Alabama Statutes

§ 45-51-81 — Additional Booking Fee in Certain Cases

Alabama § 45-51-81
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 45Local Laws
Ch. 51Montgomery County
Art. 8Courts
Part 2Court Costs

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Ala. Code § 45-51-81 (2026).

Text

(a)In Montgomery County, a booking fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed by the clerk of the court as court costs against each criminal defendant incarcerated in or booked in the Montgomery County Detention Facility if the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty in a criminal case prosecuted in the circuit court or district court of the county.
(b)The clerk of the court shall enter the booking fee on the docket sheet and collect the fee in the same manner and at the same time as other court costs are collected in criminal cases. The booking fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to all other fines, court costs, or other charges now or hereafter provided by law.
(c)The clerk of the court shall remit the booking fees collected pursuant to this sec

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Legislative History

(Act 2011-586, p. 1300, § 1.)

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