Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 20 - Covington County.

Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.

Section 45-20-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...

Section 45-20-20 - Draft and Keg Beer Sales Authorized. - The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may in its discretion...

Article 5 - Constables.

Section 45-20-50 - Office Abolished. - In Covington County, effective at the end of the term...

Article 6 - Coroner.

Section 45-20-60 - Compensation. - The Coroner of Covington County, Alabama, shall be entitled to...

Article 7 - County Commission.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-20-70 - Equalization of Compensation; Additional Compensation. - In Covington County, effective March 1, 2006, the compensation of...

Part 2 - Membership and Meeting Days.

Section 45-20-71 - Court of County Commissioners Abolished. - On June 1, 1945, the Court of County Commissioners in...

Section 45-20-71.01 - Board of Revenue Established. - There is established and created in and for Covington County,...

Section 45-20-71.02 - County Divided Into Districts. - For the purposes of this part the County of Covington...

Section 45-20-71.03 - Membership of Board. - The board shall consist of a president and four associate...

Section 45-20-71.04 - Qualifications by Area. - The president of the board and each associate member thereof...

Section 45-20-71.05 - Personal and Political Qualifications. - The president of the board shall not be under the...

Section 45-20-71.06 - Election and Assumption of Office. - The president and associate members of the board shall be...

Section 45-20-71.07 - Term of Office. - The president and associate members so elected shall hold office...

Section 45-20-71.08 - Membership Pending Election. - Pending the election of 1948 as provided herein, the president...

Section 45-20-71.09 - Vacancies - How Filled. - Should any vacancy occur in the presidency or associate membership...

Section 45-20-71.10 - Compensation. - The president and associate members of the board shall each...

Section 45-20-71.11 - Additional Allowances. - In addition to the compensation provided in Section 45-20-71.10 the...

Section 45-20-71.12 - Bonds of Board Members. - Before entering upon the duties of his or her office,...

Section 45-20-71.13 - Duties of the President. - The president of the board is made the presiding officer...

Section 45-20-71.14 - Board Meetings. - The Covington County Commission shall meet in regular session in...

Section 45-20-71.15 - Quorum. - The presence of the regular president and three associate members,...

Section 45-20-71.16 - President Pro Tempore. - At the first or any subsequent meeting of the board,...

Section 45-20-71.17 - Duties of the President Pro Tempore. - The president pro tempore of the board shall be and...

Section 45-20-71.18 - Majority Vote. - All business shall be valid if passed and approved by...

Section 45-20-71.19 - Duties of the Board. - Except as herein otherwise provided, the board is clothed and...

Section 45-20-71.20 - Individual Duties of Associate Members. - Except as herein otherwise provided, each member of the board...

Section 45-20-71.21 - Individual Duties May Be Withdrawn. - Should a majority of the membership of the board (not...

Section 45-20-71.22 - Allocation of Funds. - The board if it so desires may allocate to each...

Section 45-20-71.23 - Road Engineer or Supervisor. - If the board should be authorized lawfully to employ an...

Section 45-20-71.24 - Contracts, Deeds, and Conveyances. - Any contract, deed, or conveyance signed by the president of...

Section 45-20-71.25 - Airport Projects. - The board shall have power and authority, under conditions herein...

Section 45-20-71.26 - State or National Association Dues. - The board shall have power and authority, as a group...

Section 45-20-71.27 - Clerk and Treasurer. - The board shall forthwith appoint a clerk, fix his or...

Section 45-20-71.28 - Duties of the Clerk. - It shall be the duty of the clerk to attend...

Section 45-20-71.29 - Bonds and Premiums. - The board shall have the authority to prescribe a bond...

Section 45-20-71.30 - Contingent Fund. - The commission may hereby appropriate annually out of the moneys...

Section 45-20-71.31 - Purchasing Agent or Agents. - The board may create the office of purchase agent (or...

Section 45-20-71.32 - Clerical Assistant. - The board shall have the power and authority to authorize...

Section 45-20-71.33 - Wage Scale. - The board shall classify all employees engaged in the construction...

Article 8 - Courts.

Part 1 - Circuit Court.

Section 45-20-80 - Jury Strike System. - Upon the trial by jury in the Circuit Courts of...

Part 2 - Court Costs.

Section 45-20-81 - Law Library. - In Covington County, in each civil or quasi-civil action at...

Section 45-20-81.01 - Solicitor's Fee. - (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in...

Part 3 - District Attorney.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-20-82 - Automobile Expense Allowance. - The District Attorney of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit in Covington...

Division 2 - Employees.

