Opinion of the Clerk

ESDALE, Clerk.

RULE 7, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION — FILING COSTS — APPLICATION FOR HEARING PURSUANT TO CODE 1975, § 32-13-4

Mr. Allen L. Tapley, Administrative Director of Courts, has submitted to me, as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Alabama, pursuant to Code 1975, § 12-2-19(d), the following inquiry:

“Whether the circuit or district court clerk would be authorized to collect the filing fee otherwise prescribed for civil cases in Section 12-19-71, from the owner, secured party, or lienholder upon his application to the Court for a hearing as provided in [Section 32-13-4, Code of…