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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-16-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 5 - Constables.
Section 45-16-50 - Office Abolished. - In Coffee County, effective at the end of the current...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-16-60 - Expense Allowance. - Repealed by Act 2015-552, 2nd Sp. Sess., §4, effective September...
Part 2 - Deputy Coroners.
Section 45-16-61 - Deputy Coroner. - Each coroner of Coffee County may appoint a deputy coroner...
Part 3
Section 45-16-62 - Election of Coroner; Chief Deputy Coroner; Compensation and Expenses. - (a) The coroner shall be elected at the general election...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Section 45-16-70 - Expense Allowance. - In addition to any other expense allowances provided by law...
Part 2 - Composition.
Section 45-16-71 - Composition and Election of County Commission. - (a) The Coffee County Commission shall be composed of seven...
Part 3 - Meetings.
Section 45-16-72 - Location of Meetings. - Thirty days or more after August 8, 1991, all regular,...
Part 4 - Powers.
Section 45-16-73 - Construction, Maintenance, Use, etc., of Jail. - (a) It is the legislative intent of this section that...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Circuit Court.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-16-80 - Expense Allowance for Clerk. - Commencing October 1, 1985, the circuit clerk in Coffee County...
Section 45-16-80.01 - Salary Supplements for Judges and District Attorney. - (a) Commencing July 1, 1987, the circuit judges and District...
Division 2 - Juries.
Section 45-16-80.20 - Jury Strike System. - Upon the trial by jury in the Circuit Courts of...
Part 2 - Court Costs.
Section 45-16-81 - Additional Fee on Civil and Criminal Cases; Juvenile Probation Fund. - (a) In Coffee County, in addition to all other costs...
Section 45-16-81.01 - Collection and Use of Additional Fee; Worthless Check Fee. - (a) In the Twelfth Judicial Circuit the fee authorized by...
Section 45-16-81.02 - Additional Court Costs for Certain Municipal, District, and Circuit Court Cases; Jail Fund. - (a) In addition to any and all court costs now...
Section 45-16-81.03 - Solicitor's Fee. - (a) In all juvenile cases, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases...
Part 3 - District Attorney.
Division 1 - Employees.
Section 45-16-82 - Law Enforcement Authority of Investigators. - Investigators for the District Attorney's office in the Twelfth Judicial...
Section 45-16-82.01 - Presence of Bailiffs and District Attorney Employees During Grand Jury Sessions. - All court bailiffs and employees of the District Attorney's Office...
Division 2 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 45-16-82.20 - Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control. - (a) The District Attorney of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of...
Section 45-16-82.21 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall...
Section 45-16-82.22 - Applicants for Admittance. - (a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in...
Section 45-16-82.23 - Standards for Admission. - (a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate...
Section 45-16-82.24 - Admission Into Program. - (a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program...
Section 45-16-82.25 - Program Requirements; Records. - (a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program...
Section 45-16-82.26 - Time for Application. - (a) Except for traffic offenses, an offender shall make application...
Section 45-16-82.27 - Costs and Fees. - (a) An applicant may be assessed a fee when the...
Section 45-16-82.28 - Treatment Programs; Drug Testing. - The district attorney and the offender may enter into an...
Section 45-16-82.29 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted...
Section 45-16-82.30 - Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. - The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund....
Section 45-16-82.31 - Violations; Waiver. - (a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial...
Section 45-16-82.32 - Liability of District Attorney. - The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil,...
Section 45-16-82.33 - Funding. - The pretrial diversion program may apply for and accept grant...
Section 45-16-82.34 - Advisory Board. - The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist...
Division 3 - Restitution Recovery Division.
Section 45-16-82.60 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
Section 45-16-82.61 - Purpose. - The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that court...
Section 45-16-82.62 - Establishment of Restitution Recovery Division. - The district attorney may establish a special division designated the...
Section 45-16-82.63 - Notice of Defaults; Collection of Funds. - The court, the clerk of the court, or a probation...
