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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-51-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Part 1 - General Provisions.
Section 45-51-20 - Refusal by Wholesale Licensee to Sell to Retail Licensee; Remedies. - (a)(1) This section shall only apply to specified licensees of...
Section 45-51-20.01 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer for On-Premises Consumption; Repackaging. - (a)(1) The sale of draft or keg beer for on-premises...
Part 2 - Montgomery County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act.
Section 45-51-21 - Short Title. - This part shall be known as the Montgomery County Wine...
Section 45-51-21.01 - Applicability. - This part shall be operative only in Montgomery County.
Section 45-51-21.02 - Purpose. - The legislative intent and purpose of this part is to...
Section 45-51-21.03 - Definitions. - (a) The following words or phrases, or the plural thereof,...
Section 45-51-21.04 - Wholesale Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories. - Each supplier of wine licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control...
Section 45-51-21.05 - Prohibited Activities - Supplier. - A supplier shall not: (1) Fail to provide each wholesaler...
Section 45-51-21.06 - Prohibited Activities - Wholesaler. - A wholesaler shall not: (1) Fail to devote reasonable efforts...
Section 45-51-21.07 - Amendment, Modification, Termination, etc., of Agreement. - (a) Notwithstanding any agreement and except as otherwise provided for...
Section 45-51-21.08 - Transfer of Business of Wholesaler. - (a) Upon written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler's...
Section 45-51-21.09 - Reasonable Compensation for Diminution of Value of Business of Wholesaler; Arbitration. - (a) Except as provided for in this part, a supplier...
Section 45-51-21.10 - Waiver of Rights; Dispute Settlements. - A wholesaler may not waive any of the rights granted...
Section 45-51-21.11 - Applicability of Agreements to Transferees and Successors in Business. - (a) This part shall apply to agreements in existence on...
Section 45-51-21.12 - Violations. - (a) If a supplier engages in conduct prohibited under this...
Section 45-51-21.13 - Construction of Part. - This part is cumulative and supplemental and is in addition...
Article 5 - Constables.
Section 45-51-50 - Office Abolished. - In Montgomery County, the office of constable shall be abolished,...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Section 45-51-70 - Grants Authorized to Support Museum of Fine Arts. - The Montgomery County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered in...
Section 45-51-70.01 - Health Insurance for Certain Former Commission Members. - (a) Montgomery County Commission members who have served a total...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-51-71 - Expense Allowances. - (a)(1) Each commissioner of the Montgomery County Commission shall be...
Part 3 - Creation and Districts.
Section 45-51-72 - Board of Revenue. - (a) There is established a board consisting of five persons,...
Section 45-51-72.01 - Districts of County. - For the purpose of electing members of the county commission,...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Circuit Court.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 45-51-80 - Empanelling Additional Grand Juries. - (a) The Presiding Judge or the Presiding Judge of the...
Section 45-51-80.01 - Case Action Summaries; Minute Books. - (a) In the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all orders...
Division 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-51-80.20 - Supplemental Salary - Circuit Judges. - Each circuit judge in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in addition...
Section 45-51-80.21 - Supplemental Salary - Circuit Clerks. - Each circuit clerk in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in addition...
Section 45-51-80.22 - Supplemental Salary - Court Reporters. - In Montgomery County, all court reporters in the Fifteenth Judicial...
Part 2 - Court Costs.
Section 45-51-81 - Additional Booking Fee in Certain Cases. - (a) In Montgomery County, a booking fee in the amount...
Part 3 - District Attorney.
Division 1 - Employees.
Section 45-51-82 - Investigators. - (a) The District Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit is...
Division 2 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 45-51-82.20 - Definitions. - The following words or phrases when used in this part...
Section 45-51-82.21 - Discretionary Powers of District Attorney. - The District Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit is specifically...
Section 45-51-82.22 - Factors Considered. - The district attorney may utilize such discretion to screen or...
Section 45-51-82.23 - Appointment of Committee or Advisory Council. - (a) The Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of the...
Section 45-51-82.24 - Establishment of Preprosecution or Pretrial Diversionary Program. - Prior to or upon the issuance of any accusatory instrument...
Section 45-51-82.25 - Conditions of Behavior and Conduct. - During that period the district attorney may impose conditions upon...
Section 45-51-82.26 - Persons Charged With Certain Criminal Conduct Ineligible for Program. - Persons charged with the following criminal conduct shall not be...
Section 45-51-82.27 - Decision to Screen or Divert Cases; Approval After Indictment. - Prior to the issuance of an indictment by a grand...
Section 45-51-82.28 - Rights of Participating Defendants. - Any defendant voluntarily participating in such a program shall have...
Section 45-51-82.29 - Rights of District Attorney. - In conducting such a program, the district attorney for the...
Section 45-51-82.30 - Non-Criminal Disposition of the Charges; Reinstitution of Criminal Proceedings. - (a) After the completion of the preprosecution or pretrial diversionary...
Section 45-51-82.31 - Petition to Expunge or Purge Records. - (a) At the request of the defendant, the district attorney...
