Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 5 - Blount County.

Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.

Section 45-5-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...

Section 45-5-11 - Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Supernumerary County Officers. - Beginning October 1, 2007, each supernumerary county officer, or his...

Article 2 - Alcholic Beverages.

Section 45-5-20 - Regulation of Sale and Distribution of Draft Beer. - Each city council of a municipality located in Blount County,...

Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.

Section 45-5-40 - Branch Banking. - After May 20, 1985, any bank which is authorized by...

Article 5 - Constables.

Section 45-5-50 - Office Abolished. - In Blount County, effective at the end of the current...

Article 6 - Coroner.

Section 45-5-60 - Expense Allowance. - Repealed by Act 2008-424, p. 824, §4, effective May 16,...

Section 45-5-60.01 - Additional Expense Allowance; Compensation. - (a) Commencing on August 1, 2000, the Coroner of Blount...

Section 45-5-60.02 - Additional Expense Allowance; Health Care Benefits; Cost-of-Living Increases. - (a) Commencing on May 16, 2008, the Coroner of Blount...

Article 7 - County Commission.

Part 1 - Compensation and Expenses.

Section 45-5-70 - Expense Allowance. - Each member, except the chair, of the County Commission of...

Part 2 - Contingent Fund.

Section 45-5-71 - Appropriations From General Fund. - (a) The Blount County Commission may appropriate from the county...

Part 3 - Districts.

Section 45-5-72 - Members Elected From Single-Member Districts; Reapportionment. - (a) Effective the next election of the Blount County Commission,...

Part 4 - Membship; Chair.

Section 45-5-73 - Compensation. - The position of county commissioner of Blount County shall be...

Part 5 - Private Roads.

Section 45-5-74 - Repair and Maintenance. - The county commissioners of Blount County may authorize the use...

Part 6 - Regulation of Explosives.

Section 45-5-75 - Rules and Regulations; Bond. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the regulation of...

Part 7 - Revenue Collection.

Section 45-5-76 - Collection Program; Establishment and Administration; Powers; Hiring. - (a) The County Commission of Blount County may establish and...

Article 8 - Courts.

Part 1 - Court Costs.

Section 45-5-80 - Service for Actions Instituted Outside Alabama; Sheriff's Department Fund. - (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees...

Section 45-5-80.10 - Services of Papers or Documents; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees...

Section 45-5-80.20 - Conviction of Misdemeanor or Felony. - (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees...

Section 45-5-80.30 - Civil and Criminal Cases; Service of Pleadings or Documents. - (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now...

Section 45-5-80.40 - Additional Fee; Municipal Courts. - (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now...

Part 2 - Jury Commission.

Section 45-5-81 - Compensation. - In addition to any compensation provided by the state, each...

Part 3 - Probate Court.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-5-82 - Compensation for Judge of Probate. - Immediately upon May 2, 1994, the salary of the Judge...

Division 2 - Recording of Instruments.

Section 45-5-82.20 - Name and Address of Grantee; Liability; Falsification; Application. - (a) In Blount County no probate judge shall receive for...

Section 45-5-82.30 - Special Recording Fee. - On and after July 22, 1987, a special recording fee...

Part 4 - Investigator.

Section 45-5-83 - Investigators. - (a) In Blount County, the district attorney for the Forty-first...

Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.

Section 45-5-90 - 2020 Strategic Planning Commission. - (a) In Blount County, there is hereby created the "Blount...

Article 10 - Education.

Part 1 - Board of Education.

Division 1 - Districts.

Section 45-5-100 - Compensation. - (a) Members of the county Board of Education of Blount...

Division 2 - Expenses.

Section 45-5-100.20 - Expense Allowance. - In Blount County, the members of the county board of...

Part 2 - Insurance of Schools.

Section 45-5-101 - Board of Education Authorized to Insure School Property. - In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Blount County Board of...

Part 3 - Superintendent.

Section 45-5-102 - Method of Electing Superintendent. - The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by...

Article 11 - Elections.

Part 1 - Board of Registrars.

Section 45-5-110 - Expense Allowance. - Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County,...

Part 2 - Voter Registration and Procedure.

Section 45-5-111 - Appointment of Clerks; Rules and Regulations. - (a) The Probate Judge of Blount County shall appoint one...

Section 45-5-111.20 - Use of Voting Machines. - In Blount County, election officials shall allow voters who have...

Article 12 - Employees.

Section 45-5-120 - Merit System; Board; Violations. - (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County, Alabama....

Article 13 - Engineer.

Section 45-5-130 - Duties; Salary; Bond; County Commissioners Employed as Part-Time Officers. - (a) In addition to all other authority vested in the...

Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.

