Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 36-18-7 (2026)
Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund - Additional Fee for Persons Convicted of Drug Possession, Sale, Trafficking; Proceeds and Earnings Credited to Fund.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) Beginning October 1, 1995, in addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) on any conviction in any court of the state for drug possession, drug sale, drug trafficking, and drug paraphernalia offense as defined in Sections 13A-12-211 to 13A-12-260, inclusive.
(b) No later than 30 days after collection, proceeds from the additional fines collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded by the officer of the court that collects the fines to the State Treasurer after one percent of the fine is deducted for administrative costs. All amounts received by the State Treasurer shall be credited to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund. The State Treasurer shall invest money in the fund as provided by law, but all earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund, and shall not revert to the General Fund. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allocated according to the law and only in the amounts authorized by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or other appropriation bills.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-733, p. 1567, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases, 2000–2017 · leading case: Hall v. State, 223 So. 3d 977 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016).
Hall v. State, 223 So. 3d 977 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Code 1975, and § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, were not part of that agreement and were not imposed as part of his sentence.”
Lightfoot v. State, 152 So. 3d 434 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “For the trafficking conviction, he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $100 fee to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, see § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, a $1000 penalty under the Demand Reduction Assessment Act, see § 13A-12-281, Ala.”
Avis Dante Hinkle v. State of Alabama., 86 So. 3d 441 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, and to impose the fees under the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, pursuant to § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, for the trafficking-in-cocaine conviction, for the unlawful-possession-of-marijuana conviction, and for each unlawful-distribution-of-a-controlled-substance…”
Siercks v. State, 154 So. 3d 1085 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “Code 1975, and § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975. At the sentencing hearing, and in its sentencing order, the trial court stated that all fines associated with Siercks’s conviction were waived on the basis of Siercks’s indigency.”
A.Z. v. State, 248 So. 3d 27 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017). “held that "fees imposed by the Drug Demand Reduction Act (§ 13A-12-281), and fees assessed for the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund (§ 36-18-7) were held inapplicable to a youthful-offender adjudication because neither statute explicitly stated that the penalty or fee is to…”
Bedsole v. State, 974 So. 2d 1034 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006). “Code 1975, and $100 to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, in accordance with § 36-18-7, Ala. Code 1975. [2] Bedsole does not challenge the sufficiency of the State's evidence; therefore we will give only a brief rendition of the facts presented by the State at Bedsole's…”
Hawk v. State, 171 So. 3d 96 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014). “Code 1975, and the fee mandated by the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, § 36-18-7, Ala.Code 1975, were not imposed.”
Harris v. State, 826 So. 2d 897 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “) Section 36-18-7(a), AIa.Code 1975, states, in pertinent part: “[I]n addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) on any conviction in any court of the *900 state for…”
Sistrunk v. State, 109 So. 3d 205 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Code 1975, and the mandatory Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund fee as provided for in § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, for Sistrunk’s drug conviction.”
Vann v. State, 880 So. 2d 495 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “In addition, we note that § 36-18-6 creates the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund and that § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, mandates that “there shall be imposed or assessed an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) on any conviction in any court of the state for drug…”
Steele v. State, 16 So. 3d 816 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “Code 1975, and § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, were not part of that agreement and were not imposed as part of his sentence.”
Kirkland v. State, 850 So. 2d 1259 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “" Section 36-18-7(a), a part of the act creating the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, mandates, for a person convicted under § 13A-12-211, that "there shall be imposed or assessed an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100).”
— Ala. Code § 36-18-7(a) — 19 cases
Hall v. State, 223 So. 3d 977 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Code 1975, and § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, were not part of that agreement and were not imposed as part of his sentence.”
Lightfoot v. State, 152 So. 3d 434 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “For the trafficking conviction, he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $100 fee to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, see § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, a $1000 penalty under the Demand Reduction Assessment Act, see § 13A-12-281, Ala.”
Avis Dante Hinkle v. State of Alabama., 86 So. 3d 441 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, and to impose the fees under the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund, pursuant to § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, for the trafficking-in-cocaine conviction, for the unlawful-possession-of-marijuana conviction, and for each unlawful-distribution-of-a-controlled-substance…”
Siercks v. State, 154 So. 3d 1085 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “Code 1975, and § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975. At the sentencing hearing, and in its sentencing order, the trial court stated that all fines associated with Siercks’s conviction were waived on the basis of Siercks’s indigency.”
Sistrunk v. State, 109 So. 3d 205 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Code 1975, and the mandatory Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund fee as provided for in § 36-18-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, for Sistrunk’s drug conviction.”
— Ala. Code § 36-18-7(b) — 2 cases
Harris v. State, 826 So. 2d 897 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “) Section 36-18-7(a), AIa.Code 1975, states, in pertinent part: “[I]n addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) on any conviction in any court of the *900 state for…”
Lewis v. State, 794 So. 2d 1241 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000).
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