Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• Section 12-1-1 Effect of rules of Supreme Court of Alabama
  Any provisions of this title regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedure is not governed by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, the Alabama...
• Section 12-1-2 Vesting of judicial power of state generally
  The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of a Supreme Court, a Court of Criminal...
• Section 12-1-3 Vesting of criminal jurisdiction
  The criminal jurisdiction of this state is vested in the circuit courts, district and municipal courts and such officers as are by law clothed with...
• Section 12-1-4 Transfer of cases improperly submitted to Supreme Court or courts of appeals
  When any case is submitted to the Supreme Court which should have gone to one of the courts of appeals or is submitted to one...
• Section 12-1-5 Procedure when bill to increase or decrease number of judges or change boundaries of circuit or district introduced in Legislature
  Pursuant to the constitutional requirement that the Supreme Court must, within three weeks after a bill is introduced at any session of the Legislature to...
• Section 12-1-6 Procedure when local legislation affecting judiciary introduced in Legislature
  Whenever any bill is introduced in any session of the Legislature which pertains to the judiciary, which bill calls for local or less than statewide...
• Section 12-1-6.1 Briefs and amicus curiae by certain legislative parties authorized in appellate cases
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 12-1-1, or any other provision of this title, or any rule of the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Speaker of the...
• Section 12-1-7 Powers of courts as to preservation of order, enforcement of judgments, etc., generally
  Every court shall have power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption,...
• Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempt
  The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases...
• Section 12-1-9 Conduct of inquiries, etc., as to violations of Section 12-1-8 and punishment of offenders
  The judges of the several courts of this state, whenever they deem it proper or necessary, shall inquire and examine the parties, witnesses, jurors or...
• Section 12-1-10 Punishment by courts for contempt
  The courts of this state may punish for contempt as provided by law.
• Section 12-1-11 Appeal to appellate court by attorney or officer from judgment of contempt
  Any attorney or officer who is ordered to be punished for a contempt in the circuit court may appeal to the appropriate appellate court and...
• Section 12-1-12 Grounds for disqualification of judges from trial of cases generally
  No judge of any court shall sit in any case or proceeding in which he is interested or related to any party within the fourth...
• Section 12-1-13 Grounds for disqualification of justices of Supreme Court and judges of courts of appeals from participation in decision of cases
  No justice of the Supreme Court or judge of a Court of Appeals of Alabama shall participate in the decision of any case in the...
• Section 12-1-14 Appointment, powers, compensation, etc., of special judges for circuit, district, or probate court
  Should the need for special judges in the circuit court, district court or probate court arise, the Supreme Court may appoint and commission special circuit...
• Section 12-1-14.1 Appointment of special judge upon request; temporary service
  (a) At the request of the affected judge in a particular circuit, the presiding circuit court judge of the circuit may appoint and commission a...
• Section 12-1-14.2 Senior judge status
  (a) Any circuit court judge or district court judge who has served for 10 or more years in any combination of service as a judge...
• Section 12-1-15 Benefits to which judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government entitled; uniformity of treatment as to benefits, etc., of supernumerary justices and judges and retired justices and judges; failure by justice or judge to apply for supernumerary or retirement benefits at time of leaving active state service not to forfeit entitlement to rights
  (a) Any justice, judge, officer, official or employee of the judicial branch of government, including retired and supernumerary justices, judges or employees, other than probate...
• Section 12-1-16 Voluntary diminution of compensation, benefits, etc., by judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government
  It shall be lawful for any justice, judge, official, officer or employee of the judicial branch of government, including any retired or supernumerary justice, judge,...
• Section 12-1-17 Reimbursement of travel expenses of judges, officers, etc., of appellate courts attending judicial colleges, seminars, etc
  The justices, judges, officers, officials and employees of the appellate courts shall be entitled to be reimbursed their actual expenses of travel, including, but not...
• Section 12-1-18 Reimbursement of travel expenses of circuit judges, district court judges, municipal judges, court-supportive personnel, etc.; effect of failure to attend educational conference, seminar, etc., when attendance ordered
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to reimbursement of traveling expenses of public officers and employees, all circuit judges, district court judges and...
• Section 12-1-19 Monthly reports of clerks of circuit, district and municipal courts as to fines, fees, etc., collected
  The clerks of the circuit courts and the clerks of the district and municipal courts in this state shall each prepare a monthly report on...
• Section 12-1-20 Appellate courts, Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management authorized to contract with counties, municipalities, etc., for offices and other physical facilities for courts
  The appellate courts, the Administrative Office of Courts and the Department of Court Management are authorized and empowered to contract with county commissions, municipalities, private...
• Section 12-1-21 Salaries of court personnel, etc
  Salaries or compensation of court personnel and any other persons paid by or by authority of the judicial department of the State of Alabama, whose...
• Section 12-1-22 Certain statutes relative to judicial circuits and court personnel continued in effect
  The adoption of this code shall not repeal or amend any statute in effect on the effective date of this code which is applicable only...
• Section 12-1-23 Reasonable accommodation for those in need of special services, etc
  (a) If any plaintiff, defendant, or witness in any proceeding before the district court, circuit court, appellate court, or grand jury is in need of...
• Section 12-1-24 Pretrial hearings in certain cases to be conducted by audio-video communications
  (a) The presiding judge of each judicial circuit may authorize pretrial motion hearings in civil and criminal matters in the circuit courts, district courts, and...

Last modified: May 3, 2021