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AL Code § 12-13-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-42 - Furnishing to Veterans Administration of Copies of Decrees Upon Settlement by Guardians of Beneficiaries of Administration; Payment of Fees Therefor.

Section 12-13-42Furnishing to veterans administration of copies of decrees upon settlement by guardians of beneficiaries of administration; payment of fees therefor. At the time of settlement, either partial or final, by a guardian of a beneficiary of the United States Veterans Administration and upon request of counsel of such agency, it shall be the duty of the probate judge in whose court the settlement is had and passed to furnish to the United States Veterans Administration a certified copy of the decree of the said court on the guardian's settlement without cost to said United States Veterans Administration. For furnishing such certified copy the probate judge is authorized to collect from the guardian the fee now allowed by law for furnishing a copy of such decree on settlement by a guardian. (Acts 1927, No. 91, p. 70; Code 1940, T. 13, §284; Acts 1951, No. 32, p. 242.)
AL Code § 12-13-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-43 - Maintenance of General Direct and Reverse Indexes of Instruments Filed for Record; Liability of Probate Judge for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Section.

Section 12-13-43Maintenance of general direct and reverse indexes of instruments filed for record; liability of probate judge for failure to comply with provisions of section. The probate judge of each county in this state shall keep in his office four well-bound books of suitable size and grade of paper in which to make a general direct and a general reverse index of each instrument filed for record in his office, and two of said books shall be used for conveyances of real property and two for conveyances of personal property and all other instruments entitled to record in his office. In the general direct indexes he shall enter, in regular alphabetical order, under appropriate title, the name of each maker of the instrument, the name of each person to whom made, the date and character of such instrument and the date filed for record; and, in the general reverse indexes, in like alphabetical order, under its appropriate title, he shall enter the name of each person to whom the instrument is made, the name of each person by whom the instrument is made, the date and character of such instrument and the date filed for record. Instruments containing conveyances of both real and personal property shall be entered upon each set of indexes. Immediately on receipt of any instrument to be recorded, the probate judge shall make the entries required by this section; and, after recording the instrument, the books and page in which the record is made shall be noted opposite each name thus placed in such general direct and in such general reverse indexes. Failure to comply strictly with the provisions of this section shall subject the probate judge to a penalty of $100.00 for each failure, to be recovered by any person who institutes a civil action for the same, besides damages to any person injured by such failure. (Code 1907, §5422; Acts 1915, No. 664, p. 725; Code 1923, §9582; Code 1940, T. 13, §285.)
AL Code § 12-13-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-44 - Reports to Department of Human Resources as to Adoptions - Required.

Section 12-13-44Reports to Department of Human Resources as to adoptions - Required. It shall be the duty of the probate judges to make, on or before the tenth day of each month, to the State Department of Human Resources, reports on all adoptions handled by such courts during the preceding month. All reports required by this section shall be made upon forms furnished by the State Department of Human Resources. (Acts 1923, No. 275, p. 270; Code 1940, T. 13, §288.)
AL Code § 12-13-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-46 - Authorization by County Commission of Rebinding or Recopying of Books in Office of Probate Judge; Manner of Recopying or Rebinding and Compensation of Probate Judge Therefor.

Section 12-13-46Authorization by county commission of rebinding or recopying of books in office of probate judge; manner of recopying or rebinding and compensation of probate judge therefor. The probate judge, deeming it necessary to recopy or rebind any books in his office, including maps or plats, in order to secure their contents from damage or loss must submit the same to the examination of the county commission, which, if it deem such rebinding or recopying necessary, must, upon its minutes, order the same to be made, and the probate judge must make the same in good and substantial books or binding and the county commission must allow him a reasonable compensation therefor. (Code 1867, §740; Code 1876, §697; Code 1886, §790; Code 1896, §3366; Code 1907, §5424; Code 1923, §9584; Code 1940, T. 13, §290.)
AL Code § 12-13-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-47 - Execution of Contract for Rebinding of Books by Probate Judge; Surrender of Custody of Books for Rebinding.