Section 45-51-82.32 - Fees; Program Requirements. - (a) A defendant admitted into the program shall be assessed...
Section 45-51-82.33 - Funding. - The district attorney for the circuit, in his or her...
Part 4 - District Court.
Section 45-51-83 - Supplemental Salary. - Each district judge in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in addition...
Part 5 - Probate Court.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-51-84 - Compensation of Judge of Probate. - (a) The per annum compensation shall be eighty-eight thousand dollars...
Division 2 - Employees.
Section 45-51-84.20 - Temporary Judges of Probate. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Montgomery County may appoint...
Division 3 - Recording System.
Section 45-51-84.40 - Purpose. - The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use...
Section 45-51-84.41 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, when used in this subpart,...
Section 45-51-84.42 - Installation and Maintenance. - The judge of probate may provide for the installation or...
Section 45-51-84.43 - Official Record of Instruments. - Following the installation or enhancement of any system, real property...
Section 45-51-84.44 - Relation to Other Laws. - All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real...
Section 45-51-84.45 - Payment of Costs. - The costs of installation or enhancement of any system shall...
Section 45-51-84.46 - Special Recording Fee. - Effective immediately after June 1, 2012, a special recording and...
Section 45-51-84.47 - Control and Audit of Fees; Availability of Records. - The fees collected pursuant to this subpart shall be controlled...
Section 45-51-84.48 - Transfer of Funds; Operation of Indexing and Recording System. - All funds held on June 1, 2012, in a special...
Article 10 - Education.
Section 45-51-100 - Compensation. - Commencing with the next term of office of the member...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-51-110 - Compensation - Board of Registrars. - Each member of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars shall...
Section 45-51-110.01 - Compensation - Election Officials. - (a) The Montgomery County Commission shall have the authority to...
Article 12 - Employees.
Section 45-51-120 - Participation in Employees' Retirement System; Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 833, 1969 Regular Session (Acts...
Section 45-51-120.01 - Holidays; Personal Leave Days. - Employees of Montgomery County shall receive the same number of...
Article 15 - Gambling.
Section 45-51-150 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 45-51-150.01 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words shall have...
Section 45-51-150.02 - Bingo Games - Authorized. - The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by...
Section 45-51-150.03 - Bingo Games - Permit Required. - (a) No qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a...
Section 45-51-150.04 - Bingo Games - Application for Permit. - (a) A qualified organization which does not hold a permit...
Section 45-51-150.05 - Bingo Games - Contents and Display of Permit. - (a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address...
Section 45-51-150.06 - Bingo Games - Certain Activities Prohibited; Value of Prizes. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only...
Section 45-51-150.07 - Bingo Games - Fees. - All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall...
Section 45-51-150.08 - Bingo Games - Disposition of Proceeds. - The net proceeds of a bingo game shall be devoted...
Section 45-51-150.09 - Bingo Games - Management and Operation. - (a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which...
Section 45-51-150.10 - Recordkeeping. - Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to...
Section 45-51-150.11 - Maintenance of Records; Inspections. - (a) On or before April 15th, after this article has...
Section 45-51-150.12 - Revocation of Permits. - The sheriff, for good cause shown, may revoke any permit...
Section 45-51-150.13 - Effect of Revocation. - (a) A permit holder whose permit is revoked in consequence...
Section 45-51-150.14 - Jurisdiction. - The circuit court of this county shall have jurisdiction to...
Section 45-51-150.15 - Violations. - Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of...
Section 45-51-150.16 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband. - Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any...
Section 45-51-150.17 - Applicability of Laws. - Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a...
Article 16 - Government Operations.
Section 45-51-160 - Contingent Fund. - (a) The board of revenue or other governing body of...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Environment.
Section 45-51-170 - Storage and Accumulation of Junk, Inoperable Motor Vehicles, Litter; Licensing and Operation of Junk-Yards. - (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or other...
Part 2 - Health.
Section 45-51-171 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The Montgomery County Board of Health shall designate the...
Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
Section 45-51-220 - Hunting Preserve - License Required. - Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a hunting...
Section 45-51-220.01 - Hunting Preserve - Site Requirements. - Each hunting preserve shall contain a minimum of 100 acres...
Section 45-51-220.02 - Hunting Preserve - Game Requirements. - Game which may be hunted on a preserve licensed under...
Section 45-51-220.03 - Hunting Preserve - License or Permit Fees; Inspections. - The privilege license or permit fee for operating a hunting...
Section 45-51-220.04 - Hunting Preserve - Limits on Harvest; Hunting Period. - The holder of a license issued pursuant to this article,...
Section 45-51-220.05 - Hunting Preserve - Tagging of Bob-White Quail. - Bobwhite quail shall be tagged with a self-sealing tag prior...
Section 45-51-220.06 - Hunting Preserve - Recordkeeping; Inspection of Records. - Each hunting preserve operator shall maintain a register and record...
Section 45-51-220.07 - Hunting Preserve - Hunting Licenses Required of Patrons; Operators as Agent Vendors of Licenses. - Alabama hunting licenses shall be required of all persons hunting...
Section 45-51-220.08 - Hunting Preserve - Enforcement of Game and Fish Laws. - Duly authorized agents of the Department of Conservation and Natural...
