Code of Alabama - Title 6: Civil Practice - Chapter 3 - Venue

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 6-3-1 Agreements contrary to article void
  Any agreement or stipulation, verbal or written, whereby the venue prescribed in this article is proposed to be altered or changed so that actions may...
• Section 6-3-2 Venue of actions - Against individuals
  (a) In proceedings of a legal nature against individuals: (1) All actions for the recovery of land, of the possession thereof, or for a trespass...
• Section 6-3-3 Venue of actions - Work or labor done or breaches of easement or right-of-way contracts
  In all actions for work and labor done or breaches of contracts or covenants as to easements or rights-of-way, the action may be commenced in...
• Section 6-3-4 Venue of actions - Against unincorporated groups issuing insurance policies
  All unincorporated organizations or associations of every kind that issue policies or certificates of insurance of any kind to their members shall be subject to...
• Section 6-3-5 Venue of actions - Insurance policies
  Repealed by Act 99-249, §2, effective July 24, 1999.
• Section 6-3-6 Venue of actions - Against unincorporated organization or association
  Action against an unincorporated organization or association may be commenced in any county where such organization or association does business or has in existence a...
• Section 6-3-7 Venue of actions - Against foreign and domestic corporations
  (a) All civil actions against corporations may be brought in any of the following counties: (1) In the county in which a substantial part of...
• Section 6-3-8 Venue of actions - Breach of official bond
  (a) At the election of the Attorney General, all actions of summary proceedings by or for the use of the state founded on breach of...
• Section 6-3-9 Venue of actions - Where prison system involved
  All actions where the prison system or the state on account of the prison system is interested must be commenced in Montgomery County in any...
• Section 6-3-10 Local laws in counties having two courthouses unaffected
  In all counties having two courthouses, the provisions of this chapter shall not affect any local laws relating to venue in force at the adoption...
• Section 6-3-11 Venue of actions - Against counties or municipalities
  The venue for all civil actions for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage filed against a county or against a municipality shall be...
• Article 2 Change and Transfer.
• Section 6-3-20 One change for cause permitted on motion of a party
  Either party to a civil action may move the court to change the venue at any time before final trial, making affidavit that for causes...
• Section 6-3-21 Transfer of venue
  A defendant in a civil action may move for a transfer of venue as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Section 6-3-21.1 Change or transfer of venue for convenience of parties and witnesses or in interest of justice
  (a) With respect to civil actions filed in an appropriate venue, any court of general jurisdiction shall, for the convenience of parties and witnesses, or...
• Section 6-3-22 Certification and delivery of docket sheet and other papers upon change or transfer; notice of change or transfer; time for answer
  When a change or transfer of venue has been ordered pursuant to Section 6-3-20 or Section 6-3-21, the clerk of the court shall make a...

Last modified: May 3, 2021