Section 45-17-82.20 Additional Recording Fee; Audit.

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 136 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and Section 12-19-90(d), in Colbert County, a recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the county 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 instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the recording fee of two dollars ($2) 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 in any bank in Colbert County and expended at the discretion of the judge of probate for general operation of the probate office. (b) On May 7, 1992, the judge of probate shall post in a conspicuous manner in the probate office a notice to the public stating that the Judge of Probate of Colbert County requested that the local legislative delegation from the county enact legislation in the 1992 Regular Session of the Legislature that would increase the recording fees in the probate office by two dollars ($2). (c) The fees collected under this section shall be controlled at the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the State Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.