AlabamaWilcox County requires a $10 fee to record property documents
People recording property documents in Wilcox County’s probate office must pay $10 for each document, in addition to other required fees and taxes.
What it does
People recording property documents in Wilcox County must pay a $10 fee before the office accepts them. The fee is added to other required charges.
The law directs the repeal of two earlier Wilcox County laws about recording fees: Acts 1990-618 and 2001-365.
Argument forThe recording fee could bring in public revenue from people who use Wilcox County’s probate office to record property documents.
Argument againstThe $10 fee could make property filings harder to afford because people must also pay other required fees and taxes.
More detail
Wilcox County’s probate judge collects $10 before accepting covered documents for recording. The fee covers documents about real estate and personal property, meaning property other than real estate, filed in Wilcox County’s probate office. The county governing body can also apply the fee to other documents recorded in the probate office. The $10 fee is added to other fees, taxes, and charges required by law. The recording-fee provisions took effect June 1, 2026.
The law directs the repeal of Acts 1990-618 and 2001-365. Both earlier acts concern probate recording fees in Wilcox County. The repeal provision took effect June 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9EnactedBecame Law
- Apr 2Third Reading in Second House
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1087. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Third Reading in Second House. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1087Passed Senate
- Apr 2Ready to Enroll
- Apr 2EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 2Signature Requested
- Apr 2Delivered to GovernorMinor
- Apr 1Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Apr 1Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )Minor
- Mar 31Third Reading in House of Origin
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1032. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Third Reading in House of Origin. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 31Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1032Passed House
- Mar 31Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local LegislationMinor
- Mar 31Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- Mar 19Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Mar 19Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)Minor
- Mar 17Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local LegislationMinor
- Mar 17Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)Introduced
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