Ala. Code § 45-3-171.26: Payment of Assessments.

Payment of any assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments as provided for the payment of an delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant to Article 1 (commending with Section 11-48-1) of Chapter 2 of Title 11. The city may, in the latter notice, elect to have the revenue commissioner collect the assessment by adding the same to the tax bill; upon the election the revenue commissioner shall collect the assessment using all methods available for collecting ad valorem taxes. Ten percent of the amount of each assessment collected by the county revenue commissioner shall be retained by the county revenue commissioner and used for operational purposes.