Alabama § 45-4-83.07 Costs and Fees

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-4-83.07 — Costs and Fees

Alabama § 45-4-83.07

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 4Bibb County

Art. 8Courts

Part 4District Attorney

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Ala. Code § 45-4-83.07 (2026).

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(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 part 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 seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).

(2)Misd

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(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 part 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 seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
(2) Misdemeanor offenses (excluding traffic): Up to five hundred dollars ($500).
(3) Traffic offenses: Up to three hundred dollars ($300).
(c) Twenty-five dollars ($25) of the fee for each applicant accepted into the pretrial diversion program shall be allocated to the Dallas County Circuit Clerk’s Office, for offenses filed in Dallas County, to the Bibb County Circuit Clerk’s Office, for offenses filed in Bibb County, to the Perry County Circuit Clerk’s Office, for offenses filed in Perry County, to the Hale County Circuit Clerk’s Office, for offenses filed in Hale County, and to the Wilcox Circuit Clerk’s Office, for offenses filed in Wilcox County. Money allocated to a circuit clerk pursuant to this subsection shall be available for use, at the clerk’s discretion, to support the clerk’s office.
(d) Twenty-five dollars ($25) of the fee for each applicant accepted into the pretrial diversion program shall be allocated to the Dallas County General Fund, for offenses filed in Dallas County, to the Bibb County General Fund, for offenses filed in Bibb County, to the Perry County General Fund, for offenses filed in Perry County, to the Hale County General Fund, for the offenses filed in Hale County, and to the Wilcox County General Fund, for offenses filed in Wilcox County.
(e) 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 assists 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.
(f) Fees required by this part shall be collected by the circuit clerk’s office in which the offense was filed. Those fees due to the district attorney shall then be disbursed to the district attorney and shall be deposited by the district attorney into the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund as described in Section 45-4-83.10. The circuit clerk shall make the disbursement in a timely manner.