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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-12-1 - Establishment, Designation, etc.; Location of Sessions of District Courts; Abolition of Courts Not Authorized by Constitution. - (a) The district court of Alabama, a trial court of...
Section 12-12-2 - District Court a Court of Record; Preparation, Maintenance, etc., of Records of Proceedings Generally; Employment of Reporters or Provision for Transcripts of Proceedings by Parties. - (a) The district court shall be a court of record....
Section 12-12-3 - Trial of Cases. - All cases in the district court shall be tried by...
Section 12-12-4 - Powers of Court as to Disposition of Criminal Cases Generally. - In disposing of cases within its criminal jurisdiction, the district...
Section 12-12-5 - Continuation of Cases to Permit Payment of Fines and Costs. - The district court may, on conviction of a defendant, upon...
Section 12-12-6 - Powers as to Punishment for Contempt. - In all matters before the district court, the district court...
Section 12-12-7 - Issuance of Writs. - The district court may issue all writs necessary to preserve...
Section 12-12-8 - District Attorney of Circuit Charged With Responsibility for District Court Prosecutions. - The district attorney of the circuit in which a district...
Section 12-12-9 - Abolition of Office of County Solicitor and Performance of Functions Thereof by Assistant District Attorneys; Election by County Solicitors Serving Terms to Which Elected Prior to January 16, 1977, to Become Assistant District Attor... - On January 16, 1977, the functions of the position of...
Section 12-12-10 - Supervision of District Courts by Presiding Circuit Judges. - The presiding judge of each circuit shall have general supervision...
Section 12-12-11 - Applicability of Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. - The Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure shall be applicable to...
Article 2 - Jurisdiction Generally; Venue.
Section 12-12-30 - Civil Jurisdiction Generally. - The original civil jurisdiction of the district court of Alabama...
Section 12-12-31 - Small Claims Actions; Attorney Representation; When; Attorney Fees; Prosecution of Assigned Claims; License Required. - (a) The district court shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all...
Section 12-12-32 - Criminal Jurisdiction Generally. - (a) Misdemeanors. The district court shall have exclusive original trial...
Section 12-12-33 - Extradition Proceedings. - The district court may exercise jurisdiction over proceedings relating to...
Section 12-12-34 - Juvenile Jurisdiction. - Juvenile jurisdiction shall be exercised concurrently by the district court...
Section 12-12-35 - Transfer of Adoption Proceedings to District Court From Probate Court; Maintenance of Records of Adoption Proceedings. - (a) Adoption proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate court, may...
Section 12-12-36 - Venue Generally; Transfer of Actions Improperly Located; Designation of Additional Locations for Court Sites. - (a) Venue in the district court lies in the county...
Section 12-12-37 - Removal of Action From District Court to Circuit Court Where Concurrent Jurisdiction. - Any civil action brought in district court of which the...
Article 3 - Traffic Offenses.
Section 12-12-50 - "Traffic Infraction" Defined. - A "traffic infraction" is any violation of a statute, ordinance...
Section 12-12-51 - District Court Jurisdiction of Misdemeanor Prosecutions for Traffic Infractions. - The district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of misdemeanor...
Section 12-12-52 - Receipt of Guilty Pleas in Traffic Infraction Prosecutions by Magistrates. - Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-17-251, magistrates may receive...
Section 12-12-53 - Requirement of Use of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint. - (a) Every law enforcement agency in the state shall use...
Section 12-12-54 - Accounting for Uniform Traffic Tickets and Complaints; Disposition of Forms; Records and Reports. - The judge or judges and the clerk of the district...
Section 12-12-55 - Establishment of Schedules of Fines for Traffic Infractions; Provision for Manner of Payment and Accounting for of Fines and Costs. - Schedules of fines to be imposed for traffic infractions shall...
Section 12-12-56 - Law Enforcement Officers, etc., Not to Dispose of Uniform Traffic Tickets or Complaints, etc., in Unauthorized Manner; Persons Soliciting, etc., Unauthorized Disposition, etc., of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint Subject to Pun... - (a) No law enforcement officer or other officer or public...
Article 3A - Nontraffic Offenses.
Section 12-12-60 - Electronic Uniform Non-Traffic Citation and Complaint. - (a)(1) Whenever any person is arrested for a violation of...
Article 4 - Appeals.
Section 12-12-70 - Right of Appeal and Procedure for Appeals Generally; Dismissal for Failure to Appear. - (a) Civil cases. Any party may appeal from a final...
Section 12-12-71 - When Appeals Taken to Circuit Courts; Nature of Proceedings and Right to Jury Trial Upon Appeals to Circuit Courts. - Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection (e)...
Section 12-12-72 - When Appeals May Be Taken Directly to Appellate Courts. - Appeals shall be directly to the appropriate appellate court if:...
Section 12-12-73 - Bonds on Appeals. - A supersedeas bond in twice the amount of the judgment...