Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 36-22-62 (2026)

Amount of Benefits.

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(a) Those persons eligible under either subdivisions (1) or (2) of Section 36-22-60, who have 16 years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which were served as sheriff, shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 50 percent of the monthly salary paid such person at the time of the completion of his service in office, and shall be entitled to receive an additional amount equal to two percent of such person’s said monthly salary for each additional year of service up to a maximum of 65 percent of such monthly salary, but in no event shall any person receive payments pursuant to both the supernumerary and disability supernumerary provisions simultaneously. All such payments shall be paid from the general fund of the county in which said eligible person is serving upon his election to become a supernumerary sheriff or to become a supernumerary sheriff due to a disability.

(b) Those persons eligible under either subdivisions (1) or (2) of Section 36-22-60, that may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff shall be entitled to receive a cost-of-living increase as the remuneration of the office of sheriff increases from which the supernumerary sheriff elected to vacate. Said cost-of-living increase shall be equal to the percentage allowed said supernumerary sheriff of the present sheriff’s remuneration.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-357, p. 569, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-276, p. 347, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2007 · leading case: Cleburne Cnty. Com'n v. Norton, 979 So. 2d 766 (Ala. 2007).
Cleburne Cnty. Com'n v. Norton, 979 So. 2d 766 (Ala. 2007). · cites it 14× “Code 1975, which states, in pertinent part: "If any sheriff, subject to the provisions of this article, shall end his tenure of office prior to having reached [the] age of 55 years, but having had 16 years of service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which have been as…”
Clark v. Houston Cnty. Com'n, 507 So. 2d 902 (Ala. 1987). · cites it 2× “Clark contends that he meets the age and tenure-in-office requirements of Ala. Code 1975, § 36-22-60; that he has been issued a commission as supernumerary sheriff; that he is entitled to be paid benefits as provided for in Ala.”
Valley Forge Ins. Co. v. Alexander, 640 So. 2d 925 (Ala. 1994). · cites it 2× “However, in Randolph County , had the county not been allowed to intervene, it would not have been able to attack the judgment collaterally and would have had to pay out county money pursuant to § 36-22-62(a); this fact established a financial interest necessary to support the…”
Randolph Cnty. v. Thompson, 502 So. 2d 357 (Ala. 1987). “That financial interest is clearly set out in the language of Code of 1975, § 36-22-62(a), which provides: "Those persons eligible under either subdivisions (1) or (2) of section 36-22-60, who have 16 years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which were…”
Ala. Code § 36-22-62(a): 3 cases
Cleburne Cnty. Com'n v. Norton, 979 So. 2d 766 (Ala. 2007). “Code 1975, which states, in pertinent part: "If any sheriff, subject to the provisions of this article, shall end his tenure of office prior to having reached [the] age of 55 years, but having had 16 years of service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which have been as…”
Valley Forge Ins. Co. v. Alexander, 640 So. 2d 925 (Ala. 1994). “However, in Randolph County , had the county not been allowed to intervene, it would not have been able to attack the judgment collaterally and would have had to pay out county money pursuant to § 36-22-62(a); this fact established a financial interest necessary to support the…”
Randolph Cnty. v. Thompson, 502 So. 2d 357 (Ala. 1987). “That financial interest is clearly set out in the language of Code of 1975, § 36-22-62(a), which provides: "Those persons eligible under either subdivisions (1) or (2) of section 36-22-60, who have 16 years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which were…”
Ala. Code § 36-22-62(b): 1 case
Cleburne Cnty. Com'n v. Norton, 979 So. 2d 766 (Ala. 2007). “Code 1975, which states, in pertinent part: "If any sheriff, subject to the provisions of this article, shall end his tenure of office prior to having reached [the] age of 55 years, but having had 16 years of service as a law enforcement officer, 12 of which have been as…”
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