Ala. Code § 12-17-277

In all cases reported by an official court reporter or special reporter, there shall be taxed, as part of the costs of the case, a fee of $5.00 for each day or fraction thereof that such reporter shall be engaged in reporting a case, to be collected as costs as in other cases and, when collected, paid by the clerk of the court into the county treasury of the county in which the case is tried.