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AL Code § 12-19-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-43 - Payment of Fees for Services in Proceedings Before Judges of Probate; Security Deposits.

Section 12-19-43Payment of fees for services in proceedings before judges of probate; security deposits. (a) Fees allowed by law in connection with proceedings before probate judges shall be collected either at the time the pleading is filed in probate court or at the termination of the suit, as determined by the court. Fees for transcripts of papers filed in the case to which parties are entitled as of course, shall be due when the service is performed. (b) In cases where appropriate, the court may order that security deposits be deposited into the probate court to cover expected court costs. Any unused security deposits shall be returned to the person who made the deposit. (Code 1852, §§3051, 3057; Code 1867, §§3522, 3528; Code 1876, §§5005, 5011; Code 1886, §3668; Code 1896, §1356; Code 1907, §3696; Code 1923, §7258; Code 1940, T. 11, §4; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-138; Act 2017-293, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-44 - Allowances for Ex Officio Services.

Section 12-19-44Allowances for ex officio services. Persons entitled to an allowance by the county commission for what are commonly called ex officio services shall, before the allowance is made, itemize such services and make oath thereto, as in the case of other claims against the county. The compensation allowed shall be the fair and reasonable value of the services, in no case to exceed $200.00 per annum, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1876, §5025; Code 1886, §3675; Code 1896, §1363; Code 1907, §3703; Code 1923, §7265; Code 1940, T. 11, §9.)
AL Code § 12-19-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-45 - Maintenance of Record Book of Fees Received by Probate Judges.

Section 12-19-45Maintenance of record book of fees received by probate judges. The probate judges must keep constantly in their offices, free to public inspection, a book in which must be entered all fees received by virtue of their office, stating for what and from whom received. (Code 1852, §3067; Code 1867, §3538; Code 1876, §5021; Code 1886, §3678; Code 1896, §1366; Code 1907, §3706; Code 1923, §7268; Code 1940, T. 11, §30.)
AL Code § 12-19-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-46 - Liability for Receiving Unauthorized Fees - Officers.

Section 12-19-46Liability for receiving unauthorized fees - Officers. Any officer authorized by law to take fees who knowingly receives any other or higher fees than are prescribed by law shall be liable to the party aggrieved for fourfold the fees so received, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Code 1852, §3059; Code 1867, §3530; Code 1876, §5013; Code 1886, §3679; Code 1896, §1367; Code 1907, §3707; Code 1923, §7269; Code 1940, T. 11, §12.)
AL Code § 12-19-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-47 - Liability for Receiving Unauthorized Fees - Probate Judges.

Section 12-19-47Liability for receiving unauthorized fees - Probate judges. (a) Any probate judge who knowingly receives any other or higher fees than are allowed by law shall forfeit $50.00, to be recovered in the name of the person aggrieved. Such sum, if recovered by a personal representative or guardian, shall be assets of the estate. This penalty shall be no bar to an indictment for extortion. (b) Any probate judge who corruptly receives any fee or item of costs not authorized by law must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and the grand jury must present an indictment, if justified by the evidence. Upon such conviction, the office shall be vacated and the fact of such conviction shall be certified to the Governor by the presiding judge. (Code 1852, §§3066, 3068; Code 1867, §§3537, 3539; Code 1876, §§5020, 5022; Code 1886, §§3680, 3927; Code 1896, §§1368, 5104; Code 1907, §§3708, 5104; Code 1923, §§5047, 7270; Code 1940, T. 11, §§31, 32.)
AL Code § 12-19-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-48 - Security for Costs in Suits by or for Nonresidents in Probate Courts.

