Alabama § 45-35-81.01 - Additional Court Costs - Criminal and Civil Cases.
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§ 45-35-81.01. Additional Court Costs - Criminal and Civil Cases.
(a) This section shall apply only in Houston County.
(b) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Houston County, an additional docket fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed in each case. The fee shall be collected in all cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest.
(c) In all civil cases filed in small claims court, district court, or circuit court, including child support and domestic relations cases, an additional fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per case shall be assessed in each case.
(d) Any fees collected pursuant to this section shall be disbursed monthly as follows:
(1) Ten dollars ($10) of the fee shall be distributed to the Houston County General Fund for the operation of the county jail.
(2) Ten dollars ($10) shall be distributed to the district attorney’s office or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the district attorney’s office.
(e) Fees authorized by this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs and shall not be waived or remitted unless all fees are waived.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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