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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-10-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Section 45-10-20 - Regulation of Liquor Traffic. - (a) The Legislature of Alabama is cognizant of "Opinion of...
Section 45-10-20.01 - Classifications of Municipalities as Wet or Dry. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited...
Section 45-10-20.02 - Municipal Option Election. - (a) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of...
Section 45-10-20.03 - Draft and Keg Beer Sales Authorized. - (a) This section only applies in Cherokee County. (b) The...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-10-60 - Expense Allowance; Compensation. - REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-210 EFFECTIVE...
Section 45-10-60.01 - Additional Expense Allowance; Increase of Salary. - REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-210 EFFECTIVE...
Section 45-10-60.02 - Expenses Necessary for Operation of Office. - (a) In Cherokee County, in addition to any compensation paid...
Section 45-10-60.03 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The coroner of Cherokee County shall be entitled to...
Section 45-10-60.04 - Deputy Coroner. - The Coroner of Cherokee County may appoint a qualified person...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Chair.
Section 45-10-70 - Powers and Duties; Compensation. - At the expiration of the term of office of the...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-10-71 - Salaries; Travel Allowance. - (a) The President of the Cherokee County Commission shall be...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Circuit Court.
Section 45-10-80 - Arrests and Service of Search Warrants by Investigators for District Attorney, - Repealed by Act 2013-315, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
Part 2 - Court Costs.
Section 45-10-81 - Public Law Library; Law Library Fund. - (a) The governing body of Cherokee County, Alabama, may establish...
Section 45-10-81.01 - Juvenile Court Services Fund. - (a) In Cherokee County, a probation supervision fee may be...
Section 45-10-81.02 - Additional Booking Fee in Certain Cases. - (a) In Cherokee County, a booking fee in the amount...
Part 3 - Probate Court.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-10-82 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The probate judge, tax assessor, and tax collector of...
Division 2 - Fees.
Section 45-10-82.20 - Mental Health Fund; Filing Fees. - (a) The Probate Judge of Cherokee County will charge a...
Section 45-10-82.21 - Marriage Rites. - The Judge of Probate of Cherokee County may charge an...
Section 45-10-82.22 - Recording Fee. - (a) This section shall apply only in Cherokee County. (b)...
Part 4 - District Attorney.
Section 45-10-83 - Investigators to Receive Badge and Pistol Upon Leaving Office in Good Standing. - (a) Any person employed as an investigator for the District...
Article 11 - Elections.
Part 1 - Advertising.
Section 45-10-110 - Prohibited Activities. - (a) Signs, markers, and advertising, pertaining to political campaigns, on...
Part 2 - Poll Workers.
Section 45-10-111 - Increase in Compensation. - (a) In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law...
Section 45-10-111.01 - Compensation for Returning Officers; Mileage Allowance. - (a) This section shall apply only to Cherokee County. (b)...
Article 16 - Government Finance and Operations.
Section 45-10-160 - Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Funds. - Upon the receipt by Cherokee County of any funds received...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Environment.
Division 1 - Litter.
Section 45-10-170 - Enforcement. - (a) The Cherokee County Health Department may, at its discretion,...
Division 2 - Decentralized Wastewater Authority.
Section 45-10-170.20 - Creation; Composition; Powers; Advisory Committee. - (a) For purposes of this section, the term "decentralized wastewater...
Division 3 - Sewage Systems in Resort Areas.
Section 45-10-170.40 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only in Cherokee County.
Section 45-10-170.41 - &Rdquo;resort Area” Defined. - As used in this subpart, the term "resort area" means...
Section 45-10-170.42 - Connection With Public Sewerage System. - (a)(1) The Cherokee County Commission, through the county health department,...
Section 45-10-170.43 - Notice. - (a) When the county health department determines that the connection...
Section 45-10-170.44 - Violations. - (a) Any violation of this subpart shall constitute a public...
Section 45-10-170.45 - Causes of Action. - Nothing in this subpart shall be construed as creating a...
Part 2 - Health.
Division 1 - Death Certificates.
Section 45-10-171 - Persons Authorized to Issue Death Certificates; Availability to Next of Kin; Fees; Violations. - (a) In Cherokee County any county health officer or administrator...
Section 45-10-171.20 - Designation of Services; Setting of Fees; Inability to Pay. - (a) The Cherokee County Board of Health shall designate the...
