HB299 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Brett EasterbrookRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Choctaw County, court cost in circuit court, district court, municipal court, district for county jail

Summary

HB299 would add new court costs in Choctaw County courts to fund the county jail by creating a Jail Fund from collected fees.

What This Bill Does

HB299 adds new court costs in Choctaw County: $50 in civil cases filed in circuit or district court (except small claims, which get $25), and $50 in criminal and quasi-criminal cases in circuit, district, and municipal courts. The costs do not apply to filings by the district attorney or the judge of probate. Collected funds go into a Jail Fund in the county treasury and must be used only for jail maintenance, operation, and paying related debt.

Who It Affects

• Civil litigants in Choctaw County's circuit and district courts will pay an extra court cost of $50 (or $25 for small claims).
• Criminal and quasi-criminal defendants in Choctaw County's circuit, district, and municipal courts will pay an extra $50.

Key Provisions

• Adds additional civil court costs of $50 in circuit/district courts, with $25 for small claims.
• Adds additional criminal/quasi-criminal court costs of $50 in circuit, district, and municipal courts.
• Excludes filings by the district attorney and the judge of probate from these costs.
• Costs collected go to a Jail Fund in the county treasury to pay jail maintenance, repair, operation, and related debt.
• Effective July 1, 2025, if a local constitutional amendment authorizing the costs has been ratified beforehand.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Choctaw County