Section 12-19-48Security for costs in suits by or for nonresidents in probate courts. The probate judge must take and approve security for costs in all suits within the jurisdiction of his court commenced by or for the use of a nonresident of this state. (Code 1886, §2863; Code 1896, §1352; Code 1907, §3692; Code 1923, §7254; Code 1940, T. 11, §64; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-148.)
AL Code § 12-19-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|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 12-19-49Assessment 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." (a) Prepaid fees shall be assessed as additional costs of the proceedings when costs are assessed against the defendant. (b) A plaintiff may have execution against a defendant for prepaid fees assessed as costs against a defendant by a final judgment. (c) Execution may be had against a plaintiff when execution against a defendant for unpaid fees results in a sheriff's return indicating "no property found." (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-116.)
AL Code § 12-19-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|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 12-19-50Issuance 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. (a) The Clerk of the Supreme Court, clerks of the courts of appeals, clerks of the circuit courts and probate judges, upon return of an execution "no property found" against the defendant by the proper officer of the county in which the judgment was entered, or, if the execution is from the Supreme Court or courts of appeals, of the county from which the case was brought, may issue execution against the plaintiff or appellant, as the case may be, for the costs actually created by the plaintiff or appellant, but for none other, to be collected and returned as other executions. (b) Judgment may be entered on motion in the circuit court of such county, in the name of the clerk or probate judge issuing the execution, against the sheriff or his sureties, or either of them, upon three days' notice, for dereliction of duty on the part of the sheriff for failing to return, levy or collect such execution so issued against the plaintiff or against the plaintiff and his sureties or against the appellant or against the appellant and his sureties for such costs, as follows: (1) Twenty percent upon the amount of the execution for failing to return same; (2) For failing to collect the amount of such execution when the same could have been collected by said sheriff by the use of reasonable diligence, the full amount of such execution and 10 percent on the amount thereof as damages; and (3) For failure to pay over the amount collected thereon, the full amount of the sum so collected and not paid over and five percent per month damage for each month after demand. (Code 1852, §3060; Code 1867, §3531; Code 1876, §5014; Code 1886, §3673; Code 1896, §1361; Code 1907, §3701; Code 1923, §7263; Code 1940, T. 11, §7; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,§16-140.)
AL Code § 12-19-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|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 12-19-51Submission 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. If an appeal to the circuit court is taken in a civil case, the clerk in making records available to the circuit court shall submit a cost bill from the district court and the final assessment of cost will be made in the circuit court. The appellant shall pay the circuit court docket fee and all unpaid court costs from both district court and circuit court will be assessed as costs on final judgment. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-115.)
AL Code § 12-19-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-52 - Recovery of Full Costs by Defendant Upon Showing of Usurious Interest.

Section 12-19-52Recovery of full costs by defendant upon showing of usurious interest. If it shall be made to appear that usurious interest has been intentionally taken or reserved, the defendant shall recover full costs. (Code 1852, §2377; Code 1867, §2781; Code 1876, §3130; Code 1886, §2839; Code 1896, §1328; Code 1907, §3665; Code 1923, §7225; Code 1940, T. 11, §69.)
AL Code § 12-19-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-53 - Entry of Judgment for Costs When Judgment in Action Entered Against Nominal Plaintiff.

Section 12-19-53Entry of judgment for costs when judgment in action entered against nominal plaintiff. When judgment is entered against the plaintiff in any action brought in the name of a nominal plaintiff for the use of another, judgment for costs must be entered against the beneficiary or his personal representative. (Code 1852, §2383; Code 1867, §2787; Code 1876, §3136; Code 1886, §2845; Code 1896, §1330; Code 1907, §3667; Code 1923, §7227; Code 1940, T. 11, §71.)
AL Code § 12-19-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-54 - Proceedings for Retaxation of Excessive Costs in Probate Courts.

Section 12-19-54Proceedings for retaxation of excessive costs in probate courts. (a) If the taxation of costs by a probate court is excessive by charging the costs of witnesses who were not examined, by charging costs to an improper party or by taxing costs contrary to law, the party aggrieved may move the court for a retaxation, setting forth the particulars in which the clerk has erred. This section shall apply to costs taxed in probate courts in all cases and proceedings where such courts have jurisdiction, and any aggrieved party to any case or proceeding may move the circuit court in the county where such case or proceeding is pending for a retaxation of such costs, setting forth the particulars wherein such probate court costs were improperly taxed. Such motion may be heard on five days' notice to the officers or persons claiming said fees or costs, and the same shall be passed on by the judge as other motions are heard and passed upon. From a judgment or order refusing or granting any motion made under this section, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court as in other cases. (b) If execution has issued in any such case, the party complaining thereof, or his attorney, may file a written application with the clerk, which must be spread upon the motion docket, for a retaxation of the costs, setting forth in what the alleged error consists, and the clerk must issue an order to the sheriff directing him to abstain from the collection of the disputed items of cost until the further order of the court on said application for a retaxation thereof. (Code 1852, §§2394, 2395; Code 1867, §§2799, 2800; Code 1876, §§3146, 3157; Code 1886, §§2855, 2856; Code 1896, §§1344, 1345; Code 1907, §§3684, 3685; Acts 1911, No. 83, p. 90; Code 1923, §§7247, 7248; Code 1940, T. 11, §§77, 78.)
AL Code § 12-19-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 2 - Court Fees.|Section 12-19-73 - Circuit and District Court Defendant Service Fees.