Section 12-13-47Execution of contract for rebinding of books by probate judge; surrender of custody of books for rebinding. If the county commission deems it advisable to rebind any of the books of the county, it shall be lawful for the probate judge to contract with a book bindery for the rebinding of such book, taking due precaution for the safety of the book and its due and proper return. For this purpose, the probate judge may surrender custody of a book for a period of not longer than 30 days. (Code 1923, §9585; Code 1940, T. 13, §291.)
AL Code § 12-13-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-48 - Payment to Probate Judge of Money Due on Decree Upon Settlement by Executor, Administrator, etc.; Duty of Judge as to Payment of Money to Person Entitled Thereto and Liability for Failure to Perform Duty.

Section 12-13-48Payment to probate judge of money due on decree upon settlement by executor, administrator, etc.; duty of judge as to payment of money to person entitled thereto and liability for failure to perform duty. Money due on decrees for the payment of money rendered against any executor, administrator or guardian on a partial or final settlement may be paid to the probate judge, and it shall be his duty to pay over the same to the person entitled thereto on demand upon proper proof of identity or authority; and, for failure to do so, he shall incur a penalty in favor of the person entitled to the money of 10 percent damages, which, together with the money received and interest thereon, may be recovered by civil action on his bond. (Code 1867, §793; Code 1876, §699; Code 1886, §792; Code 1896, §3369; Code 1907, §5427; Code 1923, §9588; Code 1940, T. 13, §293.)
AL Code § 12-13-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-49 - Payment of Probate Judge for Receipt of Money Under Section 12-13-48.

Section 12-13-49Payment of probate judge for receipt of money under Section 12-13-48. The probate judge shall be entitled to one half of one percent for receiving money under Section 12-13-48, to be paid by the party from whom the same is received out of his own funds, and the probate judge shall not be bound to receive this money until such percentage is paid. (Code 1867, §794; Code 1876, §700; Code 1886, §793; Code 1896, §3370; Code 1907, §5428; Code 1923, §9589; Code1940, T. 13, §294.)
AL Code § 12-13-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-50 - Examination of Records of Probate Judge.

Section 12-13-50Examination of records of probate judge. The records of the office must be free for the examination of all persons when not in use by the judge, whether such persons are interested in such records or not. (Code 1867, §741; Code 1876, §698; Code 1886, §791; Code 1896, §3367; Code 1907, §5425; Code 1923, §9586; Code1940, T. 13, §292.)
AL Code § 12-13-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-53 - Failure to Collect Recording or Registration Tax, etc., Upon Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Etc.

Section 12-13-53Failure to collect recording or registration tax, etc., upon mortgages, deeds of trust, etc. Any probate judge who shall file for record or shall record any mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument in the nature of a mortgage without collecting the recording or registration tax provided for the recording or registration of such instruments or who shall fail to certify the fact that said tax has been paid before the filing and recording of such instrument shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (Code 1907, §7458; Code 1923, §5050; Code 1940, T. 13, §282.)
AL Code § 12-13-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 2 - Judges.|Section 12-13-54 - Failure to Keep Abstract of Mortgages, Etc.

Section 12-13-54Failure to keep abstract of mortgages, etc. Any probate judge who fails to keep an abstract of mortgages or other instruments intended to secure the payment of money which are filed in his office for record, as he is required by law to keep, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00. (Code 1896, §3990; Code 1907, §7459; Code 1923, §5051; Code 1940, T. 13, §299.)
AL Code § 12-13-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.|Article 3 - Supernumerary Judges.|Section 12-13-70 - Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, Etc.

Section 12-13-70Continuation of laws concerning duties, benefits, etc. All laws dealing with the eligibility of probate judges to assume duties and obligations, and to claim and receive benefits, as supernumerary probate judges are, as to all persons who were eligible to assume such duties and obligations and claim and receive such benefits as of October 1, 1976, continued in full force and effect, and shall not be repealed by the adoption of this code. But at such time as all persons who became vested with eligibility, either present or prospective, to assume duties and responsibilities, and to claim and receive benefits as, or, in the case of surviving spouses, on account of, supernumerary probate judges as of October 1, 1976, are deceased, all such laws shall thereupon be repealed. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
AL Code § 12-14-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-1 - Establishment; Jurisdiction.