Section 45-16-82.64 - Manner of Enforcement. - After notification, as provided in Section 45-16-82.63, the district attorney...
Section 45-16-82.65 - Collection Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) After a matter has been transferred to the district...
Section 45-16-82.66 - Amnesty Period. - There shall be an amnesty period of 60 days after...
Section 45-16-82.67 - Civil Judgments. - In addition to the provisions of this subpart, all court...
Part 4 - Juries.
Section 45-16-83 - Jury Commission. - In Coffee County, the county jury commission shall be established...
Section 45-16-84.21 - Selection of and Service on Venire. - Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this subpart,...
Part 5 - Probate Court.
Section 45-16-84 - Compensation for Judge of Probate - Expense Allowance. - Repealed by Acy 2015-552, 2nd Sp. Sess., §4, effective September...
Section 45-16-84.01 - Compensation for Judge of Probate - Salary. - (a) A Judge of Probate of Coffee County who is...
Section 45-16-84.02 - Compensation for Revenue Commissioner. - (a) A Revenue Commissioner of Coffee County elected on or...
Section 45-16-84.03 - Compensation for Chief Clerks. - The chief clerks in the Elba and Enterprise offices of...
Division 2 - License Division.
Section 45-16-84.20 - Assessment and Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes; Issuance of Licenses. - In Coffee County, the judge of probate shall perform all...
Section 45-16-84.21 - Bond of Judge of Probate. - Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this subpart,...
Section 45-16-84.22 - Office Space, Equipment, Personnel. - The county governing body shall furnish suitable quarters or such...
Section 45-16-84.23 - Assessment and Collection of Fees; Disposition of Funds. - The judge of probate shall charge and collect the same...
Section 45-16-84.24 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation, and to provide...
Section 45-16-85.25 - Certificate of Assessment; Issuance of License Tag; Valuation; Municipal Taxes. - (a) Every person, firm, or corporation residing in or owning...
Section 45-16-84.26 - Books, Records, and Blanks. - The Comptroller, the State Department of Revenue and the State...
Section 45-16-84.27 - Fees and Commissions. - The judge of probate shall receive for the assessing and...
Division 3 - Recording System.
Section 45-16-84.50 - Recording Fee. - Upon the date of the adoption of a resolution of...
Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism. -
Article 10 - Education.
Section 45-16-100 - Board of Education - Expense Allowance. - In Coffee County, in lieu of any and all other...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-16-110.01 - Election Officers - Expense Allowance; Total Compensation. - (a) In Coffee County, an election officer who works at...
Article 13 - Engineer, County.
Section 45-16-130 - Duties of County Commission and Engineer. - In addition to all other authority now vested in the...
Section 45-16-130.01 - Appointment of County Engineer; Qualifications; Requirements. - The Coffee County Commission or any succeeding county governing body...
Section 45-16-130.02 - Duties. - It shall be the duty of the county engineer, in...
Section 45-16-130.03 - Wage or Salary Scale. - It shall be the duty of the commission to fix,...
Section 45-16-130.04 - Compensation - The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of...
Section 45-16-130.05 - Bond. - Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer...
Section 45-16-130.06 - Office Space and Equipment. - The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office...
Section 45-16-130.07 - Accountability for Equipment; Inventory. - The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road...
Section 45-16-130.08 - Expenditure of Funds; Appropriation by Commission. - The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to...
Section 45-16-130.09 - Requisition for Materials, Supplies, etc.; Authority and Accountability of County Purchasing Agent. - The county engineer shall make written requisition to the county...
Section 45-16-130.10 - Inspection and Approval of Materials, Supplies, etc., Prior to Payment. - It shall be the further duty of the county engineer...
Section 45-16-130.11 - Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency. - In the event an emergency should arise, in which it...
Section 45-16-130.12 - Implementation. - The Coffee County Commission shall, within 60 days of July...
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Services.
Section 45-16-140 - Applicability. - This article shall apply to Coffee County.
Section 45-16-140.01 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature declares that the Coffee County fire departments, emergency...