Section 45-20-82.20 - Clerk-Secretary. - (a) The District Attorney of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit is...

Section 45-20-82.21 - Investigators. - Investigators for the district attorney's office in the Twenty-second Judicial...

Division 3 - Funding.

Section 45-20-82.40 - District Attorney's Fund. - (a) In Covington County there is created a fund to...

Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.

Section 45-20-82.60 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only to the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit.

Section 45-20-82.61 - Purpose. - The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that court-ordered...

Section 45-20-82.62 - Restitution Recovery Division - Establishment. - The district attorney may establish a special division designated the...

Section 45-20-82.63 - Written Notice of Defaults - Collection, Enforcement of Funds. - The court, the clerk of the court, or a probation...

Section 45-20-82.64 - Manner of Enforcement. - (a) After notification, as provided in Section 45-20-82.63, the district...

Section 45-20-82.65 - Collection of Fees; Disposition of Funds. - After a matter has been transferred to the district attorney...

Section 45-20-82.66 - Amnesty Period. - There shall be an amnesty period of 60 days after...

Section 45-20-82.67 - Civil Judgments. - In addition to the provisions of this subpart, all court...

Section 45-20-82.68 - Construction. - The provisions of this subpart are supplemental to any procedures...

Part 4 - Probate Court.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-20-83 - Salary; Personnel, Equipment, Etc. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Covington County shall be...

Division 2 - Indexing System.

Section 45-20-83.20 - Applicability and Purpose. - This subpart shall only apply in Covington County. The purpose...

Section 45-20-83.21 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, including the plural of any...

Section 45-20-83.22 - Installation of Improved Indexing System. - The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the...

Section 45-20-83.23 - Official Record. - Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property...

Section 45-20-83.24 - Applicability of State Laws. - All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect to...

Section 45-20-83.25 - Costs. - The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of...

Section 45-20-83.26 - Special Indexing Fee. - Thirty days after April 16, 1986, a special indexing fee...

Division 3 - License Division.

Section 45-20-83.50 - License Division Created. - When the revenue commissioner's office is established as provided in...

Section 45-20-83.51 - Renewal of Licenses; Mail Order Fee. - The judge of probate may, at his or her discretion,...

Section 45-20-83.52 - Boat Licenses. - The judge of probate or other public officer performing such...

Section 45-20-83.53 - Notice of Refusal; Retrieval and Voiding of License; Records. - (a) In Covington County, when a negotiable instrument, such as...

Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.

Section 45-20-90 - Covington County Industrial Development Authority. - (a) There is created the Covington County Industrial Development Authority....

Article 10 - Education.

Section 45-20-100 - Superintendent of Education. - In Covington County the county board of education is authorized...

Section 45-20-100.01 - Qualifications and Election of Board Members. - (a) Commencing with the next term of office, each member...

Article 11 - Elections.

Part 1 - Board of Registrars.

Section 45-20-110 - Compensation. - In Covington County, the county commission is authorized, in its...

Part 2 - Election Officials.

Section 45-20-111 - Compensation - Poll Workers. - In Covington County, an election official who works at polling...

Article 13 - Engineer, County.

Section 45-20-130 - Applicability. - This article shall apply only in Covington County.

Section 45-20-130.01 - Appointment of County Engineer; Qualifications. - The Covington County Commission shall appoint and employ a county...

Section 45-20-130.02 - Powers and Duties. - It shall be the duty of the county engineer to:...

Section 45-20-130.03 - Wages and Salaries for Necessary Labor. - It shall be the duty of the county commission to...

Section 45-20-130.04 - Compensation of Engineer. - The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of...

Section 45-20-130.05 - Bond. - Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer...

Section 45-20-130.06 - Office Space; Equipment; Transportation. - The county commission shall furnish the county engineer with an...

Section 45-20-130.07 - Accountability for Machinery, Equipment, etc.; Inventory. - The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to...

Section 45-20-130.08 - Expenditure of Funds. - The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to...

Section 45-20-130.09 - Requisitions. - The county engineer, or a designated representative, shall make written...

Section 45-20-130.10 - Employment of Road Supervisor. - In the event of an emergency in which it would...

Section 45-20-130.11 - Duties of Commission Members. - Each member of the county commission shall hear the suggestions...

Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.

Section 45-20-140 - Forest Fire Protection. - (a) The county governing body of Covington County is authorized,...

Article 15 - Gambling.

Section 45-20-150 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words shall have...

Section 45-20-150.01 - Bingo Games - Authorized. - The operation of bingo sessions for prizes or money by...

Section 45-20-150.02 - Bingo Games - Permits. - (a) No qualified organization may conduct a bingo session unless...

