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AL Code § 45-29-83.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 2 - Employees.|Section 45-29-83.20 - Clerks.

Section 45-29-83.20Clerks. (a) The judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector in Fayette County are each hereby authorized to hire a chief clerk. The chief clerks’ salaries shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission and paid from the general fund of the county. (b) The judge of probate, provided sufficient funds are available, shall be authorized to employ additional clerks as deemed necessary and approved by the Fayette County Commission. The salaries of the clerks shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission. (Act 79-740, p. 1315, §1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.40 - License Division Created.

Section 45-29-83.40License division created. There is hereby created within the Probate Office of Fayette County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the Department of Finance or the Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the judge of probate as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The judge of probate shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and to fix their compensation; however, the number and compensation of such clerks and other assistants shall be subject to the approval of the county commission. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be paid monthly out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.41 - Assessment and Collection of Taxes.

Section 45-29-83.41Assessment and collection of taxes. The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes and casual sales and use taxes on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor and the tax collector. The Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector of Fayette County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes of such motor vehicles. The judge of probate shall receive the commissions and fees now allowed the assessor and collector for performing these functions, and such fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such tax shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made by the judge of probate. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §2.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.42 - License Records.

Section 45-29-83.42License records. The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. The judge of probate shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner that the judges of probate are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that judges of probate are required to account for by law. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §3.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.43 - Collection and Disposition of Fees.

Section 45-29-83.43Collection and disposition of fees. The judge of probate shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake or fact of law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by this code. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §4.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.44 - Payment of Ad Valorem Vehicle Tax Prerequisite to Issuance of License or Transfer; Certificate of Assessment.

Section 45-29-83.44Payment of ad valorem vehicle tax prerequisite to issuance of license or transfer; certificate of assessment. To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the judge of probate until the ad valorem tax on such vehicles shall have been paid to the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipts from the judge. Every person, firm, or corporation driving or owning a motor vehicle who desires to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of Alabama shall first return such motor vehicle for ad valorem taxation purposes to the judge of probate who shall issue a certificate of assessment on a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue, shall collect the taxes shown thereon, and shall make a duplicate of the tax receipt and keep same on file in his or her office. The license tag shall be evidence of the payment of the license and ad valorem tax due as provided under this subpart. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §5.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.45 - Vehicle Information Required for Assessment.

Section 45-29-83.45Vehicle information required for assessment. Before any vehicle can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the case of a used car brought into the state from a state which provides that upon sale or transfer of the motor vehicle the tags are either surrendered to an appropriate authority or subsequently reissued by the seller, the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to an individual, firm, corporation, or association, living or operating in this state. If such tag number or bill of sale or certificate of title is not furnished, the vehicle shall be presumed to have been in the state the entire year for which taxes are being assessed. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §6.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.46 - Renewal of License by Mail; Mail Order Fee.

Section 45-29-83.46Renewal of license by mail; mail order fee. The judge of probate, at his or her discretion, may mail a notice or application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in postcard form and with sufficient information thereon to adequately identify and process such renewal. The signature of the licensee thereon and proper remittance shall constitute sufficient authority for the judge of probate to issue such license and return to the licensee by mail. There is hereby established a fee to be entitled mail order fee which shall be set from time to time by the county governing body to pay the cost of the mailing procedure herein provided, and such fee shall be collected by the judge of probate at the time of issuance and paid over to the general fund of the county. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §7.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.47 - Special Recording and Indexing Fees.

Section 45-29-83.47Special recording and indexing fees. (a) A special recording and indexing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each: (1) Case filed in the probate court.  (2) Real property interest instrument, personal property instrument, incorporation, notary bond, or name change filed for record in the office of the judge of probate. (3) Marriage license issued by, or marriage ceremony performed by, the judge of probate. (b) After August 1, 2013, no case may be filed in the probate court, no real property instrument, personal property instrument, incorporation, notary bond, or name change may be filed for record in the office of judge of probate, and no marriage license may be issued by or marriage ceremony performed by the judge of probate unless the special recording and indexing fee is paid. The special recording and indexing fee is in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required to be paid upon the filings and services covered by this section. (c) All special recording and indexing fees collected under this section shall be deposited by the judge of probate in any bank in Fayette County and expended by the judge of probate at his or her discretion for an improved recording and indexing system and the purchase and maintenance of such necessary equipment, the purchase or improvement of other equipment and facilities, and for personnel and operations of the probate office. (d) The fees collected from this section shall be subjected to audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §8; Act 90-191, p. 217, §§1, 2; Act 2013-408, p. 1553, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-83.48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Probate.|Division 3 - License Division.|Section 45-29-83.48 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-29-83.48Disposition of funds. All special recording and indexing fees so collected shall be paid into a special fund of the Fayette County Commission. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate and the county commission for an improved recording and indexing system and other equipment, maintenance, services, and personnel necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate. Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be indexed with computer-generated indexes to be filed in binders, shall constitute the official record of such instruments for the purposes of Section 12-13-43. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §9.)
AL Code § 45-29-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Jails.|Division 1 - Jail Store.|Section 45-29-231 - Operation of Jail Store.

