Alabama § 45-45-232.04 - Background Check Fee.
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§ 45-45-232.04. Background Check Fee.
(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a local criminal history background check on persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons if the sheriff is authorized by law to conduct a background check and release the information. The fee provided by this section shall not apply to a person applying for a pistol permit.
(b) All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Madison County Commission and placed into a separate account entitled Madison County Criminal History Background Check Account to be used for the betterment of county law enforcement available upon requisition of the sheriff for that purpose.
(c) The charging of a fee for a local criminal history background check, the payment of the fees to the local criminal history background check account, and the requisition by the sheriff of funds from the local criminal history background check account for the betterment of county law enforcement prior to April 21, 2004, are hereby validated and confirmed.
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Section 45-45-232.04 ("Background Check Fee.") 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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