(a) In Jackson County, in addition to any and all court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, the following fees shall be charged and collected by the circuit court clerk on the following cases:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-36-80

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Additional court costs in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed and collected on all small claims, domestic relations, and traffic cases filed in the Jackson County Circuit Clerk’s office and all municipal court cases filed in the several municipal courts of Jackson County, Alabama.
(2) Additional court costs in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) shall be assessed and collected on all district civil and district criminal cases filed in the circuit clerk’s office.
(3) Additional court costs in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75) shall be assessed and collected on all circuit civil and circuit criminal cases filed in the Jackson County Circuit Clerk’s office.
(4) In addition to any other costs and charges now provided by law, a monthly supervision fee shall be assessed and collected by the community corrections office or court referral officer in the amount of ten dollars ($10).
(5) Additional court costs in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day shall be assessed and collected upon conviction against each person incarcerated or booked in the Jackson County jail.
(6) Additional court costs in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be assessed and collected in criminal cases involving convictions for the sale or trafficking of controlled substances.
(7) All applicants for professional surety or professional bail companies shall pay a fee of five hundred dollars ($500) at the time the application is submitted to the circuit clerk. There shall also be a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each bondsman process that is obtained by the aforementioned companies.
(b) The additional fees and costs provided herein, when collected by the clerks, shall be paid to the General Fund of Jackson County to be used for the planning, construction, or maintaining the Jackson County jail and for operations of the Jackson County jail. Appropriations may be made to the circuit clerk for collection of these costs.
(c) The aforementioned fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.
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