Alabama § 45-13-82.01 - Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Civil Cases; Fair Trial Tax Fund.
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§ 45-13-82.01. Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Civil Cases; Fair Trial Tax Fund.
(a) In all civil cases in the circuit and district courts in Clarke County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The solicitor’s fee in civil cases shall be in the same amount as the docket fee or court cost which is assessed in civil cases in the circuit and district courts and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: Three dollars ($3) from each case to the office of circuit clerk to be deposited into the Circuit Clerk’s Fund and to be used as provided by law for the operation of the office of the circuit clerk and the remainder of each fee to the solicitor’s fund or district attorney’s fund in the county or to the fund in the county that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee.
(b) The solicitor’s fee may be expended by the district attorney for the payments of any and all expenses incurred and for any legitimate law enforcement purpose.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-13-82.01 ("Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Civil Cases; Fair Trial Tax Fund.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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