Montgomery County
Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division
In short
Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division issues 11 permits we publish for Montgomery County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General County Privilege License — Barbers | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $3.75 first-chair license fee + $1 issuance fee = $4.75 total, plus $3.75 total for each additional chair, combined state+county (Ala. Code §40-12-58) | annual; all Title 40-12 licenses are due October 1 and delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); a 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest applies to a late renewal (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Veterinary Surgery | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $6 a year, combined total ($5 state license fee plus $1 issuance fee); the statute itself directs that no license portion is paid to the county for this classification (Ala. Code §40-12-178) | annual, due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); not owed until the veterinarian has practiced two years or more | 2026-09-28 |
| Veterinarian License-Filing Fee (Probate Office) | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $1 a flat $1 filing fee, paid once per county where the veterinarian resides or practices (Ala. Code §34-29-84) | one-time, per county of residence or practice — not an annually renewed fee | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Junk Dealers and Car Crushersonly if it applies to you | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $16–$226 a year, combined state+county total, tiered by proximity to and population of the nearest incorporated city, e.g. unincorporated/under-1,000-population areas = $16, within 10 miles of a city of 50,000-plus (the tier applicable near Montgomery) = $226 (Ala. Code §40-12-116); a separate $301/year per-machine fee applies to car-crushing equipment specifically under §40-12-116(b) | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Beauty Parlors | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $15 shop-owner license fee + $1 issuance fee = $16 total for the shop owner, plus $9 total for each additional operator, in a city over 60,000 population (Ala. Code §40-12-61); a self-employed manicurist or hairdresser not working inside a licensed shop instead owes $7.50 + $1 = $8.50 flat under §40-12-124 | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Automobile Garages and Shops | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $7.50 first-workman license fee + $1 issuance fee = $8.50 total for the first workman, plus $7.50 total for each additional workman employed at any time during the license year (the shop owner counts as a workman if he does the work) — Ala. Code §40-12-54 | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Construction Companies or Contractors | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $16–$376 a year, combined state+county total, tiered by gross contract value, e.g. $5,000-$10,000 = $16, over $200,000 = $376 (Ala. Code §40-12-84, ALDOR Handbook) | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); purchased once and valid statewide, so payment in one county satisfies this requirement elsewhere in Alabama for the same license year | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Store License | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $2 a flat $2 total per single location ($1 state license fee plus $1 issuance fee); the statute directs that no county portion is due for this classification (Ala. Code §40-12-315, Article 6 — Store License) | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Coffee Shops / Soft-Drink Dispensers | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | $4.75–$38.50 a year, combined state+county total (Ala. Code §40-12-69) — $4.75 total flat if selling only sealed, bottled or canned drinks (§40-12-69(a)); up to $37.50 + $1 = $38.50 total in the highest, 25,000-plus population tier, which applies near Montgomery, if dispensing drinks via tap or dispenser (§40-12-69(b)) | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Restaurant / Food-Service Classification | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | The specific Title 40-12 classification and combined state+county fee depend on the business's exact menu and seating: Delicatessen (§40-12-91), Restaurant (§40-12-151), or Sandwich Shop (§40-12-153) are the classifications the ALDOR Handbook cross-references for prepared-food sales; the Probate Court, Licenses Division determines the applicable classification for a specific business | annual; due October 1, delinquent November 1 (§40-12-26); 15% delinquency penalty plus 6% annual interest (§40-12-10(e)) | 2026-09-28 |
| General County Privilege License — Not Required for Membership-Fee Gymsonly if it applies to you | Montgomery County Probate Court, Licenses Division | No fee | not applicable — per the ALDOR Handbook interpretation of Ala. Code §40-12-82, no privilege license applies to membership-fee gyms | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
General County Privilege License — Barbers
A barbershop in Montgomery County owes this county privilege license through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process: $4.75 total for the first chair, plus $3.75 total for each additional chair. Unlike Jefferson County, which still runs its own independent Jefferson County Barber Commission dating to 1951, Montgomery County has no equivalent body — its own local-acts chapter, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 4 ('Business, Labor, and Occupations'), consists of a single section, §45-51-40, marked 'Reserved,' and the alternate article some counties use for a barber board, Article 3 ('Boards and Commissions'), is likewise a single reserved section, §45-51-30. That absence does not mean barbershops in Montgomery County are unlicensed — the §40-12-58 classification fee above still applies in full — it means the fee is collected by the Probate Court under the ordinary statewide schedule rather than by a separate county commission with its own rules and hearings. This license is separate from the individual barber's own state credential from the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, recorded at the state layer.