Section 12-19-73Circuit and district court defendant service fees. (a) The following defendant service fees shall be collected in civil cases in circuit court and district court: For each defendant in excess of one, where personal service is required, there shall be collected a service fee of $10.00; provided, however, where service on any defendant is by publication or by registered mail, the actual cost of such service shall be collected as the service fee. All service fees shall be paid at the time of filing; except, that prepayments shall not be required if the court finds that payment of such fee will constitute a substantial hardship. A verified statement, signed by the plaintiff and approved by the court, shall be filed with the clerk of court attesting to such substantial hardship. (b) Fees for personal service collected in civil cases shall be distributed as follows: The first $3.00 of each such service fee shall be paid to the county general fund, and the balance thereof shall be paid to the State General Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §§16-113, 16-114; Acts 1976, No. 564, p. 763; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §3; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §3.)
AL Code § 12-19-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 2 - Court Fees.|Section 12-19-74 - Circuit and District Court Fee for Service of Witness Subpoenas.

Section 12-19-74Circuit and district court fee for service of witness subpoenas. (a) In civil cases in circuit court and district court, for the issuance of witness subpoenas a fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be collected for each subpoena. Subpoena fees shall be paid at the time the subpoena is requested unless the court has approved an affidavit of substantial hardship on behalf of the party requesting the subpoena(s). (b) Seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) of each subpoena fee collected in civil cases in circuit and district court shall be distributed to the county general fund and four dollars fifty cents ($4.50) shall be distributed to the State General Fund, one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) of which shall be for judicial and public safety functions (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §§16-113, 16-114; Acts 1976, No. 564, p. 763; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §4; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §4; Act 2004-636, p. 1452, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 2 - Court Fees.|Section 12-19-75 - Circuit and District Court Attachment, Garnishment, and Execution Fees.

Section 12-19-75Circuit and district court attachment, garnishment, and execution fees. (a) In civil cases in circuit court and district court there shall be collected a fee for the initiation of each of the following postjudgment proceedings: Attachment, garnishment, and execution. The fee for such proceeding shall be paid at the time the proceeding is initiated. (b) The amounts of the postjudgment fees shall be as follows: (1) Twenty-eight dollars ($28) for attachment; (2) Twenty-eight dollars ($28) for garnishment; and (3) Twenty-eight dollars ($28) for execution. (c) The postjudgment fees collected in civil cases shall be distributed as follows: (1) Twenty-two dollars seventy-five cents ($22.75) of the attachment fee to the State General Fund, ten dollars seventy-five cents ($10.75) of which shall be for judicial and public safety functions; five dollars twenty-five cents ($5.25) of the attachment fee to the county general fund. (2) Twenty-two dollars seventy-five cents ($22.75) of the garnishment fee to the State General Fund, ten dollars seventy-five cents ($10.75) of which shall be for judicial and public safety functions; five dollars twenty-five cents ($5.25) of the garnishment fee to the county general fund. (3) Twenty-one dollars forty cents ($21.40) of the execution fee to the State General Fund, sixteen dollars forty cents ($16.40) of which shall be for judicial and public safety functions; six dollars sixty cents ($6.60) of the execution fee to the county general fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §§16-113, 16-114; Acts 1976, No. 564, p. 763; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §5; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §5; Act 2004-636, p. 1452, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 2 - Court Fees.|Section 12-19-76 - Circuit Court Fee for Filing of Report of Sale of Abandoned Motor Vehicle.

Section 12-19-76Circuit court fee for filing of report of sale of abandoned motor vehicle. Repealed by Act 2006-414, p. 1027, §2, effective July 1, 2006. (Acts 1976, No. 564, p. 763; Act 2003-402, p. 1170, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-90.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 3 - Officers' Fees.|Section 12-19-90.1 - Limitation on Probate Judges' Income When on Fee Basis.

Section 12-19-90.1Limitation on probate judges' income when on fee basis. Repealed by Act 2000-108, p. 148, §8, effective October 1, 2000. (Acts 1984, No. 84-446, p. 1040, §8.)
AL Code § 12-19-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 3 - Officers' Fees.|Section 12-19-91 - Clerks of Supreme Court or Courts of Appeals.