Division 3 - Health Care Authority.
Section 45-10-171.40 - Use of Proceeds for Indigent Health Care. - In Cherokee County, the Cherokee County Healthcare Authority may use...
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.
Section 45-10-180 - County Roads - Construction, Maintenance, and Repair. - County roads in Cherokee County shall be constructed, repaired, and...
Section 45-10-180.01 - County Roads - Permit for Certain Activities; Fines and Liability. - (a) In Cherokee County, any person or entity engaged in...
Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.
Part 1 - Fees.
Section 45-10-200 - Local License Inspector Citation Fee. - (a) In Cherokee County, for citations personally served by the...
Part 2 - License Commissioner.
Section 45-10-201 - Probate Judge; Clerks and Assistants. - There is hereby created within the Cherokee County Courthouse the...
Section 45-10-201.01 - Motor Vehicles Taxes; Certificate of Titles. - The office shall perform all duties relating to the assessment...
Section 45-10-201.02 - Records. - The license commissioner's office shall keep at all times an...
Section 45-10-201.03 - Fees. - The license commissioner shall charge and collect all fees that...
Section 45-10-201.04 - Ad Valorem Taxes; License Tag as Evidence of Payment. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide...
Section 45-10-201.05 - Assessment of Vehicles. - Before any vehicle can be assessed, the license commissioner shall...
Section 45-10-201.06 - Notice or Application for Renewal of Licenses. - The license commissioner may mail a notice or an application...
Section 45-10-201.07 - Compensation. - Repealed by Act 2006-382, §1, effective April 14, 2006.
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-10-230 - Expense Allowance; Salary Increase. - (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County shall receive an additional...
Section 45-10-230.01 - Salary; Executive Level Training. - (a)(1) Effective beginning with the next term of office, the...
Part 2 - Jails.
Division 1 - Jail Store.
Section 45-10-231 - Jail Store; Telephone System for Prisoners; Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County or the authorized agents...
Division 2 - Work Release.
Section 45-10-231.20 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only to Cherokee County.
Section 45-10-231.21 - Definitions. - For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have...
Section 45-10-231.22 - Cherokee County Work Release Board. - The Cherokee County Work Release Board is established to develop,...
Section 45-10-231.23 - Participation in Program. - Any inmate qualified and eligible to participate in the program...
Section 45-10-231.24 - Cherokee County Work Release Fund. - (a) The board may establish the Cherokee County Work Release...
Section 45-10-231.25 - Escape From Custody. - The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the...
Section 45-10-231.26 - Implementation of Program. - Employees of the board, or its designees, may make investigations...
Section 45-10-231.27 - Employment Criteria. - The board, or its designee, shall endeavor to secure employment...
Section 45-10-231.28 - Employment Status. - No inmate granted privileges under this subpart shall be deemed...
Section 45-10-231.29 - Liability for Negligence. - Cherokee County, its commission, sheriff, and board members or their...
Section 45-10-231.30 - Audit of Fund. - The sheriff shall keep an account of all fund transactions...
Section 45-10-231.31 - Ratification of Prior Actions. - Any actions relating to the operation of the program prior...
Part 3 - Pistol Permits.
Section 45-10-232 - Fee; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) In Cherokee County, the fee for issuance of a...
Part 4 - Retirement.
Section 45-10-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement. - Any person employed as a law enforcement officer by the...
Part 5 - Stolen, Abandon, and Unclaimed Property, Sale Of
Section 45-10-234 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage. - (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County shall keep and maintain...
Section 45-10-234.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property. - (a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at...
Part 6 - Fees.
Section 45-10-235 - Fingerprinting Fee. - (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County may charge a fee...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Redemption of Lands.
Section 45-10-240 - Procedure for Selling and Redeeming Lands. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Cherokee...
Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.
Section 45-10-241 - Establishment of Office; Duties; Deputies; Bond; Compensation. - (a) At the expiration of the terms of office, or...
Section 45-10-241.01 - Budgetary Operations and Functions; Financing of Office. - (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Cherokee County is hereby authorized...
Section 45-10-241.02 - Salary. - (a) Effective beginning the next term of office, the Revenue...
Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem
Section 45-10-242 - Authorization to Increase Ad Valorem School Tax. - In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may...
Part 4 - Tax, Lodging
Division 1 - 1997 Lodging Tax.
