(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall be levied and assessed by the clerk of the court a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in the following domestic violence cases:

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

Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-36-80.04

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Any case in which the defendant is assessed court costs for any of the following offenses:

a. Domestic violence in the first degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-130.
b. Domestic violence in the second degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-131.
c. Domestic violence in the third degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-132.
d. Domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation pursuant to Section 13A-6-138.
e. Violation of a protective order pursuant to Section 13A-6-142.
(2) Any case in which the judge has issued a final order on a petition for protection from abuse pursuant to Sections 30-5-1 to 30-5-11.
(b) The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs. The clerk of the municipal court shall remit the proceeds to the circuit clerk monthly, and the circuit court shall remit all of the proceeds collected or received by the clerk quarterly to the Jackson County Commission or, in the case of court costs collected by the municipal court, to the governing body of the municipality. The court costs shall be disbursed by the county commission or governing body of the municipality to Crisis Services of Jackson County to be used to provide services to victims of domestic violence in Jackson County.
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