Ala. Code § 45-58-81.05: Docket Fee; Monthly Distribution.

(a) In all civil cases in the district and circuit courts in Shelby County, except for small claims cases, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: Three dollars ($3) from each case to the circuit court clerk to be deposited into the circuit clerk’s fund and to be used as provided by law for the operation of the office of the circuit clerk and the remainder of each fee to the solicitor’s fund or district attorney’s fund in the county where collected or to the fund in the county that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee. The solicitor’s fee in civil cases shall be in the same amount as the docket fee or court cost which is assessed in civil cases and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.

(b) The solicitor’s fee may be expended by the district attorney for the payment of any and all expenses incurred and for any legitimate law enforcement purpose.