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2023 Op. Ala. Att'y Gen. 1 (2022-2023)

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                                           Jj         2023-001

                                   STATE OF ALABAMA
                          OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STEVE MARSHALL                                                        501 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ATTORNEYGENERAL                                                          .O OX 3001 52
                                                                         (334) 247300
                                            STATEAOFMALABAMA



                                   October 12, 2022



          Honorable Mike Williams
          Mayor, Town of Butler
          222 South Mulberry Avenue
          Butler, Alabama 36904

                                          Municipalities - Sheriffs -- Prisons
                                          and Prisoners - Jails - Choctaw
                                          County

                                          An  agreement should  be reached
                                          between the Town of Butler and the
                                          Choctaw      County     Sheriff's
                                          Department to  resolve the issues
                                          surrounding the transportation of
                                          inmates to county  jails in other
                                          counties  and  related  expenses.
                                          Should  no   such  agreement  be
                                          reached, a municipal officer who
                                          arrests someone for a state offense is
                                          not required to directly transport the
                                          arrestee to a jail facility outside of
                                          Choctaw County.

          Dear Mayor Williams:

               This opinion of the Attorney General is issued in response to your
          request on behalf of the Town of Butler.


                                    QUESTIONS

                          1.   Is  the  Town   of Butler  Police
                     Department  (Town)  required to  transport
                     inmates charged with state offenses to a jail
                     facility outside of Choctaw County, Alabama

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