Alabama § 45-26-80.02 - Additional Costs in Certain Cases; Elmore County Circuit Clerks Fund; Judicial Complex.
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§ 45-26-80.02. Additional Costs in Certain Cases; Elmore County Circuit Clerks Fund; Judicial Complex.
(a) This section shall apply only in Elmore County.
(b) In addition to any court costs now authorized in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of Elmore County, there shall be assessed and collected an additional court cost of thirty dollars ($30) in all civil and criminal cases, including traffic cases, in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of the county except for protection from abuse cases pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 30, and small claims cases.
(c)(1) One half of the additional court costs collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Elmore County Circuit Clerks Fund and used for the same purposes as the fund is used on September 1, 2011.
(2) One half of the additional court costs and fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the county and appropriated by the Elmore County Commission to fund the operations of the Elmore County Judicial Complex.
(d) Nothing in this section shall impair the authority of a circuit or district judge to waive or to remit the court costs and fees assessed pursuant to this section upon the sworn and valid showing of substantial financial hardship.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the assessment and collection of the additional court cost pursuant to this section not diminish or take the place of any other source of funds for the office of the circuit clerk or the operation of the judicial complex.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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