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AL Code § 45-49-171.65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.65 - Issuance of Death Certificate.

Section 45-49-171.65Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death, the county medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or his or her designated assistant, may execute a death certificate in the form required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified, or if the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the body which he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, or circumstances of death and the identity of the deceased. The county medical examiner or a qualified pathologist under his or her direction, shall then execute a death certificate in the form required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.66 - Autopsy or Postmortem Examination.

Section 45-49-171.66Autopsy or postmortem examination. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county medical examiner, at the written direction of the district attorney or his or her authorized representative, in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (b) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county medical examiner, or his or her designated pathologist, when he or she suspects the death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or the cause of death is obscure or in his or her opinion, an autopsy is advisable and in the public interest. (c) In a death where the county medical examiner does not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be performed, but the next of kin of the deceased requests that an autopsy be performed, the state medical examiner, or a designated pathologist, may perform the autopsy and the cost therefor shall be paid by the next of kin.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.67 - Personal Effects on or About Body.

Section 45-49-171.67Personal effects on or about body. The County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval of the county medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. Such personal effects may be retained as evidence if deemed necessary or forthwith be returned to the next of kin.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.68 - Reporting of Death; Violations.

Section 45-49-171.68Reporting of death; violations.  It shall be the duty of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County. Deaths reportable to the county medical examiner must be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. Any person who knowingly fails to make such report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner and outside the exceptions stated, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or sentenced, or both, according to law.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.69 - Issuance of Subpoenas.

Section 45-49-171.69Issuance of subpoenas. While investigating a death hereunder, the county medical examiner or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tis- sues, or fluids as may be required by the investigation.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.70 - Immunity Form Civil or Criminal Liability.

Section 45-49-171.70Immunity form civil or criminal liability. Neither the county medical examiner nor any member of his or her staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences nor any member of the department's staff or agents, shall incur any civil or criminal liability for the proper performance of their duties under this subpart.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.71 - Admissibility of Reports of Death Investigations.

Section 45-49-171.71Admissibility of reports of death investigations. The reports of death investigations conducted by the county medical examiner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Mobile County, with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences officials. Provided, however, any person preparing a report given in evidence under this subpart may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.72 - Powers and Duties of Coroners.

Section 45-49-171.72Powers and duties of coroners. In addition to the duties and authority described above, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall also have all duties and authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the law of Alabama.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.73 - Compensation.

Section 45-49-171.73Compensation. The state medical examiner shall serve as county medical examiner for Mobile County with no personal compensation from Mobile County.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.74 - Transfer of Title to Property; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-49-171.74Transfer of title to property; disposition of funds. Upon July 22, 1987, title and control of all equipment in the Mobile County Coroner's office shall be transferred by Mobile County to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall receive also, on an annual basis, all funds appropriated by the county commission for the coroner's office. Such appropriation shall be the amount agreed to between the county governing body and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences each year, but shall not be less than the amount appropriated to the coroner's office in the county's 1986-87 fiscal year budget. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall utilize all such funds to support death investigation in Mobile County.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.75 - Transportation of Bodies.

Section 45-49-171.75Transportation of bodies. This subpart makes no changes in the funding of, responsibility for, or existing methods of transporting bodies in Mobile County. The Department of Forensic Sciences is assigned no additional responsibilities for transportation of bodies under this subpart.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.76 - Annual Report.

Section 45-49-171.76Annual report. The county medical examiner shall make an annual report to the county governing body listing the number of deaths investigated, the determinations made, and other reasonable facts as required by the governing body.  (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Medical Examiner.|Section 45-49-171.77 - Cornea Tissue Transplants.

Section 45-49-171.77Cornea tissue transplants. (a) The medical examiner or forensic science pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the Eye Bank Association of America under all of the following conditions: (1) If a decedent who may provide a suitable cornea for the transplant is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist and an autopsy will be required in accordance with state law. (2) If no objection by the next of kin is known by the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist. (3) If the cornea for transplant will not interfere with the subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy or will alter the postmortem facial appearance. (b) Upon compliance with this section, the medical examiner or forensic science pathologist or the certified eye bank shall not have any civil or criminal liability.  (Act 86-406, p. 595, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-171.100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 5 - Mental Health.|Section 45-49-171.100 - Temporary Custody of Alleged Mentally Ill Persons Under Emergency Situations.

Section 45-49-171.100Temporary custody of alleged mentally ill persons under emergency situations. (a) In Mobile County, upon a finding by the judge of probate that there is no designated mental health facility as defined by Section 22-52-90, the judge of probate may order that those certain persons who fall within the provisions of Article 5, commencing with Section 22-52-90, Chapter 52, Title 22, may be detained at an appropriate public, private, or state mental health facility within or outside the county subject to the facility’s concurrence. (b) In Mobile County, a community health officer, as defined by Section 22-52-90, may also be employed by a certified public or private nonprofit mental health agency or organization subject to the approval of the judge of probate of the county. (c) The foregoing provisions shall be supplemental to Article 5, commencing with Section 22-52-90, Chapter 52, Title 22, which provides for the evaluation and possible temporary detention of certain alleged mentally ill persons utilizing the services of a community mental health officer pending a probable cause hearing.  (Act 99-315, p. 424, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-49-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-49-201 - Supplemental Salary.