Section 12-14-1Establishment; jurisdiction. (a) There is hereby established, effective December 27, 1977, for each municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as "municipality," within the state, except those which elect not to have such courts by ordinance adopted before December 27, 1977, a municipal court subject to the authority, conditions and limitations provided by law. (b) The municipal court shall have jurisdiction of all prosecutions for the breach of the ordinances of the municipality within its police jurisdiction. (c) The municipal court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court of all acts constituting violations of state law committed within the police jurisdiction of the municipality which may be prosecuted as breaches of municipal ordinances. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-101.)
AL Code § 12-14-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-2 - Provision by Municipality of Facilities, Court Personnel, Prosecutorial Services, Etc.

Section 12-14-2Provision by municipality of facilities, court personnel, prosecutorial services, etc. (a) The municipality shall provide appropriate facilities and necessary supportive personnel for the municipal court and may provide for probation services, clerks and municipal employees designated as magistrates. (b) Municipalities shall furnish prosecutorial services in municipal courts and in appeals from such judgments and orders. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §§4-131, 8-102.)
AL Code § 12-14-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-3 - Municipal Governing Body to Provide for Number of Judges and Times and Places for Holding Court.

Section 12-14-3Municipal governing body to provide for number of judges and times and places for holding court. The municipal court shall have the number of judges and shall hold court at times and places provided by the municipal governing body. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-101.)
AL Code § 12-14-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-4 - Execution by Sheriffs and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers of Warrants and Processes Committed to Them for Service by Municipal Judges.

Section 12-14-4Execution by sheriffs and municipal law enforcement officers of warrants and processes committed to them for service by municipal judges. The sheriffs of the counties and law enforcement officers of the municipalities of the State of Alabama shall obey the municipal judge having legal authority in faithfully executing the warrants and processes committed to them for service according to their mandates. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-109.)
AL Code § 12-14-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-5 - Admission to Bail of Persons Charged With Violations of Municipal Ordinances; Waiver of Appearance Bond.

Section 12-14-5Admission to bail of persons charged with violations of municipal ordinances; waiver of appearance bond. Municipal judges shall admit to bail any person charged with violation of any municipal ordinance by requiring an appearance bond, with good security, to be approved by the respective municipal judges or their designees, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00, and may, in their discretion, admit to bail such person on a personal recognizance bond, such bonds to be conditioned on the appearance of such person before the judge on a day named therein to answer the charges preferred against him. The municipal judge may waive an appearance bond upon satisfactory showing that the defendant is indigent or otherwise unable to make bond. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104; Acts 1989, No. 89-809, p. 1615, §1.)
AL Code § 12-14-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-6 - Cases to Be Tried by Judge Without Jury.

Section 12-14-6Cases to be tried by judge without jury. All cases in municipal courts shall be tried by a judge without a jury. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-101.)
AL Code § 12-14-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-7 - Courts to Take Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Municipality.

Section 12-14-7Courts to take judicial notice of ordinances of municipality. A municipal court shall take judicial notice of the ordinances of the municipality in which it sits. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-116.)
AL Code § 12-14-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-8 - Traffic Infractions Procedure.

Section 12-14-8Traffic infractions procedure. All municipalities shall utilize the uniform traffic infractions procedure as provided by law or rule. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-118.)
AL Code § 12-14-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-9 - Provision of Indigent Defense Services.

Section 12-14-9Provision of indigent defense services. A municipality which retains its court shall provide indigent defense services as otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-114.)
AL Code § 12-14-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-10 - Powers of Courts as to Trial and Disposition of Cases Generally.

