Section 12-19-171 - Schedule and distribution of fees - Juvenile and criminal cases in district and circuit courts.

AL Code § 12-19-171 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court:

(1) District Court:

(2) Circuit Court:

(3) Docket fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district court or circuit court shall be assessed at eighty-five dollars ($85) and shall be distributed as follows:

a. Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.

b. Forty-nine dollars ($49) to the State General Fund.

c. Ten dollars ($10) to the county general fund.

d. Five dollars ($5) to the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund.

e. Five dollars ($5) to the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund.

(4) Uncollected court costs in juvenile cases may not be assessed as charges against the county.

(b) A fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be collected for the issuance of each witness subpoena. Witness subpoena fees shall be in addition to docket fees. The subpoena fee shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Five dollars ($5) to the county general fund.

(2) Three dollars ($3) to the State General Fund.

(c) Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees in criminal and juvenile cases shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund.