Ala. Code § 45-43-246.85
The tax levied pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a debt due Lowndes County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. The collection agency shall collect the tax, enforce this subpart, and have and exercise all rights and remedies that the state or the collection agency has for collection of the state sales and use tax. The collection agency may employ special counsel as is necessary to enforce collection of the tax levied pursuant to this subpart and to enforce this subpart. The collection agency shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Lowndes County.
Ala. Code § 45-43-246.85 (1975)