain on the list, and these 12 jurors thus selected shall be the jury charged with the trial of the case. (Act 81-127, p. 148, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-85 - Salary and Expense Allowance.

Section 45-39-85Salary and expense allowance. (a) The following county officials of Lauderdale County shall have the indicated salary and the indicated monthly expense allowance, viz: Annual salaryMonthly expense allowance(1) Judge of probate$23,000$100(2) Tax assessor 20,000  150(3) Tax collector 20,000  100 (b) This section shall supersede any and all other provisions in regard to the annual salary and monthly expense allowance of the above enumerated employees. Provided, however, that this section shall not repeal such other acts and in the event that any of the provisions of this section should be declared unconstitutional or void, such compensation and expense allowance as are presently provided for by law shall continue to be paid.  (Act 79-353, p. 566, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-85.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Employees.|Section 45-39-85.20 - Deputy Registrars; Voting Registration.

Section 45-39-85.20Deputy registrars; voting registration. (a) The Judge of Probate of Lauderdale 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. The application shall then be submitted to the board of registrars at their next meeting and the board shall notify the applicants in writing of their action on the application. (b) The board of registrars is authorized and empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section. (Act 79-519, p. 932, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-85.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-39-85.40 - Matrimony Fees.

Section 45-39-85.40Matrimony fees. (a) The Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County is authorized to charge a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for celebrating the rites of matrimony and may retain the fee for his or her personal use. This fee is in addition to any salary provided by law. (b) The provisions of this section are retroactive to June 1, 2000, and any actions of the judge of probate taken related to the fee for celebrating the rites of matrimony in compliance with this section are ratified and confirmed. (Act 79-351, p. 565, §1; Act 95-285, p. 529, §§1, 2; Act 2001-666, p. 1388, §§1, 2.)