Alabama § 45-56-81.03 Sheriff’s Department Fund; Service of Process Fee in Civil Cases

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-56-81.03 — Sheriff’s Department Fund; Service of Process Fee in Civil Cases

Alabama § 45-56-81.03

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 56Randolph County

Art. 8Courts

Part 2Court Costs

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Ala. Code § 45-56-81.03 (2026).

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(a)In Randolph County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at law or in equity, whether the proceeding is in any inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether the proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in those cases in the respective courts.

(b)In Randolph County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) in the service of

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(a) In Randolph County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at law or in equity, whether the proceeding is in any inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether the proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in those cases in the respective courts.
(b) In Randolph County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or criminal action instituted outside the State of Alabama, whether at law or equity. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other court costs in actions instituted or arising outside the State of Alabama.
(c)
All funds generated by this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Randolph County, designated for the Sheriff’s Department Fund.