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AL Code § 45-45-85.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Fees.|Section 45-45-85.21 - Recording Fee.

Section 45-45-85.21Recording fee. (a) In Madison County, a special recording fee of four dollars ($4) shall be collected by the judge of probate on each real or personal property, uniform commercial code, judicial, or other instrument recorded or filed for record in the probate court of the county. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the recording or filing for record of any real or personal property, uniform commercial code, judicial, or other instrument. All special recording fees collected shall be deposited by the judge of probate in any depository in the county as designated by the county governing body. Notwithstanding the fee set by this section, the county commission may adjust the fee from time to time by resolution of the commission adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission to meet the needs of this section. (b) The fees collected under this section shall be expended at the discretion of the judge of probate for the preservation and restoration of court records and to develop, purchase, install, upgrade, and maintain a computerized system for recording, indexing, imaging, and storing of real and personal property records, uniform commercial code filings, judicial proceedings, financial accounts, and any other records required to be maintained by the court. No funds from the fee may be used for an automobile purchase or lease. (c) The judge of probate may retain all or parts of court records for archival purposes utilizing optical disks, or other acceptable computerized methods for records storage, or any combination thereof. The use of microfilm to retain and archive court records in the county may be discontinued and replaced with digitized or scanned images of records committed to optic disks, or the like. Records archived and retained or optic disks, or the like, shall constitute official records of the court and may be compiled and certified and sold to the public in accordance with applicable statutes. All funds collected for copies and certifications shall be paid to the county general fund. (d) The judge of probate from time to time shall establish a policy on the sale of or access to computerized index information and digitized images maintained in the probate court. All funds received from the sale of the information and images shall be paid to the county general fund. (e) This section is cumulative. Nothing contained in this section shall alter or change an existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Judge of Probate of Madison County.  (Act 2000-658, p. 1316, §§ 1-5.)
AL Code § 45-45-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 1 - Jail Store.|Section 45-45-233 - Operation of Jail Store; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-45-233Operation of jail store; disposition of funds. (a) The Sheriff of Madison County is hereby authorized to operate a jail store within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) All funds generated by the jail store after business and operating expenses have been deducted shall be paid into the county general fund and pledged exclusively for law enforcement purposes. The money shall be expended only as directed by the sheriff for improvement of law enforcement within the county. (c) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to audit the moneys annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.  (Act 82-376, p. 551, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 1 - Jail Store.|Section 45-45-233.01 - Jail Store; Telephone and Messaging System; Sheriff's Jail Account.

Section 45-45-233.01Jail store; telephone and messaging system; Sheriff's Jail Account. (a) The sheriff of Madison County may operate a jail store and a telephone and messaging system for inmates within the confines of the Madison County Jail. The jail store and the telephone and messaging system shall each be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) All funds collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited in any bank located in Madison County, to be selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff's Jail Account. Any profits realized in the operation of the jail store and the telephone and messaging system may be drawn upon by the sheriff of Madison County, or his or her appointed agent, and used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public interest, at the discretion of the sheriff. (c) The Sheriff's Jail Account as provided in subsection (b) shall be established and maintained by the Madison County Commission. (d) All funds collected as outlined in subsection (a) prior to September 1, 2019, shall be transferred into the Sheriff's Jail Account created by this section. (e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Jail Account as provided in this section and the use of those funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of revenue or funding established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (f) The sheriff shall keep a detailed accounting of all proceeds and profits of the jail store and telephone and messaging system. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit the sheriff's jail account as part of any audit of the sheriff's office, and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff. (Act 2019-412, §1.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.20 - Work Release for Gainful Employment Conducive to Rehabilitation.

Section 45-45-233.20Work release for gainful employment conducive to rehabilitation. Any person who has been committed to the county jail or to any city jail in Madison County under a criminal sentence may be released therefrom at the sentencing court, either on its own motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at the time of sentence or at any time during the term of sentence, for the purpose of obtaining and working at gainful employment or for such other purpose as the court may deem conducive to his or her rehabilitation, for such time or intervals of time and under such terms and conditions as the court may order. Any part of a day spent outside of jail under such a release order shall be counted as a full day toward the serving of the sentence unless otherwise provided by the court. If a person violates the terms and conditions laid down for his or her conduct, custody, and employment, he or she shall be returned to the sentencing court. The court may then require that the balance of the person’s sentence be spent in actual confinement and may cancel any earned reductions of his or her term.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.21 - Reporting to Jail.

