(a) In Lee County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20), for the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding in any court in Lee 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.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-41-82
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.
(b) All funds generated by this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Lee County.(c) The provisions of this section are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating court costs; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
