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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-36-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Section 45-36-20 - Charge of Classification for Incorporated Municipalities. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not...
Article 5 - Constables.
Section 45-36-50 - Office of Constable Abolished. - In Jackson County, effective at the end of the current...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-36-60 - Compensation and Mileage Allowance Schedule; Deputy Coroners. - (a) A new compensation and mileage allowance schedule for the...
Part 2 - Deputy Coroner.
Section 45-36-61 - Appointment; Compensation. - (a) The Coroner of Jackson County is hereby authorized and...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Section 45-36-70 - Salary; Full-Time Position. - (a) The Chair of the Jackson County Commission shall receive...
Section 45-36-70.01 - Expense Allowance. - The Chair of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid...
Part 2 - Membership.
Section 45-36-71 - Terms of Office. - Notwithstanding Act 65, 1950 Fifth Special Session (Acts 1950-1951 Special...
Part 3 - Powers.
Section 45-36-72 - Computerized Recordkeeping and Filing. - (a) The County Commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Court Costs.
Section 45-36-80 - Additional Fees and Costs; Jackson County Jail. - (a) In Jackson County, in addition to any and all...
Section 45-36-80.01 - Service of Papers and Documents. - (a) This section shall only apply to Jackson County. (b)...
Section 45-36-80.02 - Fee for Service of Failure to Appear Warrants. - (a) In Jackson County, in addition to any and all...
Section 45-36-80.03 - Domestic Violence Cases. - Repealed by Act 2017-325, § 3, effective May 18, 2017.
Section 45-36-80.04 - Additional Court Cost in Domestic Violence Cases. - (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in...
Section 45-36-80.05 - Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. - SECTION 4 OF ACT 2019-215 WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-119...
Part 2 - District Attorney.
Section 45-36-81 - Expense Allowance. - The District Attorney of the Thirty-eighth Judicial Circuit for Jackson...
Part 3 - Jury Commission.
Section 45-36-82 - Compensation. - (a) The jury commission of Jackson County shall receive compensation...
Part 4 - Probate Court.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-36-83 - Expense Allowance. - The Judge of Probate for Jackson County, Alabama, shall be...
Division 2 - Fees.
Section 45-36-83.20 - Copy Fee. - Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section...
Section 45-36-83.21 - Mailing Fee Schedule. - The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, from...
Section 45-36-83.22 - Matrimony Fee. - The Judge of Probate of Jackson County may charge an...
Section 45-36-83.23 - Publishing List of Qualified Electors. - In Jackson County, effective at the beginning of the next...
Division 3 - Indexing System.
Section 45-36-83.40 - Applicability and Purpose. - This subpart shall only apply in Jackson County. The purpose...
Section 45-36-83.41 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, including the plural of any...
Section 45-36-83.42 - Installation of Improved Indexing System. - The judge of probate is hereby authorized to provide for...
Section 45-36-83.43 - Applicability of State Laws. - All laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of...
Section 45-36-83.44 - Costs. - Nothing contained in this subpart, however, shall prohibit the county...
Section 45-36-83.45 - Special Indexing Fee. - Immediately on May 10, 1993, this section becomes applicable to...
Part 5 - Law Library.
Section 45-36-84 - Establishment, Administration, and Financing of County Law Library; Law Library Fee. - (a) The Jackson County Commission shall maintain a county law...
Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
Part 1 - Economic Development.
Section 45-36-90 - Jackson County Economic Development Authority. - (a) There is hereby created the Jackson County Economic Development...
Article 10 - Education.
Section 45-36-100 - Election of Superintendent and Board Members. - (a) The Jackson County Superintendent of Education and several members...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-36-110 - Compensation for Election Officials. - (a) The Jackson County Commission may provide compensation to election...
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Part 1 - Fire Protection.
Division 1 - Fire Proctection Tax and Fire Marshal.
Section 45-36-140 - Assessment and Collection of Tax; Fire Marshal; Regulations; Fire Districts. - (a) The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to fix...
Division 2
Section 45-36-140.20 - Funding. - (a) The board of county commissioners or other like governing...
Part 2 - Rescue Squads.
Section 45-36-141 - Funding; County Board of Directors. - (a) The County Commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized...
Article 16 - Government Operations.
Part 1 - County Owned Vehicles.
Section 45-36-160 - Identifying Markings. - (a) No later than 30 days immediately following June 26,...
Part 2 - Liability for Monetary Loss.
Section 45-36-161 - Reimbursement; Due Care Required. - (a) The Jackson County governing body shall reimburse the office...
Part 3 - Tennessee Valley Authority in Lieu of Taxes.
Section 45-36-162 - Distribution of Payments. - (a) Any payments coming into the treasury of Jackson County...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Health.
Section 45-36-170 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The Jackson County Board of Health shall designate the...
Part 2 - Environment.
Section 45-36-171 - Abatement of Nuisances Related to Commercial Swine Farming Operations. - (a) This section shall apply only in Jackson County, Alabama....
Part 3 - Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board.