General County Privilege License — Veterinary Surgery
A veterinarian practicing surgery in Montgomery County for two years or more owes this Title 40-12 classification license: $6 total, collected through the Probate Court exactly like every other business classification. The statute states directly that 'no license shall be paid to the county' for this classification, so the county processes the payment but keeps none of the $5 state amount, only the $1 issuance fee. This is a separate, distinct requirement from the $1 veterinarian license-filing fee under Ala. Code §34-29-84 recorded as a separate requirement — both apply, not just one — and from the state 'premises permit' every veterinary facility needs from the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, recorded at the state layer.
Veterinarian License-Filing Fee (Probate Office)
Every licensed veterinarian who resides in or practices in Montgomery County must file evidence of their state veterinary license at the Montgomery County Probate Court's office, along with a flat $1 filing fee, under Ala. Code §34-29-84. A veterinarian who practices in more than one county must make this same $1 filing in each county where they practice, not just their county of residence. This filing fee is separate from, and in addition to, the $6 Veterinary Surgery classification license under §40-12-178 recorded as a separate requirement — the two are distinct Title-40-12-adjacent obligations that both route through the same Probate Court office. Two independent primary-source reproductions of the current Code of Alabama text confirm this figure and mechanism.
General County Privilege License — Junk Dealers and Car Crushers
An auto-repair or salvage operation in Montgomery County that also buys, sells or crushes junk or scrap as part of its business owes this county privilege license, tiered by proximity to and population of the nearest incorporated city: $226 total in the tier applicable near Montgomery (within 10 miles of a city of 50,000 or more population), down to $16 total in unincorporated or under-1,000-population areas farther from the city. Operators who crush cars specifically also owe a separate $301-a-year per-machine fee under §40-12-116(b). Under the Code of Alabama, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 4 ('Business, Labor, and Occupations') — the Montgomery County local-law article where such a local act would live — consists of a single section, §45-51-40, marked 'Reserved', so the Code lists no Montgomery County junk-dealer act layered on top of this statewide classification. An ordinary auto-repair shop that does not buy, sell or crush junk or scrap does not owe this classification; it owes only the Automobile Garages and Shops classification recorded as a separate requirement.
General County Privilege License — Beauty Parlors
A beauty parlor or full-service salon in Montgomery County owes this county privilege license through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process: $16 total for the shop owner plus $9 total for each additional operator. The $9-per-operator figure applies because it is keyed to the population of the nearest incorporated municipality, and Montgomery — the state capital, population roughly 200,000 — is the dominant city for nearly all of unincorporated Montgomery County, putting this classification in the over-60,000-population tier (contrast a county like Baldwin, where no city reaches that threshold and the lower $6-per-operator tier always applies). A four-operator salon would owe $15 (owner license) plus 4 x $9 (operators) plus the $1 issuance fee, for $52 total. A self-employed manicurist or hairdresser working independently rather than inside a licensed shop instead owes a flat $8.50 total under the separate §40-12-124 classification, with no population tiering. This license is separate from the individual operator's own state cosmetology license from the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, recorded at the state layer.
General County Privilege License — Automobile Garages and Shops
A garage or shop in Montgomery County where automobiles or other motor vehicles are repaired, painted, trimmed or welded for the public owes this county privilege license through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process: $8.50 total for the first workman, plus $7.50 total for each additional workman, based on the maximum number of workmen employed at any time during the license year. A three-worker shop would owe $8.50 + $7.50 + $7.50 = $23.50. A shop that also buys, sells or crushes junk or scrap in addition to ordinary repair work separately owes the Junk Dealers and Car Crushers classification recorded as a separate requirement; an ordinary repair shop that does not deal in junk owes only this §40-12-54 classification. This license is separate from any manufacturer-specific certification or the state Motor Vehicle Division's Automotive Dismantler & Parts Recycler licensing, both outside the scope of this record.
General County Privilege License — Construction Companies or Contractors
A construction company or contractor doing business in Montgomery County owes this county privilege license, tiered by gross contract value from $16 total for a $5,000-$10,000 contract up to $376 total for a contract over $200,000, collected through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process. No separate Montgomery-County-specific contractor registration exists on top of this: Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 24 ('Taxation'), Montgomery County's own local-acts tax chapter, contains only five Parts (Board of Equalization, Revenue Commissioner, Ad Valorem Tax, Rental Tax, School District Tax) with no privilege-tax or gross-receipts-tax Part, and Article 20 ('Licenses and Licensure') is the single Reserved section §45-51-200 — together ruling out any local-act vehicle for an extra county layer. This general revenue license is distinct from the state regulatory credential a contractor also needs: commercial or general contracting work meeting the $100,000 threshold set by Act 2024-277 (effective Oct 1, 2024) requires a license from the Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors, while residential building or remodeling work meeting the separate, lower $10,000 threshold requires a license from the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board — the Probate Court's own business-license page names only the Home Builders Licensure Board, but both state boards apply depending on the job's type and size.
