(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Calhoun County in the 7th Judicial Circuit, there shall be levied and assessed the following court costs:

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 45-8-81.04

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Forty dollars ($40) in all domestic violence cases, violation of protection from abuse cases, stalking cases, or any other case which is determined by the judge to be a domestic violence case.
(2) Forty dollars ($40) in all drug possession cases, to include possession of controlled substances, attempt to commit a controlled substance crime distribution of controlled substances, possession of marijuana first and second degree, trafficking of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia, or any other case which is determined by the judge to be a drug possession case.
(3) Twelve dollars ($12) in all traffic cases.
(b) Unless remitted by the court, upon the conviction or dismissal, the clerk of the court in which the case originates shall collect the court costs. The clerk shall retain two dollars ($2) in each of the court costs listed above as an administrative cost. The remaining proceeds shall be collected and maintained by the clerk of court and remitted quarterly to the Calhoun County Commission, which shall place the monies in a designated account in the county treasury earmarked for the Calhoun County Dependency Drug Court, the Calhoun County Juvenile Drug Court, and the Calhoun County Adult Felony Drug Court. A committee composed of the judge over the Calhoun County Dependency Drug Court and the judge over the Calhoun County Adult Felony Drug Court shall determine the division of the proceeds between agencies enumerated in this subsection, with priority given to the programs with greater number of participants. The committee shall annually submit a budget to the county commission for appropriation in the next fiscal year.
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