Alabama § 45-54-82.01 - Special Recording Fee.
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§ 45-54-82.01. Special Recording Fee.
(a) On and after the date this section becomes applicable to Pickens County, a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office of the county, and, on and after that date, no instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of three dollars ($3) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office of the county. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited into the judge of probate account of the probate office to be expended by the judge of probate at his or her discretion for the improvement of the equipment and operations of the probate office, for supplements to the salaries of employees of the probate office, and for any type of commercial advertising relating to public information on probate affairs that are of interest to the general public.
(b) At the end of the first fiscal year after October 1, 1984, the chair of the county commission, the state representative, the state senator, and the judge of probate shall review the expenditure of the special recording fees and if a surplus exists the amount shall be deposited into the county general fund.
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Section 45-54-82.01 ("Special Recording 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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