Section 45-45-233.21Reporting to jail. Any person who has been sentenced to the Madison County Jail or any city jail within Madison County and who has been ordered released under Section 45-45-233.20, may at the time of sentence or at any time while any part thereof remains unserved, be required by the sentencing court to report to the jail to which he or she has been sentenced to be incarcerated during weekends or at such times or intervals of time as the court may direct. Time so spent in jail shall be deducted from the term of the sentence. Any part of a day spent in the institution shall count as a full day toward the sentence. In no event shall the number of days confinement exceed the number of days in the original sentence. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.22 - Failure to Report to Jail.

Section 45-45-233.22Failure to report to jail. Any person released under Section 45-45-233.20, or ordered confined under Section 45-45-233.21, who wilfully fails to report for confinement as ordered shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he or she has been sentenced and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the punishment provided for escape therefrom.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.23 - Earnings; Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund.

Section 45-45-233.23Earnings; Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund. Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-45-233.20 shall pay to the county a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pursuant to this subpart, may require that the prisoner establish a payroll deduction for the payment of any sums due hereunder. All sums so collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be paid over to and collected by the Madison County Commission and deposited to a separate fund to be known as the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 4; Act 80-546, p. 849, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.24 - Waiver of Collection and Payment.

Section 45-45-233.24Waiver of collection and payment. In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of the case determines that the collection and payment of the sums provided for in Section 45-45-233.23 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the prisoner involved, the court, may in its discretion, waive the collection and payment of the same, but in making such determination the court shall consider that the purpose of this subpart is to not only promote the rehabilitation of offenders but, insofar as possible, to make the implementation of this subpart self-supporting.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.25 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-45-233.25Disposition of funds. All sums collected under this subpart shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in making investigations and studies necessary to determine whether or not particular prisoners will be granted the benefits of this subpart, administration required to carry out this subpart, transportation of prisoners to and from their places of employment, matching any federal and state grants which may be available in relation to the purposes of this subpart and investigation and screening of prisoners subject to this subpart. If, at the end of any calendar year, there remains a surplus in the fund established in Section 45-45-233.23, the surplus shall be paid over to the General Fund of Madison County, provided the presiding judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall certify in writing to the Judge of Probate of Madison County that in the judgment of the presiding judge such surplus, or any portion thereof, is in excess of an amount necessary to carry out this subpart.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.26 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-45-233.26Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this subpart pertaining to pretrial release shall be a guide to judicial officers in Madison County, as defined herein, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county because of his or her personal economic circumstances so long as his or her release shall not be contrary to the public interest and also shall serve the purpose of assuring the defendant’s presence at the trial. It is not the intent of the Legislature that this subpart be so liberally construed as to allow the indiscriminate release of accused persons.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.27 - Judicial Officer.

Section 45-45-233.27Judicial officer. As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means, unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge or equivalent thereof in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, any judge of probate in Madison County, any district court judge or judge of any other court created in lieu thereof, or equivalent thereof in Madison County, and any municipal judge in Madison County.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.29 - Failure to Appear.

Section 45-45-233.29Failure to appear. (a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this subpart, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Such a person convicted of such misdemeanor shall be punished as provided for in the Alabama Criminal Code, or other applicable law. (b) Failure to appear after notice of the appearance date shall be prima facie evidence that the failure to appear was willful. Whether the person was warned when released of the penalties for failure to appear, shall be a factor in determining whether the failure to appear was willful. The district attorney or any assistant district attorney, or any other person responsible for administering this subpart, shall initiate prosecution for violation of this provision by making affidavit for a warrant to be issued by any officer authorized to issue warrants. The person who failed to appear shall be arrested and shall be brought before a judicial officer in the county in the same way other misdemeanor prosecutions proceed. (c) A defendant may be convicted under this section, even if he or she has not received actual notice of the appearance date, if (1) reasonable efforts to notify the defendant have been made, and (2) the defendant, by his or her own actions, has frustrated the receipt of actual notice.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.30 - Revocation of Release - Violation of Condition of Release.

