Ala. Code § 45-58-81: Sheriff’s Department Fund.

(a) In Shelby County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or criminal action instituted outside the State of Alabama, whether at law or equity. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other court costs in actions instituted or arising outside the State of Alabama.

(b) All funds generated by this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Shelby County, designated for the Sheriff’s Department Fund.

(c) The provisions of this section are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating court costs; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.