(a) This section shall only apply to Jackson County.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-36-80.01

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) In addition to all other fees or costs levied, the county commission may require that there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10), for the service of each paper or document by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding in any court in Jackson County, whether the proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The sum shall be collected in each court in which any service of any papers or documents is made by the sheriff. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in the cases in the respective courts and deposited in the county general fund.