Section 45-49-201Supplemental salary. (a) Effective upon the expiration of the current term of office, the License Commissioner of Mobile County shall be paid an annual supplemental salary in the amount of ten thousand and five hundred dollars ($10,500). (b)(1) The supplemental salary, as above determined, is in addition to the salaries or compensation payable under Section 40-6A-2, and shall be paid on a pro rata basis out of the first monies collected each tax year by the license commissioner and paid into the general fund of the county. The pro rata share of the supplemental salary to be paid by each fund or agency receiving ad valorem taxes shall be determined by computing the percentage that the total collections for each agency bears to the total collection of ad valorem taxes by the license commissioner. The supplemental salary shall then be paid from the county general fund in 12 equal monthly installments. (2) The supplemental salary herein provided shall be the total compensation payable to the license commissioner in addition to that provided by Section 40-6A-2, and shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, per diem, or other compensation previously provided by local act to such official.  (Act 91-370, p. 703, §§ 1, 2; Act 92-65, p. 131, § 1; Act 97-617, p. 1084, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 2 - Fees.|Section 45-49-201.20 - License Fees - Motor Vehicle, Business, Professional.

Section 45-49-201.20License fees - Motor vehicle, business, professional. (a) In Mobile County there is hereby authorized to be charged and collected by the license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, or other public officer performing like duties an issuance, application, or license transfer fee as follows: (1) Motor vehicle license tag or validation decal issuance fee .......$1.00 (2) Motor vehicle license transfer fee (with completed application form) ................................... .50 (3) Motor vehicle license transfer fee (without completed application form) ............................... 1.00 (4) Business license issuance fee.................................. 1.00 (5) Business license mail fee ..................................... 1.00 (6) Professional license issuance fee .............................. 1.00 (7) Professional license mail fee ..................................1.00 (8) Transfer or issuance of all other licenses under Sections 40-12-41 to 40-12-179, inclusive ...............................................1.00 (b) The fees authorized under this section shall be remitted by the license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, or other county public officer performing like duties, to the general fund of the county at the same time and in the same manner as other such fees are distributed and remitted.  (Acts 1976, No. 722, p. 1005, §§ 1, 2; Act 92-66, p. 131, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 2 - Fees.|Section 45-49-201.21 - Special Issuance Fee.

Section 45-49-201.21Special issuance fee. (a)(1) In Mobile County, the Mobile County Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) to be collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manufactured home registration, business license application, or other instrument registered or application applied for in the office of the license commissioner. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges provided by law. (2) The fee authorized by this section shall be set by the Mobile County Commission, by resolution of the commission, adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting. (b) The issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a segregated account of the office of the license commissioner and expended by the license commissioner for the preservation and storage of records relating to motor vehicle registration, boat registration, and business licenses as prescribed by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and for the purchase, installation, improvement, development, upgrading, and maintenance of equipment and technology in the office of the License Commissioner of Mobile County. (c) This section is cumulative and shall not alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County.  (Act 2013-292, p. 1001, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 3 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-201.40 - Deposit of Monies by License Commissioner and Other Elected Officials; Deposit of Fiduciary Accounts of the Probate Court.

Section 45-49-201.40Deposit of monies by license commissioner and other elected officials; deposit of fiduciary accounts of the probate court. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the license commissioner and other elected officials of Mobile County shall deposit all collection of monies by his or her office in an interest-bearing checking account or interest-bearing savings account within Mobile County. (b) Funds deposited in the probate court of the county in any of its fiduciary accounts shall be exempt from the above interest requirement. Fiduciary funds or individual fiduciary accounts may be placed in interest-bearing accounts at the discretion of the judge of probate pursuant to an investment policy to be established by and deemed by the probate court to be efficient and cost effective.  (Act 86-227, p. 335, § 1; Act 98-567, p. 1270, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 3 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-201.41 - Establishment of Citronelle Branch Office.

Section 45-49-201.41Establishment of Citronelle branch office. In Mobile County, within the City of Citronelle, there is hereby established a branch office of the county license commissioner. The office created by this section shall be funded by monies from the county general fund and shall perform all functions and duties of the license commissioner, along with certain duties and responsibilities of other county officials.  (Act 86-477, p. 909, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 3 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-201.42 - Voiding of License for Invalid Payment.

Section 45-49-201.42Voiding of license for invalid payment. (a) In Mobile County in cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the license commissioner shall notify the county commission, who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. The license commissioner is also authorized to attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the county commission shall so state and such statement shall constitute authorization for the license commissioner to void any license in question. Once such license has been voided, the license commissioner 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 said agencies that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations will be prosecuted in accordance with current law. The license commissioner shall not be personally liable for any bad check. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to such matters; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.  (Act 89-494, p. 1028, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-201.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Division 3 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-201.43 - Secretary.

Section 45-49-201.43Secretary. The License Commissioner of Mobile County may appoint a qualified person to serve as a secretary to the license commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the license commissioner. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed that of the salary of the secretaries to the Mobile County Commissioners and shall be payable in equal installments upon warrants drawn from the county treasury in the same manner as county employees.  (Act 2010-266, p. 487, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization and Tax Officials.|Division 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-49-240 - Additional Expense Allowances.

Section 45-49-240Additional expense allowances. (a) The Chair of the Mobile County Board of Equalization shall receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250) per year and the members of the board shall each receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($2,250) per year. The expense allowance shall be given to cover expenses incurred by them in and about the performance of their duties as such officers. These allowances shall be in addition to any salary or allowance now allowed to them by law, and shall be paid to them monthly from the general funds of the county. (b) The Chair of the Mobile County Board of Equalization shall receive an additional expense allowance of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per year and the members of the board shall each receive an additional expense allowance of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per year. The expense allowances shall be given to cover expenses incurred by them in and about the performance of their duties as such officers. These allowances shall be in addition to any compensation or allowances now allowed to them by law, and shall be paid to them monthly from the general funds of the county. (Act 80-335, p. 455, §1; Act 89-523, p. 1071, §1.)