THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-172 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
(a) This section shall only apply to Baldwin County.
(b) The Baldwin County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund is created and hereinafter referred to in this section as the fund.
(c) The Sheriff of Baldwin County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process.
(d)(1) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Baldwin County, shall collect a service of process fee of twenty dollars ($20) per document which shall be paid into the fund.
(2) 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 Baldwin County, shall collect a service of process fee of twenty dollars ($20) per document which shall be paid into the fund.
(3) The court official designated in Baldwin County by law for the respective courts shall collect the service of process fee designated in subdivisions (1) and (2) and shall retain two dollars ($2) of each fee for deposit in the circuit clerk's fund for the operation of the office of circuit clerk or for compensation or reimbursement of mileage incurred by jurors. The remainder of the fees collected shall be remitted to the sheriff for deposit in the Sheriff's Service of Process Serving Fund.
(e) The sheriff may use the monies generated by this section for law enforcement purposes in Baldwin County, as the sheriff sees fit, including contracting with or entering into a contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for service of process of documents from the civil or criminal division of the district or circuit court. The funds shall not revert to the general fund of the county at the end of the fiscal year.