HB516 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Allen TreadawayRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Fultondale,municipal judges and magistrates for municipal courts, authorized to issue warrant recall fee for failure to appear for municipal ordinance or traffic violation, distrib. to municipal corrections fund
Summary: Fultondale can charge a warrant recall fee of up to $100 to recall failure-to-appear warrants for municipal ordinance violations, with the money going to the city's corrections fund.
What This Bill Does
The bill lets Fultondale's municipal judge or magistrate assess up to a $100 fee when recalling a failure-to-appear warrant. The defendant must pay the fee at the time the warrant is recalled. The city is not required to recall warrants, and decisions are at the judge's discretion. Fees collected go to the City of Fultondale Corrections Fund and are allocated under state law; the act takes effect immediately after the governor's approval.

Who It Affects
Defendants who have a failure-to-appear warrant for a Fultondale municipal ordinance or traffic violation; they would pay up to $100 to have the warrant recalled.
City of Fultondale Municipal Court and the City Corrections Fund; they receive and allocate the collected recall fees.

Key Provisions
Allows a municipal judge or magistrate to assess a warrant recall fee up to $100 for recalling a failure-to-appear warrant arising from municipal ordinance violations.
Fees collected are deposited into the City of Fultondale Corrections Fund and allocated per state code.
Recall of warrants remains discretionary and not all warrants must be recalled; the court decides.
Effective immediately upon the governor's approval.

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Subjects: Jefferson County