Section 45-29-231Operation of jail store. (a) The Sheriff of Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 August 1, 1996, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to August 1, 1996, shall be deposited into the Law Enforcement Fund created by this section. (Act 96-884, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1698, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-29-231.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Jails.|Division 3 - Employees.|Section 45-29-231.40 - 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 45-29-231.40THIS 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 Fayette County, shall have the same law enforcement powers, including powers of arrest, as granted to law enforcement officers of this state. (Act 2021-469, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-240.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.|Division 2 - Employees.|Section 45-29-240.20 - Clerks.

Section 45-29-240.20Clerks. (a) The Probate Judge, Tax Assessor, and Tax Collector in Fayette County are each hereby authorized to hire a chief clerk. The chief clerks’ salaries shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission and paid from the general fund of the county. (b) The tax assessor, provided sufficient funds are available, shall be authorized to employ additional clerks as deemed necessary and approved by the Fayette County Commission. The salaries of the additional clerks shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission and may be paid from funds charged to the maintenance of the property reappraisal program. (c) The tax collector, provided sufficient funds are available, shall be authorized to employ additional clerks as deemed necessary and approved by the Fayette County Commission. The salaries of the clerks shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission. (Act 79-740, p. 1315, §§1, 3, 4.)
AL Code § 45-29-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - 1989 Tax.|Section 45-29-242 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-29-242Levy of tax. (a) There is hereby levied and imposed in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the Fayette County Judge of Probate and purchased other than at wholesale in the county from any person, firm, or corporation which is not a licensed dealer engaged in selling automotive vehicles, truck trailers, semitrailers, or house trailers an amount equal to one and one-half percent of the purchase price. (b) There is hereby levied and imposed in Fayette County, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, an excise or use tax on the storage, use, or other consumption in the county of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the Fayette County Judge of Probate and purchased other than at wholesale outside the state for storage, use, or other consumption in Fayette County, a tax in an amount equal to one and one-half percent of the purchase price. (c) Where any used automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer is taken in trade or in a series of trades as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or used automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer, the taxes levied by this section shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle or trailer sold less the credit for the used vehicle or trailer taken in trade. (d) The taxes levied by this section shall be collected by the Fayette County Tax Collector at the same time and in the same manner as the tax levied by Sections 40-23-101 and 40-23-102, and shall be subject to all the same definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, penalties, fines, punishments, deductions, and discounts; provided, however, the tax collector shall not be entitled to receive additional compensation for collection of the tax authorized herein. (e) The revenue collected by the tax collector pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Fayette County Commission to be deposited in a special fund for the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. The Fayette County Commission shall distribute such funds to the authority from time to time upon the written request of the chair of the authority. Such written request shall become a permanent record of the Fayette County Commission minutes and a copy of such request shall be retained by the authority for inclusion in the permanent records of the authority. (Act 89-228, p. 277, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-30-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-30-82 - Compensation; Expense Allowance.

Section 45-30-82Compensation; expense allowance. (a) In Franklin County, the judge of probate shall receive as compensation a salary in an amount equal to that received by the circuit judge, which shall be payable in equal monthly installments by proper warrant drawn on the general fund of the county. (b) Any compensation or expense allowance allowed by law to be paid to the officer in his or her capacity as chair of the county commission shall continue to be paid the officer. (Act 82-506, p. 837, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Recording System.|Section 45-30-82.20 - Purpose.

Section 45-30-82.20Purpose. This subpart applies only in Franklin County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Franklin County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Recording System.|Section 45-30-82.21 - Definitions.

Section 45-30-82.21Definitions. The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording, archiving, and retrieving real property, personal property instruments, and probate court documents under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate, and in the discretion of the judge of probate, or recording, archiving, and retrieving other instruments and documents, which system when completed, shall consist of equipment necessary and suitable to record, archive, and retrieve records. (3) PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to personal property only, as distinguished from real property, that may be now or hereafter titled for record in the probate office, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the law of this state, including, and particularly Sections 35-4-50 and 35-4-90. (4) REAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to real property that may now, or hereafter, be filed for record in the probate office pursuant to the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, but without limitation to, Section 12-12-43, and all statutes providing for the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of judgment, and plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §2.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Recording System.|Section 45-30-82.22 - Installation and Maintenance.

Section 45-30-82.22Installation and maintenance. The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate offices of Franklin County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall include the following: (1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for in the definition of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system. (2) The establishment of procedures for the continued recording, archiving, and retrieving of all instruments and records that shall, after the effective installation date, constitute a part of the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system. (3) The initial installation of the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be performed by a person or persons, firm, or corporation engaged in the 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 titles. Following its installation in the county, the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving 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 improved recording, archiving, and retrieving 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, without limitation, Section 12-13-43. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §3.)