General County Privilege License — Store License
Any retail store in Montgomery County, regardless of what it sells, is a 'store' under Title 40-12's Article 6 Store License provisions and owes a flat $2 total per single location: $1 state license fee plus $1 issuance fee, with the statute stating plainly that 'no license fee or license shall be due or payable for the use of any county' for this classification. This is separate from, and in addition to, whatever specific classification applies to the particular merchandise the store sells, if any (for example firearms or radios have their own Title 40-12 classifications). Montgomery County's own local-acts chapter contains no privilege-license fee schedule of its own — Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 20 ('Licenses and Licensure') consists of a single section, §45-51-200, marked 'Reserved' — so this statewide Article 6 schedule is the only mechanism that applies, collected through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process.
General County Privilege License — Coffee Shops / Soft-Drink Dispensers
A coffee shop in Montgomery County owes this Title 40-12 classification license — the ALDOR Handbook's own interpretation notes state this section 'is required for sales of coffee.' A shop selling only sealed, bottled or canned drinks owes a flat $4.75 total; a shop dispensing drinks via a tap or dispenser owes the tiered §40-12-69(b) fee, which reaches $38.50 total in the highest population tier (25,000 or more), the tier applicable near Montgomery since the state capital is the dominant nearby city for most of the county. If the coffee shop also serves prepared food, the relevant food classification (Delicatessen §40-12-91, Restaurant §40-12-151, or Sandwich Shop §40-12-153, depending on menu and seating) applies on top of this one, per the ALDOR Handbook's own cross-reference notes — see the restaurant/food-classification requirement. Collected through the Probate Court's Title 40-12 process.
General County Privilege License — Restaurant / Food-Service Classification
A restaurant or a coffee shop that also serves prepared food in Montgomery County owes a Title 40-12 food-service classification license through the Probate Court, alongside the general privilege-license mechanism confirmed for this county via the 'Reserved' status of its own local-acts Article 20. The ALDOR Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses names three specific classifications that can apply depending on the business's exact menu and seating configuration — Delicatessen (§40-12-91), Restaurant (§40-12-151), or Sandwich Shop (§40-12-153) — and cross-references these against the separate Coffee Shop classification (§40-12-69, recorded as a separate requirement) when a business does both. Contact the Probate Court, Licenses Division, 334-832-1248, or consult the current ALDOR Handbook directly, to confirm the specific classification code and dollar figure that applies to a particular restaurant's menu and seating before budgeting for this license. A Montgomery Health Department food-establishment permit, recorded as a separate requirement, is required in addition to this county privilege license.
General County Privilege License — Not Required for Membership-Fee Gyms
Per the ALDOR Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses, a fitness studio or gym's core membership-based business in Montgomery County owes no county privilege license, so no fee applies. The ALDOR Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses states directly, in its own interpretation notes under §40-12-82 ('Concerts, Musical Entertainments, etc.'): 'A gym where charges are made on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis requires no license, except possibly a store license if selling t-shirts or merchandise.' This is a plain, affirmative statement from the state's own licensing handbook, not an inference from silence, and it applies statewide, including in Montgomery County, since the general Title 40-12 mechanism confirmed for this county's general privilege license is the same statewide schedule this interpretation note is drawn from. A fitness studio that also sells retail merchandise such as apparel or supplements separately owes the Store License classification recorded as a separate requirement, and a studio operating a swimming pool or spa separately owes the swimming pool/spa permit recorded as a separate requirement — but the membership/admission activity itself triggers no Title 40-12 classification fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Montgomery County
- Phone
- 334-832-1248 (Licenses Division); 334-832-1240; 334-832-4950 (general county line)
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Alabama Department of Revenue — Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses, October 2022, with the fee schedule for each business typeAlabama Department of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Code of Alabama §34-29-84 — veterinarian license-filing fee of $1, filed at the probate office of the county of residence/practiceJustia (Code of Alabama) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Code of Alabama, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 20 (Licenses and Licensure) — §45-51-200, ReservedJustia (Code of Alabama) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Code of Alabama, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 24 (Taxation) — Parts 1-5 listed, no privilege-tax or gross-receipts-tax partJustia (Code of Alabama) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Code of Alabama, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 3 (Boards and Commissions) — §45-51-30, ReservedJustia (Code of Alabama) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Code of Alabama, Title 45, Chapter 51, Article 4 (Business, Labor, and Occupations) — §45-51-40, ReservedJustia (Code of Alabama) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Montgomery County Probate Court — Business Licenses pageMontgomery County Probate Court · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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