(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 321 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, in Lawrence County, a recording fee of four dollars ($4) shall be paid to the judge of probate and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate. No such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the recording fee of four dollars ($4) is paid. The recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any instrument in the probate office. All recording fees so collected shall be deposited by the judge of probate to any bank in Lawrence County and spent by the judge of probate at his or her discretion for the purchase or lease of additional equipment and for the general operation of the office of the judge of probate.
(b) The fees collected under this section shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
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