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AL Code § 45-30-82.23 (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 45-30-82.23 - Official Record of Instruments.

Section 45-30-82.23Official record of instruments. Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files, to be stored and filed on either optical disk, or on paper, as seen fit by county, and shall constitute the official record of the instruments for the purpose of Section 12-13-43. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §4.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.24 (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 45-30-82.24 - Relation to Other Laws.

Section 45-30-82.24Relation to other laws. All laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of lis pendens, declarations of claims or exemption, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §5.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.25 (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 45-30-82.25 - Payment of Costs.

Section 45-30-82.25Payment of costs. The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the cost of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after the initial installation, any improved system installed pursuant to this subpart. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §6.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.26 (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 45-30-82.26 - Special Recording Fee - Real Property, Personal Property, and Ucc Instruments.

Section 45-30-82.26Special recording fee - Real property, personal property, and UCC instruments. Effective September 16, 1997, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each UCC filing that may be filed for record in the office of judge of probate and with respect to other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate and on and after that date, no instrument or document shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or UCC filing, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. Any, all, or none of the special recording fee may be charged at the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees so collected shall be paid into a special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system or for other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate. The above fee may be adjusted from time to time by the Franklin County Commission with the approval of the judge of probate. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §7.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.27 (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 45-30-82.27 - Special Recording Fee - Probate Court Cases.

Section 45-30-82.27Special recording fee - Probate court cases. Effective September 16, 1997, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every court case filed in the Probate Court of Franklin County. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The additional fee shall be paid into the special fund of the judge of probate as created in Section 45-30-82.26. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §8.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.28 (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 45-30-82.28 - Special Transaction Fee.

Section 45-30-82.28Special transaction fee. Effective September 16, 1997, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate with respect to every transaction not covered by Section 45-30-82.26 or Section 45-30-82.27 occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of, the office of the judge of probate, which amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The additional fee shall be paid into the special fund of the judge of probate as created in Section 45-30-82.26. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §9.)
AL Code § 45-30-82.29 (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 45-30-82.29 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-30-82.29Disposition of funds. Effective September 16, 1997, any and all revenues generated either directly or indirectly due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be paid directly in the aforementioned special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate. (Act 97-902, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 284, §10.)
AL Code § 45-30-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 1 - Employees.|Section 45-30-240 - Clerks.

Section 45-30-240Clerks. (a) In Franklin County, the tax assessor, tax collector, and judge of probate each are hereby authorized to appoint not less than one clerk and any additional clerks to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties. Such clerks as are appointed under this section shall serve at the pleasure of the officer making such appointment. (b) Such clerks as are appointed under this section shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the county commission. Such salary to be set in accordance with adopted county personnel policy to be paid out of the county general fund. The county commission is hereby authorized to increase the number of clerks in the aforesaid offices when in the judgment of the commission that a need exists. (Act 79-503, p. 916, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.20 - Creation; Branch Office.

Section 45-30-240.20Creation; branch office. There is hereby created within the tax assessor’s office in Franklin County, Alabama, a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses and titles through the tax assessor’s office. Such license division shall also operate and maintain a branch office in Red Bay, Alabama, which shall be computerized to facilitate the issuance of such licenses and titles. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.21 - Duties; Collection of Monies.

Section 45-30-240.21Duties; collection of monies. The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate and tax collector. The judge of probate and tax collector of Franklin County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the issuance of licenses and collection of certain monies on such motor vehicles. The tax assessor shall receive all monies now collected by the judge of probate and the tax collector for performing such duties and such monies shall be remitted to the county general fund. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §2.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.22 - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-30-240.22Recordkeeping. The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle 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. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time in the same manner that other officials with the duties 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 the officials are required to account for by law. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §3.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.23 - Voiding of License for Invalid Payment.

Section 45-30-240.23Voiding of license for invalid payment. In cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the tax assessor shall notify the license inspector, who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the license inspector shall so state and such statement shall constitute authorization for the judge of probate to void any license in question. Once such license has been voided, the tax assessor shall receive credit for the cost of the license plus the issuance fee. The appropriate state office shall mark the records pertaining to the void license and, upon inquiry by law enforcement agencies, shall notify the agencies that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §4.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.24 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License.

Section 45-30-240.24Payment of tax required for issuance of license. 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 tax assessor, until the ad valorem tax on such vehicles shall have been paid to the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt from the tax assessor. 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 tax assessor who shall issue a certificate of assessment on a form prescribed by the State 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 86-339, p. 523, §5.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.25 - Assessment.

Section 45-30-240.25Assessment. Before any vehicle can be assessed, the tax assessor shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the tax assessor 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 tax assessor 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. Those motor vehicles brought into the state during any tax year and new motor vehicles for which licenses have never been issued that have been sold from the stock of a dealer during any tax year, shall be subject to taxation as if they had been held or owned in the state on the first day of October. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §6.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 2 - Motor Vehicle License Division.|Section 45-30-240.26 - Renewal by Mail; Mail Order Fee.

Section 45-30-240.26Renewal by mail; mail order fee. The tax assessor, at his or her discretion, may mail an 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 post card 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 tax assessor 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 tax assessor at the time of issuance and paid over to the general fund of the county as are other fees and commissions. (Act 86-339, p. 523, §7.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 4 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-30-240.70 - Budgetary Operations and Functions.

Section 45-30-240.70Budgetary operations and functions. (a) The Tax Assessor of Franklin County is hereby authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. Hereafter, the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes collected in the county. This section is not intended to affect any other county office. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the tax assessor’s office in Franklin County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 88-415, p. 613, §§1, 2; Act 88-564, p. 884, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 4 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-30-240.71 - Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 45-30-240.71Disposition of proceeds. In order that Franklin County might be able to purchase and maintain a unified and modern computerized system for county records, the proceeds from that fee prescribed in Section 40-4-5, to be limited to one dollar thirty-five cents ($1.35) per transaction, on transactions performed by the county tax assessor shall be distributed annually as follows: (1) The first thirty-five cents ($.35) of such proceeds shall go into the county general fund for the needs as determined by the county commission. (2) Six thousand dollars ($6,000) of the remaining proceeds shall go to the tax assessor as an expense allowance for performing the duties of such office, to be paid in equal monthly installments. (3) The next nine thousand dollars ($9,000) of such proceeds shall be deposited in the county general fund. (4) The next twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) of such proceeds shall be used for the upkeep and maintenance of the computer system, and thereafter. (5) The remainder of any and all such funds shall remain in the county general fund. (Act 85-685, p. 1099, §1; Act 91-278, p. 533; §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 4 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-30-240.72 - Maintenance of Records; Public Access.

Section 45-30-240.72Maintenance of records; public access. (a) As used in this section public officer means the Tax Assessor and the Revenue Commissioner of Franklin County. (b) Every public officer having custody of any public writing, record, or document, including, but not limited to, property record cards and work cards, shall permit any person to inspect and have direct access to any public writing, record, or document, as required by law. (c)(1) During the hours the Franklin County Courthouse is open, an employee in the office of the tax assessor or the revenue commissioner shall be assigned to the room where property record cards and work cards are stored. In addition to his or her regular responsibilities, the employee shall have the responsibility to make certain that the public has direct access to the property record cards or work cards, or both. The responsibilities of the employee shall also include preserving and protecting the property record cards and work cards. (2) In no case shall the property record cards or work cards, or both, be allowed to leave the room where they are stored, except under the direct supervision of the tax assessor, revenue commissioner, or his or her designee. (3) A register shall be maintained by the employee assigned to the room where the property record cards and work cards are stored. The register, as a minimum, shall include the following: a. Visitors who enter the room where the property record cards and work cards are stored shall sign in. b. The property record cards and work cards reviewed during the visit shall be listed on the register. This register shall be kept confidential by the tax assessor or revenue commissioner, as to not violate client confidentiality. c. The visitor shall sign out as he or she exits the room where the property record cards and work cards are stored. d. The employee shall sign the register showing that the property record cards and work cards have been returned by the visitor. (4) Absolutely no money shall be kept in the room where the property record cards and work cards are stored. (5) This section shall be in effect during the hours in which the Franklin County Courthouse is open to the public. (d) It is the responsibility of the tax assessor to keep property record cards and work cards updated. (Act 93-527, p. 864, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-30-240.73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Revenue Commisioner.|Division 4 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-30-240.73 - Tax Sales, Redemption Duties Transferred.

Section 45-30-240.73Tax sales, redemption duties transferred. (a) This section shall apply only in Franklin County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding real property sales for failure to pay taxes and subsequent redemption heretofore performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the revenue commissioner. (Act 2012-226, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-30-245.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Division 2 - 1988 Tax.|Section 45-30-245.30 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-30-245.30Levy of tax. (a) In addition to the tax levied by subpart 1, there is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Franklin County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: (1) Four cents ($0.04) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Four cents ($0.04) for each package of 20 little cigars made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (3) Four cents ($0.04) for each cigar of any description other than those described in subdivision (2) made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (4) Four cents ($0.04) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (5) Four cents ($0.04) for each sack, plug, package, or subdivision (4). (6) Four cents ($0.04) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (7) Fifteen cents ($0.15) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed. (b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes heretofore imposed by law. (c) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, such payment shall be sufficient, the intent being that such license tax hereby required to be paid shall be paid but once on each package of cigarettes and on each cigar. (Act 88-413, p. 608, §1; Act 88-562, p. 881, §1 ; Act 88-827, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 287, §1; Act 88-889, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 440, §1.)