Section 12-19-91Clerks of Supreme Court or courts of appeals. (a) The clerks of the courts of appeal shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the following services, to be paid to the treasurer as provided in this article: (1) Docketing each case ..... $ .30 (2) Entering each appearance, to include all attorneys appearing on the same side for the same parties ..... .30 (3) Each bond ..... .50 (4) Each appeal ..... .50 (5) Each order ..... .50 (6) Each continuance ..... .25 (7) Each judgment ..... 1.00 (8) Each mandate or certificate to the court below ..... 2.00 (9) Each writ in the nature of scire facias, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or other similar writ ..... 1.00 (10) Filing the same with return ..... .20 (11) Each writ of execution ..... 1.00 (12) Taxing costs, copying and entering satisfaction ..... .85 (13) Copying opinions, record or paper, in his office, for each 100 words ..... .15 (14) In each case an additional fee of ..... 4.00 (b) For petitions for certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to receive as assessment of costs the amount of $25.00. (c) The docket fee as hereinafter prescribed shall be paid to the clerk of the appropriate appellate court, unless otherwise excepted, as follows: (1) Appeals in civil cases, review by certiorari in workers' compensation cases, and review by certiorari of the decisions and judgments of trial courts in cases where review by appeal is not provided for and from decisions of boards and agencies where review by petition in the appropriate appellate court is provided by law, the docket fee to be paid at the time of the filing of the petition or notice of appeal ..... $100.00. (2) The docket fee herein prescribed shall be in lieu of all other court costs in the particular proceeding before the appellate court unless otherwise set by the court, and may be taxed as costs. (Code 1852, §3045; Code 1867, §3516; Code 1876, §5029; Code 1886, §3684; Code 1896, §1374; Code 1907, §3719; Code 1923, §7284; Code 1940, T. 11, §28; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §18; Acts 1984, No. 84-259, p. 431, §1; Act 2014-346, p. 1289, §1(b)(2).)
AL Code § 12-19-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 3 - Officers' Fees.|Section 12-19-92 - Constables' Fees Generally; Exception as to Jefferson County.

Section 12-19-92Constables' fees generally; exception as to Jefferson County. (a) Constables shall be entitled to the following fees for the following services in civil cases in which the amount in controversy is less than $20.00: (1) Serving summons$.50(2) Summoning each witness .25(3) Levying an attachment for not more than $50.00 .75(4) Levying an attachment for more than $50.00 1.00(5) Levying an execution for not more than $50.00 .50(6) Levying an execution for more than $50.00 1.00(7) Making money on execution, two percent on the amount collected, but in no case less than .50(8) Serving notice on each party therein named .25(9) Serving notice in the nature of scire facias .50(10) Taking any bond required by law .50(11) Keeping property levied on, such sum as a judge may order to be paid out of the money in the hands of the constable arising from the sale (12) In cases of forcible entry and detainer, and unlawful detainer, for serving summons and writ 1.00(13) For executing writ of restitution in such cases 2.00(14) For other services in such cases, the same fees as in other cases  (b) In civil cases, the fees of constables shall be the same as the sheriff's fees on December 18, 1973, when performing the same or like services, where the amount in controversy is twenty dollars ($20) or more, except in Jefferson County where constables shall receive an administrative fee of ten dollars ($10) for each process or alias process issued to the constable and a fee of ten dollars ($10) for actual service of each process, and a gasoline allowance of ten dollars ($10) for the actual service of each process. (Code 1852, §3050; Code 1867, §3521; Code 1876, §5034; Code 1886, §3690; Code 1896, §1380; Code 1907, §3725; Code 1923, §7290; Code 1940, T. 11, §39; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-145; Acts 1979, No. 79-745, p. 1321; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-977, p. 324; Acts 1987, No. 87-784, p. 1536; Act 99-529, p. 1155, §1; Act 2015-352, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 3 - Costs and Fees in Civil Cases.|Division 3 - Officers' Fees.|Section 12-19-93 - Coroners' Fees Generally.

Section 12-19-93Coroners' fees generally. The coroners shall be entitled to receive, for services rendered by them in civil cases, the same fees as were allowed to sheriffs for like services on December 18, 1973. (Code 1886, §3688; Code 1896, §1378; Code 1907, §3723; Code 1923, §7288; Code 1940, T. 11, §37; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-144.)