Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Chapter 11 - Circuit Courts
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-11-1 Circuit court in every county
(a) There is provided in every county in the state a circuit court with all the jurisdiction and powers that are conferred on the circuit...
- Section 12-11-2 State divided into judicial circuits; enumeration of circuits
The State of Alabama is divided into judicial circuits for the circuit courts, numbered and composed of counties as follows: (1) First circuit - Choctaw,...
- Section 12-11-3 Circuit court to be held in each county at courthouse, etc
Except when otherwise provided by law, the circuit courts of the several counties shall be held at the courthouses thereof.
- Section 12-11-4 When courts open
The circuit courts of the several counties of the state shall be open for the transaction of any and all business or judicial proceedings of...
- Section 12-11-5 Provision for regular or special sessions of court
The presiding circuit judge of each circuit court shall provide, by written direction to the circuit clerk, for the holding of regular or special sessions...
- Section 12-11-6 Notice of special sessions
When the court or judge has ordered or directed that a special session of the court be held, the clerk of the court shall, as...
- Section 12-11-7 Witnesses and process for special sessions
The circuit clerk shall, immediately after an order for a special session is made, mail to each party and his attorney of record in any...
- Section 12-11-8 "Session of court" defined
The term "session of court," when used in this code, means any period of time fixed by the presiding judge of the court for the...
- Section 12-11-9 Transfer of cases - Between circuit court and district court
If a case filed in the circuit court is within the exclusive jurisdiction of a district court or a case filed in the district court...
- Section 12-11-10 Transfer of cases - Involuntary juvenile commitment proceedings
Except as provided in Chapter 15 of this title, involuntary commitment proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate courts, may be transferred to the circuit court...
- Section 12-11-11 Transfer of cases - Transfer to another court in same county
Whenever it shall appear to the court that any case filed therein should have been brought in another court in the same county, the court...
- Article 2 Jurisdiction.
- Section 12-11-30 Generally
(1) CIVIL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000),...
- Section 12-11-31 Equitable jurisdiction
The powers and jurisdiction of circuit courts as to equitable matters or proceedings shall extend: (1) To all civil actions in which a plain and...
- Section 12-11-32 Jurisdiction to sell property and franchises of public utility corporation
All circuit courts of this state are authorized and empowered to order the sale of the property and franchises of public utility corporations upon a...
- Section 12-11-33 Cases of which circuit courts take cognizance in equitable matters
Circuit courts, when exercising equitable jurisdiction, must take cognizance of the following cases: (1) When the defendants reside in this state. (2) Against nonresidents, when...
- Section 12-11-40 Proceedings on administration of estates in circuit court
In the administration of estates in the circuit court in this state, such court, in the exercise of such jurisdiction, shall proceed according to the...
- Section 12-11-41 Removal of administration of estates from probate court
The administration of any estate may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court at any time before a final settlement thereof, by...
- Section 12-11-41.1 Transfer to circuit court; remand to probate court
(a) In any county where the judge of probate is required to be learned in the law, the administration of any estate may be removed...
- Article 3 Correction of Errors in Probate Court.
Last modified: May 3, 2021