(a) The following distribution shall be made of docket fees for traffic infractions and boating violations in district court:

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-19-179

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1) Three dollars ($3) to the Police Officers’ Annuity Fund.
(2) Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.
(3) Eight dollars fifty cents ($8.50) to the State Drivers’ Fund.
(4) Forty-nine dollars ($49) to the State General Fund; provided, that in boating violation cases initiated by a county law enforcement officer, twenty-four dollars and fifty cents ($24.50) shall be paid into the State General Fund and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents ($24.50) shall be paid into the county general fund.
(5) Three dollars ($3) to the county general fund.
(6) An arrest fee of five dollars ($5) to the State General Fund or the state funds prescribed by law; except, that the arrest fee shall be paid into the county general fund in cases initiated by county law enforcement officers.
(7) Two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) to the District Attorney Fund or to the fund prescribed by law for district attorney fees.
(8) Five dollars ($5) to the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund.
(b) The additional five dollars ($5) assessed and collected in traffic cases in district court, effective October 1, 2000, shall be distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.
(c) Fees for issuance of alias writs from circuit and district courts shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Writs issuing from district court:

a. Two dollars ($2) to the county general fund.
b. Eighteen dollars ($18) to the State General Fund.
(2) Writs issuing from circuit court:

a. Five dollars ($5) to the county general fund.
b. Twenty-five dollars ($25) to the State General Fund.
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