Alabama § 45-49-201.21 - Special Issuance Fee.
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§ 45-49-201.21. Special Issuance Fee.
(a)(1) In Mobile County, the Mobile County Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) to be collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manufactured home registration, business license application, or other instrument registered or application applied for in the office of the license commissioner. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges provided by law.
(2) The fee authorized by this section shall be set by the Mobile County Commission, by resolution of the commission, adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting.
(b) The issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a segregated account of the office of the license commissioner and expended by the license commissioner for the preservation and storage of records relating to motor vehicle registration, boat registration, and business licenses as prescribed by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and for the purchase, installation, improvement, development, upgrading, and maintenance of equipment and technology in the office of the License Commissioner of Mobile County.
(c) This section is cumulative and shall not alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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