Section 12-14-10Powers of courts as to trial and disposition of cases generally. Municipal courts shall have the authority to continue the case from time to time to permit the fine and costs to be paid, remit fines, costs and fees, impose intermittent sentences, establish work release programs, require attendance of educational, corrective or rehabilitative programs, suspend driving privileges for such times and under such conditions as provided by law and order hearings to determine the competency of the defendant to stand trial; provided further, that the court may enter an order authorizing the defendant to drive under the conditions set forth in the order. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104.)
AL Code § 12-14-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-11 - Acceptance of Defendant's Bond Upon Showing of Inability to Make Immediate Payment of Fines and Costs; Issuance of Execution on Bond Upon Nonpayment of Fines and Costs.

Section 12-14-11Acceptance of defendant's bond upon showing of inability to make immediate payment of fines and costs; issuance of execution on bond upon nonpayment of fines and costs. Upon conviction, the court may, upon a showing of inability to make immediate payment of fines and costs, accept defendant's bond with or without surety and with waiver of exemptions as to personalty, such fines and costs to be payable within 90 days and, upon nonpayment of which execution may issue upon the bond as upon judgments in state courts. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104.)
AL Code § 12-14-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-12 - Requirement of Working Out of Amount of Judgment When Not Paid Within Time Prescribed.

Section 12-14-12Requirement of working out of amount of judgment when not paid within time prescribed. The judgment of the municipal court may provide that if a fine and costs are not paid within the time prescribed, the defendant shall workout the amount of the judgment under the direction of the municipal authority, allowing not less than $10.00 for each day's service. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104.)
AL Code § 12-14-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-14 - Court Costs.

Section 12-14-14Court costs. In addition to any costs and charges fixed by law upon conviction for violations of municipal ordinances in municipalities having a municipal court, $12.00 shall be assessed and collected as other costs and charges are collected. Five dollars of such sum shall be remitted to the State General Fund; $5.00 shall be remitted to the general fund of the municipality maintaining the municipal court; and $2.00 shall be remitted to the Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund established pursuant to Section 36-21-66. In addition, the governing body of each municipality having a municipal court may by ordinance provide for the imposition of other costs in the maximum amount of $10.00, which sum shall be in addition to any other costs and charges fixed by law for conviction of any municipal ordinance violation. In addition in all violations of municipal ordinances involving traffic offenses, there shall be assessed and collected as other costs and charges $8.50, to be disbursed to the State Drivers' Fund for further distribution pursuant to Section 32-5-313. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-107; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §14; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-824, p. 224, §4.)
AL Code § 12-14-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-15 - Power of Mayor to Remit Fines and Costs, Commute Sentences Imposed by Municipal Judges, etc.; Report of Actions to Municipal Governing Body.

Section 12-14-15Power of mayor to remit fines and costs, commute sentences imposed by municipal judges, etc.; report of actions to municipal governing body. The mayor may remit fines and such costs as are payable to the municipality and commute sentences imposed by a municipal court or the court to which an appeal was taken for violations of municipal ordinances and may grant pardons, after conviction, for violation of such ordinances, and he shall report his action to the council or other governing body at the first regular meeting thereof in the succeeding month with his reasons therefor in writing. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104.)
AL Code § 12-14-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-16 - Reports as to Proceedings of Courts.

Section 12-14-16Reports as to proceedings of courts. Municipalities shall report on the proceedings of their municipal courts as required by law or rule. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-115.)
AL Code § 12-14-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-14-18 - Remittance of Court Costs, Fines and Forfeitures Previously Collected Upon Abolition of Municipal Court.

Section 12-14-18Remittance of court costs, fines and forfeitures previously collected upon abolition of municipal court. When a municipal court is abolished as provided by law, the court costs, fines and forfeitures collected by the court clerk as a result of enforcement of ordinances of the municipality shall be remitted as follows: Ninety percent of the fines and forfeitures and 10 percent of the costs, exclusive of earmarked funds, shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality or to the officer corresponding to the treasurer thereof within 30 days after receipt by the clerk of the circuit and/or district court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-117.)