Alabama § 45-47-80.02 - Additional Court Costs - Circuit Clerk’s Fund.
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§ 45-47-80.02. Additional Court Costs - Circuit Clerk’s Fund.
(a) Any court costs assessed pursuant to Act 720 of the 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 1035), in the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, before September 1, 2011, and which were collected after September 1, 2011, pursuant to assessment as provided above for distribution to the public defender fund of each county in the circuit, shall be distributed to the circuit clerk’s fund of the respective counties in the circuit.
(b) In addition, the distribution of any funds collected pursuant to Act 720 before September 1, 2011, which were distributed after the public defender fund was no longer operable by order of the presiding circuit court judge, or otherwise, are retroactively ratified and confirmed as to the distribution to the respective circuit clerk’s funds in the circuit.
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, while a supernumerary circuit clerk may take an oath of office and serve as an active circuit clerk if requested by the Chief Justice, he or she is not required to take an oath of office.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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