Section 45-10-243 - Lodging Tax Levied. - In Cherokee County, in addition to all other taxes imposed...
Section 45-10-243.01 - Exemptions. - (a) There are exempted from the provisions of the tax...
Section 45-10-243.02 - Monthly Report; Payment of Tax; Records; Penalties. - (a) The tax levied by this part, except as otherwise...
Section 45-10-243.03 - Application of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-10-243.04 - Deposit of Proceeds. - Except as otherwise provided in this part, all proceeds from...
Section 45-10-243.05 - Commerce Clause. - None of the provisions of this part shall be applied...
Section 45-10-243.06 - Deduction of Cost of Making Collections. - The Department of Revenue shall charge and deduct from the...
Division 2 - 2017 Lodging Tax.
Section 45-10-243.20 - Additional Lodging Tax Levied. - (a) In addition to all other taxes of every kind...
Part 5 - Tax, Sales and Use.
Division 1 - 1979 Tax.
Section 45-10-244 - Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in...
Section 45-10-244.01 - Authorization of Levy of Sales Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...
Section 45-10-244.02 - Authorization of Levy of Use Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...
Section 45-10-244.03 - Payment of Taxes Herein Levied: Reports by Taxpayers. - The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-10-244.01...
Section 45-10-244.04 - Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a...
Section 45-10-244.05 - Special Provisions Respecting Payment of Use Tax: Receipts and Returns by Registered Sellers. - Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for...
Section 45-10-244.06 - Enforcement of This Subpart; Civil Suit; Taxes a Lien. - The taxes authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall...
Section 45-10-244.07 - Applicability of State Sales and Use Tax Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-10-244.08 - Charge of State Department of Revenue: Its Disposition of Tax Proceeds. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county, for...
Section 45-10-244.09 - Use of Tax Proceeds. - The proceeds of any taxes herein authorized to be levied...
Section 45-10-244.10 - Effective Date of Levy. - If the governing body of the county elects to levy...
Division 2 - 1985 Tax
Section 45-10-244.30 - Applicability. - The provisions of this subpart shall only apply to Cherokee...
Section 45-10-244.31 - Definitions. - All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-1,...
Section 45-10-244.32 - Authorization of Levy of Tax. - The Cherokee County Commission is hereby authorized to levy and...
Section 45-10-244.33 - Payment of Taxers Herein Levied; Reports by Taxpayers. - The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-10-244.32...
Section 45-10-244.34 - Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within Cherokee County in a...
Section 45-10-244.35 - Enforcement; Civil Suit; Taxes a Lien. - The tax authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall...
Section 45-10-244.36 - Applicability of State Sales Tax Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-10-244.37 - Charge of State Department of Revenue; Disposition of Tax Proceeds. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge Cherokee County for...
Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.
Section 45-10-245 - Imposition of Tax. - (a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or...
Section 45-10-245.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products. - Commencing August 1, 1989, there is levied on every person,...
Section 45-10-245.02 - Tobacco Stamps. - The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps...
Section 45-10-245.03 - Rules and Regulations. - The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate...
Section 45-10-245.04 - Application of Department of Revenue Laws, Rules, and Regulations. - All laws and rules and regulations of the Department of...
Section 45-10-245.05 - Disposition of Proceeds. - The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual...
Section 45-10-245.06 - Construction and Application. - (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be...
Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.
Part 1 - Wiind Energy Conversion Systems.
Section 45-10-260 - Applicability. - This part shall only apply in Cherokee County.
Section 45-10-260.01 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following words shall...
Section 45-10-260.02 - Permit Required. - (a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter,...
Section 45-10-260.03 - Adoption of Rules, Laws, or Ordinances. - (a) Each local governing body of Cherokee County shall adopt...
Section 45-10-260.04 - Financial Assurance. - (a) An applicant shall maintain financial assurance in an amount...
Section 45-10-260.05 - Certification, Safety, and Setback Requirements. - (a) The safety of the design of all conversion system...
Section 45-10-260.06 - Abandonment and Removal of System or Tower. - A wind energy conversion system or tower that does not...
Section 45-10-260.07 - Construction of Part. - This part shall not interfere with, abrogate, or annul any...
Section 45-10-260.08 - Jurisdiction and Regulation of Public Service Commission. - To the extent that any applicant or owner of a...