ALABAMA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Rule 26.

Court costs.

Court costs in juvenile cases shall be assessed and distributed as provided by law. Uncollected court costs may not be assessed as charges against the county.

[Amended 11-9-76; eff. 1-16-77; Amended eff. 5-1-94.]

Comment

Ala.Code 1975, § 12-19-72(2), distributes docket fees collected in civil cases in the district court as follows (until October 1, 1995): “$7.00 to the fair trial tax fund, $59.00 to the state general fund, and $8.00 to the county general fund.” That Code section changes the amounts as of October 1, 1995.

See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 12-15-10 and 12-15-11. Although § 12-15-10 provides that court costs, as well as other costs and expenses, shall be “valid charges … against the county,” this rule provides that uncollected court costs may not be charged to the county.

[Comment amended eff. 5-1-95.]