Section 45-36-172 - Creation; Purpose. - The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson County...
Section 45-36-172.01 - Composition. - (a) The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson...
Section 45-36-172.02 - Powers and Duties. - The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson County...
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.
Section 45-36-180 - Department of Public Works - Created. - There is hereby created a department of public works in...
Section 45-36-180.01 - Department of Public Works - Powers. - The department of public works, subject to the approval of...
Section 45-36-180.02 - Disposition of Funds. - Any unexpended monies remaining in the fund required by law...
Section 45-36-180.03 - Employment of County Engineer. - The county commission may request the Director of the State...
Section 45-36-180.04 - Duties of County Engineer. - It shall be the duty of the county engineer, subject...
Section 45-36-180.05 - Requisitions. - The county engineer is hereby designated as the person authorized...
Section 45-36-180.06 - Office Supplies and Transportation; Limitations on Private Property. - (a) The county commission shall furnish the county engineer office...
Section 45-36-180.07 - Accountability for Equipment; Inventory. - The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road...
Section 45-36-180.08 - Sale, Trade, etc., of Equipment. - No materials, supplies, or equipment may be traded, loaned, leased,...
Section 45-36-180.09 - Appropriation and Use of Funds. - The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to...
Section 45-36-180.10 - Road Fund; Separate Account. - All expenditures for salaries, labor, benefits, insurance, supplies, materials, and...
Section 45-36-180.11 - Surety Bond. - Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer...
Section 45-36-180.12 - Expense Allowance. - The chair and each member of the Jackson County Commission...
Section 45-36-180.13 - Salary. - The county commission shall set the salary of the county...
Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
Part 1 - Parks.
Section 45-36-220 - Use of Facilities. - Members of the board of directors of any Jackson County...
Section 45-36-220.01 - Transfer of Surplus Funds. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson County...
Part 2 - Recreation.
Section 45-36-221 - Casting Light From Motor Vehicle for Hunting. - (a) In Jackson County, it shall be unlawful for any...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-36-230 - Salary and Expense Allowance. - (a) Commencing on June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of Jackson...
Part 2 - Funding.
Section 45-36-231 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage. - (a) The Sheriff of Jackson County shall keep and maintain...
Section 45-36-231.01 - Sale of Perishable Property. - If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a...
Section 45-36-231.02 - Record of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction. - (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record...
Section 45-36-231.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property. - (a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at...
Section 45-36-231.04 - Claim of Property. - The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered...
Section 45-36-231.05 - Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid. - If property is sold at public auction, as provided in...
Section 45-36-231.06 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds. - The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction...
Section 45-36-231.07 - Interest Earned on Inmate Trust Fund Account. - In Jackson County, all interest earned on the Inmate Trust...
Part 3 - Jails.
Division 1 - Jail Concession.
Section 45-36-232 - Jail Store; Disposition of Funds; Reporting. - (a) The Sheriff of Jackson County or his or her...
Division 2 - Work Release.
Section 45-36-232.20 - Work Release for Gainful Employment Conducive to Rehabilitation. - Any person who has been committed to the county jail...
Section 45-36-232.21 - Reporting to Jail. - Any person who has been sentenced to the Jackson County...
Section 45-36-232.22 - Failure to Report to Jail. - Any person released under Section 45-36-232.20, or ordered confined under...
Section 45-36-232.23 - Income; Jackson County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund. - For the purposes of this subpart, the term net income...
Section 45-36-232.24 - Waiver of Collection and Payment. - In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of...
Section 45-36-232.25 - Disposition of Funds. - All sums collected under this subpart shall be expended for...
Section 45-36-232.26 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions...
Section 45-36-232.27 - Judicial Officer. - As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means,...
Section 45-36-232.28 - Release Pending Trial; Conditions; Order; Notice. - (a) Any person in Jackson County charged with an offense,...
Section 45-36-232.29 - Failure to Appear. - (a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this subpart, willfully...
Section 45-36-232.30 - Revocation of Release - Violation of Condition of Release. - a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to...
Section 45-36-232.31 - Revocation of Release - Probable Cause of Felony or Misdemeanor. - (a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to...
Section 45-36-232.32 - Bribery. - Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act...
Section 45-36-232.33 - Accepting a Bribe. - Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or...
Section 45-36-232.34 - Forfeiture of Cash or Security. - All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the...
Section 45-36-232.35 - Jackson County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission. - (a) There is hereby created a body to be known...
Section 45-36-232.36 - Contempt; Sanctions. - Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the...
Section 45-36-232.37 - Procedures Cumulative. - The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and...
Part 4 - Pistol Permits.
Section 45-36-233 - (a) In Jackson County, the fee for issuance of a...
Part 5 - Retirement.
Section 45-36-234 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc.; Upon Retirement. - Any individual employed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office as...
Part 6 - Relief Acts.
Section 45-36-235 - Authorization of Relief Payments. - (a) In Jackson County, the sum of one thousand three...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Board of Equalization.
