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Ala. Code § 15-18-62 (2026)

Imprisonment for Failure to Pay Fines and Costs.

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In cases of willful nonpayment of the fine and costs, the defendant shall either be imprisoned in the county jail or, at the discretion of the court, sentenced to hard labor for the county as follows:

(1) If the fine and costs do not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), no more than 10 days;

(2) If the fine and costs exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but do not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), no more than 20 days;

(3) If the fine and costs exceed five hundred dollars ($500), but do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), no more than 30 days; and

(4) For every additional one hundred dollars ($100) or fractional part thereof, 4 days.

(Code 1852, §213; Code 1867, §3760; Code 1876, §4455; Code 1886, §4503; Code 1896, §5425; Code 1907, §7634; Code 1923, §5290; Code 1940, T. 15, §341; Act 2002-415, p. 1060, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1994–2018 · leading case: Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr., 907 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2018).
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Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr., 907 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2018). “Alabama law empowers municipal-court judges to order defendants to sit-out fines in jail, Ala. Code § 15-18-62 , so the judges did not exceed their subject-matter jurisdiction when they did so.”
Ray v. Jud. Corr. Servs., Inc., 270 F. Supp. 3d 1262 (N.D. Ala. 2017). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs also accuse JCS of incarcerating them for terms longer than those allowed under Alabama Code § 15-18-62. (Id. at ¶ 221). In addition, JCS failed to account for $15 per day jail credits that should have been applied to offset the fines owed.”
Moses v. State, 645 So. 2d 334 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “For collection of costs and fines by confinement, see Ala.Code §§ 15-18-62, and -63 and A.R.Crim.”
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