Part 1 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fire Protection Program.

Section 45-5-140 - Assessment of Tax Against Owners of Forest Lands. - (a) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized, when...

Part 2 - Districts.

Division 1 - Created by County Commission.

Section 45-5-141 - Fire Districts; Rules and Regulations; Boundaries. - (a) In Blount County the county commission shall have the...

Division 2 - Created by Referendum.

Section 45-5-141.20 - Powers and Duties; Annual Dues; Board of Trustees; Referendum Election. - (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b)...

Article 16 - Government Finance and Operations.

Section 45-5-160 - Reimbursement for Monetary Loss From Errors or Mistakes Made in Good Faith; Voiding of Licenses Based on Worthless or Forged Instruments. - (a) The Blount County Commission shall reimburse the offices of...

Article 17 - Health and Environment.

Part 1 - Health.

Division 1 - Death Certificates.

Section 45-5-170 - Issuance; Fees. - (a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized...

Division 2 - Fee Schedule for Services.

Section 45-5-170.20 - Schedule of Fees; Rules and Regulations. - (a) The Board of Health of Blount County may fix...

Section 45-5-171 - Dumping Fee. - (a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge...

Article 23 - Sheriff.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-5-230 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-194 IN THE 2022...

Section 45-5-230.01 - Additional Expense Allowance. - Effective October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the...

Part 2 - Jails.

Section 45-5-231 - Jail Commissary, Contract Telephones, and Vending Machines; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Sheriff of Blount County may operate a jail...

Part 3 - Pistol Permit Fee.

Section 45-5-232 - License Fee; Exemption for Certain Military Veterans; Disposition of Funds. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning January 1,...

Part 4 - Property, Sale of Abandon, Stolen, and Unclaim

Section 45-5-233 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage. - (a) The Sheriff of Blount County shall keep and maintain...

Section 45-5-233.01 - Sale of Perishable Property. - If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a...

Section 45-5-233.02 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction. - (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record...

Section 45-5-233.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property. - (a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at...

Section 45-5-233.04 - Claim of Property. - The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered...

Section 45-5-233.05 - Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid. - If property is sold at public auction, as provided in...

Section 45-5-233.06 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds. - The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction...

Section 45-5-233.07 - Applicability. - This part shall not apply to abandoned motor vehicles, which...

Article 24 - Taxation.

Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.

Division 1 - Creation of Office.

Section 45-5-240 - Creation of Office; Duties of Commissioner; Deputies, Clerks, Assistants. - (a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county...

Division 2 - Motor Vehicles Licenses.

Section 45-5-240.20 - License Division Created; Clerks and Other Assistants; Duties; Fees; Evidence of Payment. - (a) There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner's Office...

Division 3 - Operation of Office.

Section 45-5-240.40 - Merging of Budgetary Operations. - The Revenue Commissioner of Blount County is hereby authorized to...

Part 2 - Tax, Ad Valorem.

Division 1 - Hayden School Tax District.

Section 45-5-241 - Increase of Tax Rate. - (a) The following words and phrases shall have the following...

Division 2 - Blount County Water Authority.

Section 45-5-241.20 - Additional Ad Valorem Tax; Water Authority Created; Referendum. - (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to...

Part 3 - Tax, Gasoline.

Section 45-5-242 - Levy of Gasoline Tax; Use of Proceeds. - (a) The following words, when used in this section shall...

Part 4 - Tax, General.

Section 45-5-243 - Power to Levy; Disposition of Proceeds. - (a) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama...

Part 5 - Tobacco Tax.

Section 45-5-244 - Levy of Tobacco Tax; Use of Proceeds; Violations. - (a) The County Commission of Blount County may levy a...

Part 6 - Tax, Privilege.

Section 45-5-246 - Short Title. - This section shall be known as the Moving Blount County...

Section 45-5-246.01 - Definitions. - As used in this section, sales and use tax means...

Section 45-5-246.02 - Privilege License Tax on General, Amusement, and Vending Categories. - Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors...

Section 45-5-246.03 - Collection of Tax. - The tax authorized to be levied by this part shall...

Section 45-5-246.04 - Addition of Tax to Sales or Use Price; Absorption or Refund of Tax Prohibited. - Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to...

Section 45-5-246.05 - Taxes Constitute Debt. - The tax authorized by this part, if levied, shall constitute...

Section 45-5-246.06 - Applicability of Other Sales and Use Tax Provisions. - All existing provisions of the sales and use tax statutes,...

Section 45-5-246.07 - Disposition of Funds. - All taxes collected under this part shall be remitted to...

Section 45-5-247 - Levy of Tax Authorized. - (a) In addition to all other taxes of every kind...