The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama accepts the following forms of payment for Criminal Debt:
In-Person Payments:
Cash, cashier's checks, money orders, and personal checks are accepted at the Mobile courthouse during normal business hours.
Change cannot be made for cash payments, please have exact payment amount available when paying by cash.
Note: Credit card payments are not accepted for Criminal Debt Payments.
Mail:
Money orders, cashier's checks and personal checks made payable to Clerk, U.S. District Court, can be mailed to 155 Saint Joseph St Mobile AL 36602.
Please legibly print your full name and case number on your payment. Please do not send cash in the mail.
Note: Counter/starter checks without a bank printed name, address, and check number, are not an acceptable form of payment.
The returned item fee is $53.00. This applies to any form of payment that does not settle for any reason.
Online Payments for Criminal Debt:
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama now has the capability to accept on-line payments for Special Assessments, Fines, and Restitution up to a maximum of $5,000 per transaction.
- Payments may be made via the U.S. Treasury website HERE using a Bank Account or Debit Card. Defendants have the option to make a single payment, or create a recurring payment via Pay.gov based on a schedule of their choosing.
TIP: You can find the Alabama Southern District Criminal Debt page by searching for “ALSD”” from the search box at the Pay.gov homepage.
***Prior to initiating a payment through the above link, please confirm the payment is to be made to: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The below payment link is only to be used for criminal debt payments ordered in this Federal District Court.***
Please note that Southern District of Alabama does not operate Pay.gov, so operational questions should be referred to Pay.gov ONLINE HELP.
Notice to Persons Making Payment by Check
When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. For inquiries, please call 251-690-2371.
When we use information from your check to make an electronic fund transfer, funds may be withdrawn from your account as soon as the same day we receive your payment, and you will not receive your check back from your financial institution. We will keep your check for five (5) to 45 business days, after which time your check will be shredded.
Privacy Act
A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses that will be made of your check information, is available from the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2003/02/04/03-2521/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended-system-of-recordsr. You can obtain a copy by mail by calling (toll free) 1-866-945-7920. Furnishing the check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.