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HB384
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By Representative Bolton (N & P)
RFD: Tuscaloosa County Legislation
First Read: 02-Apr-24
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First Read: 02-Apr-24
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Tuscaloosa County; to amend Section 2 of
Act 99-219 of the 1999 Regular Session (Acts 1999, p.278),
providing fees for service of process in civil matters
requiring personal service of process by the sheriff's office;
to further provide for the distribution of the fees and for
the use of the proceeds; and to repeal Section 3 of Act
99-219, relating to contracting for service of process by the
county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 2 of Act 99-219 of the 1999 Regular
Session (Acts 1999, p.278), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2. (a)(1) In Except as otherwise provided in
this section, in addition to all existing charges, fees,
judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other
appropriate court official in the civil division of the
district and circuit courts of Tuscaloosa County shall
increase the fees by twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50)
assess a fee of sixty dollars ($60) per document personally
served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For purposes
of this act, the term "document" shall include multiple papers
served on a party or entity at one time.
(2) The process fee provided in this subsection shall
not apply to any civil documents issued specifically by the
circuit court or any mental health documents or orders issued
by the office of the judge of probate.
(b) The court official designated in Tuscaloosa County
by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional
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by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional
service of process fee designated in subsection (a) . of this
section and remit In the case of documents issued through the
circuit clerk's office, three dollars ($3) of each fee shall
be retained in the circuit clerk's office and deposited in the
Circuit Clerk's Fund for operation of the circuit clerk's
office. In the case of documents issued by the office of the
judge of probate, three dollars ($3) of each fee shall be
retained by the office of the judge of probate and used for
the operation of the office of judge of probate. The net
balance of the fees collected to the Tuscaloosa County
Commission General Fund for deposit in the fund to be expended
for law enforcement purposes shall be distributed as provided
herein: Fifty percent of the net balance shall be distributed
to the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund and used for the
operation of the sheriff's office; the remaining fifty percent
of the net balance shall be distributed to the Solicitor's
Fund of the District Attorney and used for the operation of
the office of the district attorney .
(c) In the case of documents requested to be personally
served by the sheriff's office in a civil case from outside of
this State, a fee of eighty-five dollars ($85) shall be
collected by the sheriff for each document. Fifty percent of
these funds shall be distributed to the Sheriff's Law
Enforcement Fund and used for operation of the sheriff's
office. The remaining fifty percent of the funds shall be
distributed to the Solicitor's Fund of the District Attorney
and used for the operation of the office of the district
attorney."
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attorney."
Section 2. Section 3 of Act 99-219 is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall become effective June 1,
2024.
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2024.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 16-Apr-24.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 08-May-24 Passed
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