§45-14-80.01. Sheriff's Department Fund.

(a) In Clay County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at law or in equity, whether such proceeding is in any inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether such proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts.

(b) In Clay County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars ($5) upon conviction in any criminal proceeding arising out of the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts.

(c) In Clay County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or criminal action instituted outside the State of Alabama, whether at law or equity. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other court costs in actions instituted or arising outside the State of Alabama.

(d) In Clay County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars ($5) in any criminal proceeding arising out of the violation of drug and controlled substances, whether felonious or misdemeanor, and, in any court located in the county, whether inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether such proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts.

(e) All funds generated by the provisions of this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Clay County, designated for the Sheriff's Department Fund.

(Act 81-284, p. 366, §§1, 2; Act 81-285, p. 367, §1; Act 81-286, p. 368, §1; Act 81-287, p. 368, §1; Act 2010-570, p. 1153, §1.)