Section 45-36-241 - Relief From Obligations Incurred in Relation to Excessive Homestead Exemptions. - All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the Tax Assessor of...
Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.
Division 1 - Budgetary Operations.
Section 45-36-241.01 - Merger of Operations. - (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Jackson County may take the...
Division 2 - Creation of Office.
Section 45-36-241.20 - County Revenue Commissioner. - (a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county...
Division 3 - Motor Vehicles.
Section 45-36-241.40 - Motor Vehicle License and Title Division; Personnel. - There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner’s office of...
Section 45-36-241.41 - Duties; Commissions and Fees. - The revenue commissioner shall perform all duties relating to the...
Section 45-36-241.42 - Recordkeeping. - The revenue commissioner shall keep at all times an accurate...
Section 45-36-241.43 - Charge and Collection of Fees. - Except as herein provided, the revenue commissioner shall be entitled...
Section 45-36-241.44 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide...
Section 45-36-241.45 - Assessments. - Before any vehicles may be assessed, the revenue commissioner shall...
Section 45-36-241.46 - Voiding of License Tag Upon Invalid Payment. - In cases where a personal check given for a license...
Section 45-36-241.47 - Application and Renewal by Mail. - The revenue commissioner, near the end of each month, shall...
Division 4 - Redemption of Lands.
Section 45-36-241.70 - Procedure for Sale and Redemption of Lands. - (a) This section shall apply to Jackson County. (b) The...
Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.
Section 45-36-243 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall...
Section 45-36-243.01 - Excise Tax Authorized. - The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise...
Section 45-36-243.02 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals. - On or before the 20th day of each month after...
Section 45-36-243.03 - Recordkeeping. - All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not...
Section 45-36-243.04 - Report of Business Address. - Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied...
Section 45-36-243.05 - Violations. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or...
Section 45-36-243.06 - Enforcement. - It shall be the duty of the county commission of...
Section 45-36-243.07 - Delinquency in Payment of Tax. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or...
Section 45-36-243.08 - Payment of Tax - The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax...
Section 45-36-243.09 - Penalties. - Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this part...
Section 45-36-243.10 - Quarterly Reports. - Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator,...
Section 45-36-243.11 - Special Fund. - The proceeds of any tax imposed under authority of this...
Section 45-36-243.12 - Use of Funds. - Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-36-243.11...
Section 45-36-243.13 - Construction of Part. - The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not...
Part 5 - Tax, Lease.
Section 45-36-244 - Levy of Tax. - (a) In Jackson County, the county commission may levy a...
Part 6 - Tax, Lodging.
Section 45-36-245 - Levy of Tax; Exemptions; Payment; Recordkeeping; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In addition to all other taxes imposed by law,...
Section 45-36-245.01 - Additional Lodging Tax. - (a) This section shall be applicable only to Jackson County....
Part 7 - Tax, Severance.
Section 45-36-246 - Levy and Collection of Tax. - (a) There is levied from each producer of coal in...
Part 9 - Tax, Sales and Use.
Section 45-36-248 - Levy of Tax; Collection and Disposition of Proceeds; Violations. - (a) This section shall apply only to Jackson County. (b)...
Article 25 - Utilities.
Part 1 - Solid Waste Collection.
Section 45-36-250 - Exceptions Authorized. - (a) This section shall apply only to Jackson County. (b)...
Section 45-36-250.01 - Reimbursement of Surplus Funds. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson...
Part 2 - Tennessee River Preservation Act.
Section 45-36-251 - Transfer of Water From Tennessee River Basin. - (a) This section shall apply only in Jackson County. (b)...
Part 3 - Water Authority.
Section 45-36-252 - Definitions. - When used in this part, the following words and phrases...
Section 45-36-252.01 - Legislative Intent. - This part is intended to aid the state and county...
Section 45-36-252.02 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under...
Section 45-36-252.03 - Board of Directors. - (a) The board of the Jackson County Water Authority shall...
Section 45-36-252.05 - Additional Powers and Rights. - (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this part,...
Section 45-36-252.06 - Bonds of the Authority; Obligations. - (a) In addition to all other powers now or hereafter...
Section 45-36-252.07 - Rates, Fees, and Charges. - Rates, fees, and charges for water, sewer, or garbage service...
Section 45-36-252.08 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Water, Sewer, or Garbage System. - For the purpose of securing water, sewer, or garbage service...
Section 45-36-252.09 - Rights-of-Way. - The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of...
Section 45-36-252.10 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority. - (a) The furnishing of sewer and garbage service in conjunction...
Section 45-36-252.11 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc. - (a) The authority, the property and income of the authority,...
Section 45-36-252.12 - Exemption From Usury Statutes. - The authority now or hereafter organized under this part is...
Section 45-36-252.13 - Dissolution of Authority. - At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed...
Section 45-36-252.14 - Validity of Certificate of Incorporation. - In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate...
Section 45-36-252.16 - Auditing. - The Jackson County Water Authority shall be audited similar to...