Section 45-16-140.02 - Fire Protection Service Fee. - Levy; Definitions; Exemption. - (a) There is levied on the owner of each dwelling...
Section 45-16-140.03 - Fire Protection Service Fee. - Collection, Administration, and Enforcement. - The fire protection and emergency medical service fee shall be...
Section 45-16-140.04 - Eligible Volunteer Fire Department. - For the purposes of this article, an eligible fire department...
Section 45-16-140.05 - Disposition of Funds. - Funds distributed to the Coffee County Volunteer Firefighters Association and...
Section 45-16-140.06 - Transfer of Funds Upon Dissolution or Abandonment of Volunteer Fire Department. - Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible fire department or...
Section 45-16-140.07 - Liability of Personnel. - The personnel of the fire departments, emergency medical service squads,...
Section 45-16-140.08 - Purpose. - The purpose and use of funds generated by this article...
Section 45-16-140.09 - Regulatory Control and Supervision; Forfeiture of Funds. - With regard to the collection of the fees levied by...
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges
Section 45-16-180 - Clowers Bridge. - (a) The bridge over White Water Creek on Highway 167...
Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.
Section 45-16-200 - Powers and Duties of County License Inspector Transferred. - In Coffee County, notwithstanding Section 40-12-10, and any other general...
Section 45-16-200.01 - Renewal of Licenses by Mail; Mail Order Fee. - (a) The term "licensing officer," as used in this section,...
Section 45-16-200.02 - Voiding of Licenses for Invalid Payment. - (a) This section shall only be operative in Coffee County....
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-16-230 - Salary. - (a) A Sheriff of Coffee County elected or appointed on...
Section 45-16-230.01 - Expense Allowance; Expiration. - (a) The Sheriff of Coffee County shall receive an expense...
Part 2 - Jails.
Section 45-16-231 - Operation of Jail Store; Law Enforcement Fund; Accounting and Use of Proceeds. - (a) The Sheriff of Coffee County or the authorized agents...
Part 3 - Pistol Permit.
Section 45-16-232 - Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Coffee County, the fee for issuance of a...
Part 4 - Work Release Fund.
Section 45-16-233 - Use of Funds. - (a) The Sheriff of Coffee County may expend funds accruing...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Board of Equalization.
Section 45-16-240 - Expense Allowance. - In addition to all other compensation and allowances prescribed by...
Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.
Division 1 - Redemption of Lands.
Section 45-16-241 - Procedure for Redemption of Lands. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Coffee...
Division 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-16-241.20 - Salary. - (a) The annual salary of the Revenue Commissioner of Coffee...
Part 3 - Tax, Sales and Use.
Division 1 - Motor Vehicles.
Section 45-16-242 - Collection and Distribution of Taxes; Powers and Duties of Revenue Commissioner Transferred. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Coffee...
Division 2 - Tobacco.
Section 45-16-242.20 - Imposition of Tax. - (a) The Coffee County Commission is hereby authorized to impose...
Section 45-16-242.21 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products. - Upon adoption of a resolution by the Coffee County Commission,...
Section 45-16-242.22 - Failure to Add or Levy Tax. - It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor...
Section 45-16-242.23 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the...
Section 45-16-242.24 - Tobacco Stamps. - The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps...
Section 45-16-242.25 - Rules and Regulations. - The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate...
Section 45-16-242.26 - Application of Department of Revenue Laws, Rules, and Regulations. - All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of...
Section 45-16-242.27 - Construction and Application. - (a) None of the provisions of this subpart shall be...
Section 45-16-242.28 - Relation to Other Laws. - The provisions of this subpart shall be construed in pari...
Part 4 - Tax Lodging.
Section 45-16-243 - Levy of Tax Authorized. - In addition to all other taxes of every kind now...
Section 45-16-243.01 - Collection of Tax; Enforcement. - The tax authorized to be levied by this part shall...
Section 45-16-243.02 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds from the tax collected pursuant to this part...