Section 45-45-233.30Revocation of release - Violation of condition of release. (a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-45-233.28 and who has violated a condition of release, shall be subject to revocation of release and, in addition, may be prosecuted for contempt of court. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release may be initiated upon notice by the warrant magistrate, assistant warrant magistrate, or any person responsible for administering this subpart, to the district attorney. A warrant for the arrest of a person charged with violating a condition of release may be issued by an officer authorized to issue warrants, on the affidavit of the district attorney or any assistant district attorney, or on the affidavit of any person responsible for administering this subpart. The person arrested under such a warrant shall be brought before a judicial officer in the county. No order of revocation shall be entered unless, after hearing, the judicial officer finds that there is clear and convincing evidence that the person has violated a condition of his or her release due to inattention, negligence, or by act of will. (c) Contempt sanctions may be imposed upon a hearing and in accordance with procedures applicable to criminal contempt, if it is established that the person violated a condition of his or her release. The contempt proceedings shall be expedited and heard by the court without a jury. A person found guilty of contempt for violation of a condition of release shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.31 - Revocation of Release - Probable Cause of Felony or Misdemeanor.

Section 45-45-233.31Revocation of release - Probable cause of felony or misdemeanor. (a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-45-233.28 and as to whom there is probable cause to believe he or she has committed a felony or misdemeanor while released, shall be subject to revocation of release. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release for the ground in this section, may be initiated by any person responsible for administering this subpart giving notice to the district attorney. After the district attorney has received notice, a warrant for the arrest of a person who is charged with violating the conditions of release under this section, may by issued by any officer authorized to issue warrants, on the affidavit of the district attorney or any assistant district attorney, or on the affidavit of any person responsible for administering this subpart. The person arrested under such a warrant shall be brought before a judicial officer in the county. No order of revocation shall be entered unless, after a hearing, the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that (1) a state or federal magistrate, judge, or judicial officer or grand jury has found probable cause to believe that the person has committed a felony or misdemeanor and (2) such felony or misdemeanor was committed while the person was released under this subpart on the prior charge.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.32 - Bribery.

Section 45-45-233.32Bribery. Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety on bail bonds in Madison County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Madison County who shall pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value including any stock or beneficial interest in a surety or bail bond company to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or to any public official or public employee in order to induce any sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or other public official or employee to favor any person, firm, or corporation in any activities related to the bail bond business including, but not limited to, the approval or disapproval of bail bonds, and access to any jail where prisoners are housed shall be guilty of bribery and shall be punished as prescribed by Section 13A-10-61.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.33 - Accepting a Bribe.

Section 45-45-233.33Accepting a bribe. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or any public official or employee, who receives a fee or rebate or receives or agrees to receive anything of value, including any stock or a beneficial interest in a surety or bail bond company, from any person engaged in the bail bond business, or from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the bail bond business or otherwise engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety on bail bonds, with an understanding, expressed or implied, that his or her actions, decisions, or judgment will be influenced thereby or that he or she will favor any person, firm, or corporation in the approval or disapproval of bail bonds or in granting access to any jail where prisoners are kept, shall be guilty of accepting a bribe and shall be punished as prescribed by Section 13A-10-61.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.34 - Forfeiture of Cash or Security.

Section 45-45-233.34Forfeiture of cash or security. All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise retained pursuant to this subpart shall be paid over to the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund hereby created, to be used to implement this subpart.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.36 - Transfer of Funds; Grants.

Section 45-45-233.36Transfer of funds; grants. Any funds which have been collected pursuant to Act 895, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1753) and Act 608, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 867) as amended by Act 435, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1045) and which on April 25, 1978, are unexpended shall be paid over to the fund established pursuant to Section 45-45-233.23. Any federal or state grants which, on April 25, 1978, have been approved for the purpose of aiding in the implementation of the aforesaid acts shall be transferred to the fund established pursuant to Section 45-45-233.23 if legally permissible under the conditions of such grants, and if such is not legally permissible the proceeds of such grants shall be used under the direction of the commission for the purpose of carrying out the provisions hereof. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to disqualify any grant which has heretofore been approved.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.37 - Contempt of Court.

Section 45-45-233.37Contempt of court. Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-45-233.38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Work and Pretrial Release.|Section 45-45-233.38 - Procedures Cumulative.

Section 45-45-233.38Procedures cumulative. The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law.  (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 19.)