Section 45-51-220.09 - Hunting Preserve - Violations; License Revocation. - Any person, firm, or corporation who is found guilty of...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-51-230 - Conditions for Release From Custody; Use of Real Estate Equitable Interest. - (a) Any person who is arrested and is held in...
Section 45-51-230.01 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement. - (a) Any individual employed by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department...
Section 45-51-230.02 - Employment of Police Officers by Baptist Medical Center; Powers and Duties; Jurisdiction. - (a) The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively:...
Section 45-51-230.03 - Powers and Duties of Montgomery Community Corrections Program Director and Employees. - (a) The Director of the Montgomery Community Corrections Program and...
Section 45-51-230.04 - Minimum Qualifications for Sheriff; Continuing Education. - (a) On or after May 18, 2020, a person qualifying...
Section 45-51-231 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall receive an expense...
Part 3 - Funding.
Section 45-51-232 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property. - (a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall sell, at public...
Section 45-51-232.01 - Funding of Work Release Program and Community Corrections Program. - (a) The Legislature finds that there is a demonstrated local...
Section 45-51-232.02 - Fees for Fingerprinting, Criminal History Investigations, and Reports. - (a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County may charge and collect...
Section 45-51-232.03 - Service of Process Fee. - (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and...
Part 4 - Jails.
Section 45-51-233 - Jail Store; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County is authorized to operate...
Part 5 - Pistol Permits.
Section 45-51-234 - Pistol Permit Fee; Sheriff's Fund. - (a) In Montgomery County the fee for issuance of a...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Board of Equalization.
Section 45-51-240 - Expense Allowance. - (a) The members of the Montgomery County Board of Equalization...
Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.
Section 45-51-241 - Consolidation of Unified System. - (a) Beginning with the next term of office, or upon...
Section 45-51-241.01 - Compensation. - (a) The per annum compensation shall be seventy-eight thousand dollars...
Section 45-51-241.02 - Transfer of Duties. - All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle and non-motorized...
Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.
Division 1 - Greater Montgomery Act.
Section 45-51-242 - Short Title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 45-51-242.01 - Boundaries of City of Montgomery. - The boundaries of the City of Montgomery are hereby altered,...
Section 45-51-242.02 - Exemption From Taxation Unless Certain Services Furnished; Annual Assessment. - Any area which is located within the boundaries of the...
Section 45-51-242.03 - Maintenance of Roads and Streets. - Any roads or streets which are located in those areas...
Section 45-51-242.04 - Redistricting of Council Districts. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any redistricting of...
Division 2 - Exemptions.
Section 45-51-242.20 - Taxation Exemption for Certain Owner-Developers. - (a) The County of Montgomery may henceforth grant county ad...
Division 3 - Tax.
Section 45-51-242.40 - Ad Valorem Tax Authorized. - (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the...
Part 4 - Tax, Rental.
Section 45-51-243 - Legislative Findings. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the...
Section 45-51-243.01 - Definitions. - (a) As used in this part, the following words, terms,...
Section 45-51-243.02 - Levy of Tax; Rates; Applicability; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The county commission is authorized, by resolution duly adopted,...
Section 45-51-243.03 - Exemptions. - The rental tax authorized by this part does not apply...
Section 45-51-243.04 - Addition of Tax to Rental Price; Collection. - Each person engaging or continuing in the business of leasing...
Section 45-51-243.05 - Administration, Enforcement, and Collection of Tax. - The county commission shall administer, enforce, and collect the tax...
Section 45-51-243.06 - Taxes Constitute Debt; Employment of Special Counsel. - The rental tax shall constitute a debt due the county...
Section 45-51-243.07 - Payment of Taxes; Reports. - (a) The rental tax, except where otherwise provided in this...
Section 45-51-243.08 - Credit Collections. - Any person who is charged with collecting the rental tax...
Section 45-51-243.09 - Recordkeeping. - It shall be the duty of every person required to...
Section 45-51-243.10 - Return Required After Sale or Quitting of Business; Successor Obligations. - Any person subject to this part who shall sell out...
Section 45-51-243.11 - Effective Date of Levy; Terms of Resolution. - If the governing body of the county elects to levy...
Section 45-51-243.12 - Construction and Application. - The tax authorized to be levied by this part shall...
Section 45-51-243.13 - Use of Proceeds. - (a) The county commission may anticipate the proceeds from the...
Section 45-51-243.14 - Personal Gain From Expenditures by Public Officials, etc., Prohibited. - No public official or family member of a public official...
Section 45-51-243.15 - Rulemaking Authority. - The county commission may prescribe all necessary or appropriate rules...
Part 5 - Tax, School, District.
Section 45-51-244 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:...
Section 45-51-244.01 - Authorization to Levy and Collect Ad Valorem Tax. - Montgomery County presently is authorized to levy and collect the...
Section 45-51-244.03 - Referendum. - The increase in the rate at which the special ad...
Section 45-51-244.04 - Strategic Plan and Performance Metrics. - (a) By November 16, 2020, the Montgomery County Board of...