Code of Alabama
Division 2 - Court Fees.
Section 12-19-171 - Schedule and Distribution of Fees - Juvenile and Criminal Cases in District and Circuit Courts.

(a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:
(1) District Court:

(2) Circuit Court:
(3) Docket fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district court or circuit court shall be assessed at eighty-five dollars ($85) and shall be distributed as follows:
a. Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.
b. Forty-nine dollars ($49) to the State General Fund.
c. Ten dollars ($10) to the county general fund.
d. Five dollars ($5) to the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund.
e. Five dollars ($5) to the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund.
(4) Uncollected court costs in juvenile cases may not be assessed as charges against the county.
(b) A fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be collected for the issuance of each witness subpoena. Witness subpoena fees shall be in addition to docket fees. The subpoena fee shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Five dollars ($5) to the county general fund.
(2) Three dollars ($3) to the State General Fund.
(c) Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees in criminal and juvenile cases shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund.