Alabama § 45-9-82.27 - Costs and Fees.
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§ 45-9-82.27. Costs and Fees.
(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law, and are in addition to costs of supervision, treatment, and restitution for which the person may be responsible. Pretrial diversion program fees as established by this subpart may be waived or reduced for just cause at the discretion of the district attorney. A schedule of payments for any of these fees may be established by the district attorney.
(b) The following fees shall be applied to applicants accepted into the pretrial diversion program:
(1) Felony offenses, up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Misdemeanor offenses, excluding traffic, up to five hundred dollars ($500).
(3) Traffic offenses, up to three hundred dollars ($300).
(c) The district attorney may use fees collected by the pretrial diversion program to help support local and state law enforcement, or any agency or department of city or county government which assist local law enforcement. This support shall be provided to help employ more officers or staff, buy needed equipment or supplies, provide training opportunities, or any other law enforcement purposes.
(d) Those fees due to the district attorney shall be collected by the district attorney and shall be deposited by the district attorney into the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund as described in Section 45-9-82.30.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-9-82.27 ("Costs and Fees.") 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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