Section 45-20-150.03 - Bingo Games - Special Permits. - (a) A qualified organization that does not hold a permit...

Section 45-20-150.04 - Bingo Games - Permit Requirements. - (a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address...

Section 45-20-150.05 - Bingo Games - Legislative Intent; Actual Expenses; Consulting Fees. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only...

Section 45-20-150.06 - Bingo Games - Disposition of Fees. - All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall...

Section 45-20-150.07 - Bingo Games - Proceeds for Charitable or Educational Purposes. - No less than 100 percent of the net proceeds of...

Section 45-20-150.08 - Bingo Games - Equipment; Prize and Conduct Limitations. - (a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which...

Section 45-20-150.09 - Bingo Games - Recordkeeping. - Each permit holder shall maintain the following records for at...

Section 45-20-150.10 - Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection of Records and Premises. - (a) On or before April 15th, after this article has...

Section 45-20-150.11 - Revocation of Bingo Permits. - The sheriff, for good cause shown, may revoke any permit...

Section 45-20-150.12 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Eligibility; Effect of Conviction. - (a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is...

Section 45-20-150.13 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Jurisdiction to Restrain or Enjoin. - The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to...

Section 45-20-150.14 - Violations; Penalties. - Any person who violates this article is guilty of a...

Section 45-20-150.15 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband. - Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in the...

Section 45-20-150.16 - Relation to Other Laws. - Any other law providing a penalty or disability on a...

Article 16 - Government Operations.

Section 45-20-160 - Financial Statement. - (a) The Covington County Commission shall have published an annual...

Section 45-20-160.01 - Liability for Monetary Loss; Voiding of Licenses Based on Worthless or Forged Instruments. - (a) The Covington County Commission shall reimburse the offices of...

Article 17 - Health and Environment.

Part 1 - Environment.

Section 45-20-170 - Enforcement of Litter Laws. - (a) The Covington County Health Department may, at its discretion,...

Part 2 - Health.

Division 1

Section 45-20-171 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The Covington County Board of Health shall designate the...

Division 2 - Temporary Protective Custody

Section 45-20-171.20 - Individuals With Mental Illness Taken Into Temporary Protective Custody. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...

Part 3 - Nuisances.

Division 1 - Abatement of Weeds.

Section 45-20-172 - Applicability. - The provisions of this subpart shall only apply to any...

Section 45-20-172.01 - Weeds May Be Declared a Public Nuisance and Abated. - All weeds growing upon streets, sidewalks, or upon private property...

Section 45-20-172.02 - Report of Appropriate City Official; Resolution Declaring a Public Nuisance. - (a) The term "appropriate city official" as used in this...

Section 45-20-172.03 - Notice to Owner; Contents; Posting of Signs. - After the passage of a resolution, the appropriate city official...

Section 45-20-172.04 - Hearing. - Within the time specified in the notice, but not more...

Section 45-20-172.05 - Entry of Municipal Employees and Agents on Property to Abate Nuisance; Abatement by Private Contractor. - If the nuisance on the property has not been abated...

Section 45-20-172.06 - Accounting of Cost of Abatement. - The "appropriate city official" shall give an itemized written report...

Section 45-20-172.07 - Cost to Constitute Weed Liens; Report to Revenue Commissioner; Amounts to Be Included in Tax Bills; Collection. - The confirmed cost of abatement shall hereinafter be referred to...

Section 45-20-172.08 - Subpart Cumulative in Nature. - This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature, and in...

Division 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.

Section 45-20-172.50 - Applicability. - The provisions of this subpart shall only apply to any...

Section 45-20-172.51 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures by Municipality. - Any municipality located in Covington County, Alabama, shall have authority,...

Section 45-20-172.52 - Meaning of "Appropriate City Official"; Duties; Notice of Unsafe or Dangerous Condition. - The term "appropriate city official" as used in this subpart...

Section 45-20-172.53 - Hearing Procedure; Order; Appeal. - (a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not...

Section 45-20-172.54 - Report of Cost of Demolition; Adoption of Resolution Fixing Costs; Proceeds of Sale of Salvaged Materials; Objections to Findings of Cost; Notice. - Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city...

Section 45-20-172.55 - Assessment of Costs; Sale and Redemption of Lots. - The city shall have the power to assess the costs...

Section 45-20-172.56 - Payment of Assessments. - Payment of any assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of...

Section 45-20-172.57 - Subpart Cumulative in Nature. - This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature, and in...

Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.

Section 45-20-180 - Limitations on Political Signs, Advertisements, Etc. - (a) Political signs, markers, and advertising on the rights-of-way of...

Article 23 - Sheriff.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-20-230 - Salary. - (a) Commencing with the next term of office in January...

Part 2 - Jails.

Section 45-20-231 - Jail Concessions; Concession Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Covington County may operate a jail...

Part 3 - Pistol Permits.

Section 45-20-232 - Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Covington County, the fee for issuance of a...

Part 4 - Retirement.

Section 45-20-233 - Receipt of Badge and Pistol Upon Retirement. - (a) Any individual employed by the Covington County Sheriff's Office...

Article 24 - Taxation

Part 1 - Board of Equalization.

Section 45-20-240 - Compensation. - (a) In Covington County, in addition to any and all...

Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.

Division 1 - Creation of Office.

Section 45-20-241 - Election; Term of Office. - After September 30,1991, there shall be a county revenue commissioner...

Section 45-20-241.01 - Duties of Revenue Commissioner. - The county revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and...

Section 45-20-241.02 - Clerks. - Subject to the approval of the Covington County Commission, the...

Section 45-20-241.03 - Oath of Office; Bond. - Before entering upon the duties of office, the county revenue...

Section 45-20-241.04 - Office Space and Equipment. - The Covington County Commission shall provide the necessary offices for...

Section 45-20-241.05 - Collection and Disposition of Funds; Compensation. - The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the...

Section 45-20-241.06 - Consolidation of Offices. - Should any of the offices of tax assessor or tax...

Section 45-20-241.07 - Offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Abolished. - The offices of tax assessor and tax collector for Covington...

Division 2 - Redemption of Land.

Section 45-20-241.30 - Tax Sales, Redemption Duties Transferred. - The procedure for selling and redeeming for taxes in Covington...

Part 3 - Tax, Sales and Use.

Division 1 - Exemptions.

Section 45-20-242 - Rescue Squads. - In Covington County, all rescue squads are exempted from the...

Division 2 - Sales Tax.

Section 45-20-242.20 - Applicability. - The provisions of this subpart shall only apply to Covington...

Section 45-20-242.21 - Definitions. - All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-1,...

Section 45-20-242.22 - Levy of Tax; Exemptions. - (a) The Covington County Commission is authorized to levy and...

Section 45-20-242.23 - Monthly Report. - The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-20-242.22...

Section 45-20-242.24 - Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a...

Section 45-20-242.25 - Collection of Tax; Enforcement. - The tax authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall...

Section 45-20-242.26 - Applicability of Parallel State Provisions. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-20-242.27 - Charge for Collection; Disposition of Funds. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county for...

Division 3 - Sales and Use Tax.

Section 45-20-242.50 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only in Covington County.

Section 45-20-242.51 - Privilege License and Excise Taxes. - (a) The special county taxes levied pursuant to this subpart...

Section 45-20-242.52 - When Taxes Effective. - Unless otherwise expressly provided for in the order, ordinance, or...

Section 45-20-242.53 - Payment and Reporting. - All taxes levied pursuant to this subpart shall be paid...

Section 45-20-242.54 - Receipts; Quarterly Returns. - Every registered seller regularly and continually making sales of tangible...

Section 45-20-242.55 - Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within Covington County in a...

Section 45-20-242.56 - Collection of Tax; Enforcement. - The taxes imposed pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a...

Section 45-20-242.57 - Applicability of Parallel State Provisions. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-20-242.58 - Charge for Collection. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge Covington County for...

Section 45-20-242.59 - Disposition of Funds. - The revenue derived by the county from the taxes levied...

Division 4 - Use Tax.

Section 45-20-242.80 - Vehicle Use Tax. - (a) The Covington County Tax Collector or county tax collecting...

Section 45-20-242.81 - Levy of Additional Use Tax. - (a) This section shall only apply to Covington County. (b)...

Part 4 - Tax. Lodging.

Section 45-20-243 - Levy of Tax. - In Covington County, in addition to all other taxes imposed...

Section 45-20-243.01 - Exemptions. - (a) Each of the following charges are exempted from the...

Section 45-20-243.02 - Monthly Report; Records; Penalties. - (a) The tax levied by this part, except as otherwise...

Section 45-20-243.03 - Application of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-20-243.04 - Disposition of Funds. - Except as otherwise provided in this part, all proceeds from...

Section 45-20-243.05 - Severability. - None of the provisions of this part shall be applied...

Section 45-20-243.06 - Cost of Collection. - The designated collection agent shall charge and deduct from the...

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Code of Alabama Title 45 - Local Laws. Chapter 20 - Covington County.

Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 20 - Covington County.