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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-26 | Administrative fee for periodic payments; payment to General Fund; notice of fee. |
There is hereby imposed an administrative fee of $1.00 to be collected by the clerks of the circuit and district courts and the registers of the circuit courts for the + See morereceipt and disbursement of each periodic payment made to their offices under any order, decree or judgment of the circuit or district court which provides for periodic and continuing payments of alimony, child support, or court-ordered restitution, except for payments received from a responding state pursuant to Sections 30-4-80 through 30-4-98
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$1 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-170 | Docket fees to be uniform for criminal cases; exception for conservation cases. |
Docket fees for criminal cases shall be uniform by court level and type of case; except, that in all conservation cases the docket fee shall be increased to include an + See morearrest and bond fee of $7.00.
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$7 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(1)b. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:(1) District Court: b. Issuance of alias writ 20.00 | $20 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(1)c. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:(1) District Court: c. Misdemeanor-violation 117.00 | $117 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(1)e. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:(1) District Court: e. Preliminary hearing 30.00 | $30 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(1)f. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:(1) District Court: f. Bond forfeiture 65.00 | $65 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-173(b) | Distribution of docket fees -- Cases in circuit and district courts in which bond forfeited. |
Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees for bond forfeitures in district and circuit courts shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be deposited into + See morethe Fair Trial Tax Fund.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(2)a. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (2) Circuit Court:a. Issuance of alias writ 30.00 | $30 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(2)b. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (2) Circuit Court:b. Misdemeanor 117.00 | $117 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(2)d. | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | (2) Circuit Court:d. Bond forfeiture 65.00 | $65 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(a)(3) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | Docket fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district court or circuit court shall be assessed at eighty-five dollars ($85) | $85 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(b) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | A fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be collected for the issuance of each witness subpoena. | $8 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(C) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts. | Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees in criminal and juvenile cases shall be increased by five dollars ($5) | $5 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(a)(2) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for municipal ordinance cases in the district court:(2) Issuance of alias writ 20.00 | $20 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(a)(3) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for municipal ordinance cases in the district court:(3) Other ordinance violations 117.00 | $117 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(a)(4) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts. | (a) The following docket fees shall be collected for municipal ordinance cases in the district court:(4) Bond forfeiture 65.00 | $65 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(b) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts. | Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fee in municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts shall be increased by five dollars ($5) | $5 | All | Yes | Court | No |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(3) | Schedule and distribution of fees -- Municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts. |
In addition to the fees now authorized by law, an additional fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed in municipal courts upon conviction of a municipal ordinance violation, excluding + See moreparking violations.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-180(a) |
Criminal history processing fee; allocation of monies; access to court data from within and without Unified Judicial System; user fees to be deposited in Court Automation Fund; section not bar + See moreto public access to court records.
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In addition to all other costs, fees, or fines prescribed by law, each person convicted of a crime in a municipal, district, or circuit court, except traffic cases which do + See morenot involve driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances as set out in Section 32-5A-191, and conservation cases and juvenile cases, shall be assessed a criminal history processing fee of thirty dollars ($30). The assessment shall be automatically assessed by the clerk of the court upon conviction.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-181(a) | Schedule and distribution of additional fees. |
(a) In addition to any other docket fees provided by law, including, but not limited to, the docket fees provided in Sections 12-19-171 and 12-19-176, the following fees shall be + See moreautomatically assessed in cases in municipal, juvenile, district, and circuit courts upon conviction or adjudication of the defendant of any of the following offenses:(1) Unlawful possession of marihuana in the second degree in violation of Section 13A-12-214 $40
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$40 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | No |
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