Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Chapter 2 - Supreme Court
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-2-1 Composition of court; election and terms of office of justices
(a) The Supreme Court, except as otherwise provided, shall consist of a chief justice and eight associate justices, who shall be elected by the qualified...
- Section 12-2-2 Powers of justices - Issuance of writs of certiorari and granting of injunctions
The justices of the Supreme Court shall have authority to issue writs of certiorari and to grant injunctions and stays of execution of judgment, subject...
- Section 12-2-3 Powers of justices - Administration of oaths and taking of affidavits and acknowledgments
The Chief Justice and every associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama may administer any oaths and take any affidavits or acknowledgments authorized or...
- Section 12-2-4 Salary of justices
The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and every associate justice of the Supreme Court shall be such amount as is provided...
- Section 12-2-5 Performance of duties or functions of Chief Justice in event of absence from state or disability thereof generally
In the event of the absence of the Chief Justice from the state or in the event of the inability of the Chief Justice to...
- Section 12-2-6 Performance of duties of Chief Justice in event of extended absence from court or disability thereof
Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama shall, because of illness or otherwise, be disabled from actively performing his duties as chief...
- Section 12-2-7 Jurisdiction and powers of court generally
The Supreme Court shall have authority: (1) To exercise appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the state, under such restrictions and regulations as are prescribed by law;...
- Section 12-2-8 Regular terms of court
Regular terms of the Supreme Court shall commence on the first Monday of October in each year and continue until and including the last day...
- Section 12-2-9 Special terms
The court may, whenever it deems proper, order and hold a special term.
- Section 12-2-10 Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - How opinion obtained
The Governor, by a request in writing, or either house of the Legislature, by a resolution of such house, may obtain a written opinion of...
- Section 12-2-11 Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - Request and receipt by court of briefs from Attorney General and amici curiae as to questions presented
The justices of the Supreme Court may request briefs from the Attorney General, and may receive briefs from other attorneys as amici curiae as to...
- Section 12-2-12 Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - Effect of opinion
The opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court or a majority of them shall be a protection to the officers and departments of the...
- Section 12-2-13 Standard for decision of cases in which existing opinion and former ruling in case conflict
The Supreme Court, in deciding each case when there is a conflict between its existing opinion and any former ruling in the case, must be...
- Section 12-2-14 Appointment of members of bar to sit as special judges in determination of certain cases
When by reason of disqualification the number of judges competent to sit in a case is reduced to eight or to six and there is...
- Section 12-2-15 Minutes of court and reports of decisions to state names of judges sitting in final decision of cases
The minutes of the court and the reports of its decisions shall state the names of the judges sitting in the final decision of cases.
- Section 12-2-16 Advisory and standing committees
The Supreme Court is authorized and empowered in connection with any rule-making power or other function to appoint from time to time various advisory committees...
- Section 12-2-17 Establishment of additional duties for judges
The Supreme Court may, by rules of court, establish additional duties for judges either within or without the geographical boundaries of the court of the...
- Section 12-2-18 Institution and maintenance of safety programs and precautions for security and protection of judicial building, etc., authorized; designation of marshal, assistant marshals, etc., as conservators of peace and powers thereof; payment for uniforms, arms, etc., of marshals, etc
(a) In connection with the security and protection of the judicial building and those sites other than the judicial building when the Supreme Court so...
- Section 12-2-19 Promulgation, filing and publication of rules; construction and interpretation of rules
(a) Since the Supreme Court now has the initial primary duty to make and promulgate rules governing practice and procedure in all courts, as well...
- Section 12-2-20 Purposes for which appropriations may be used
The Supreme Court is further authorized and empowered to use moneys or funds appropriated to it, including, but not limited to, the moneys appropriated for...
- Section 12-2-21 Appointment, compensation, etc., of staff attorneys
The Alabama Supreme Court is hereby authorized to hire six staff attorneys to assist that court in legal research and analysis, including the preparation of...
- Article 2 Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice.
- Section 12-2-30 Powers and duties as to supervision and administration of courts generally
(a) The Chief Justice shall see that the business of the several courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch and that cases, civil...
- Section 12-2-31 Provision for compilation and tabulation of reports and information supplied to office
The Chief Justice shall have the reports and information supplied to his office as provided by law, tabulated and compiled so as to furnish information...
- Section 12-2-32 Employment, etc., of court attendant
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may employ one court attendant, who shall wait upon the Supreme Court and have the care of its...
- Section 12-2-33 Ordering of special sessions of courts, etc
Whenever in the opinion of the Chief Justice the business in any of the courts is being delayed or is unnecessarily congested or unnecessarily accumulated,...
- Section 12-2-34 Ordering of attendance of district attorneys at special sessions of courts, etc
The Chief Justice shall direct and order in the same manner the attendance of any district attorney upon any regular, adjourned or special session of...
- Section 12-2-35 Notification of Chief Justice by judge or district attorney unable to attend court; designation of judge or district attorney to attend and hold court
Whenever the judge or the district attorney of the court shall be unable to attend such court, he shall notify the Chief Justice, and the...
- Section 12-2-36 Ordering of judges to attend and hold court, etc., in other circuits
Whenever the public good requires more judges than are regularly provided by law for the holding or attending the courts in any circuit of this...
- Section 12-2-37 Forfeiture by judge failing to order or attend special session of court, etc
For any failure of a judge to order such special session of court or to attend any such court after having called the same or,...
- Section 12-2-38 Forfeiture by district attorney failing to perform duties required by Sections 12-2-34 and 12-2-35
Any district attorney who fails, without sufficient excuse, to perform any of the duties required of him under Sections 12-2-34 and 12-2-35, shall forfeit to...
- Article 3 Supernumerary Justices.
- Article 4 Law Clerks.
- Article 5 Clerks of Court.
- Division 1 Clerk.
- Division 2 Deputy Clerk.
- Article 6 Secretaries.
- Article 7 Marshal and Librarian.
Last modified: May 3, 2021