Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 15-12-1 - Definitions. - When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have...

Section 15-12-2 - Determination as to Indigent Defense Systems to Be Used in Circuit, District and Municipal Courts. - Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14,...

Section 15-12-3 - Presiding Circuit Judges to Administer Indigent Defense Systems Within Circuits; Adoption of Rules for Effectuation of Systems by Circuit Courts. - Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14,...

Section 15-12-4 - Voluntary Indigent Defense Advisory Boards. - (a) Creation. In each judicial circuit, a voluntary indigent defense...

Section 15-12-5 - Determination of Indigency and Provision of Defense Services. - (a) Judicial role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall...

Section 15-12-6 - Compensation of Appointed Counsel. - Compensation of counsel appointed to represent indigent defendants shall be...

Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.

Section 15-12-20 - Matters to Be Ascertained by Trial Judges as to Representation of Defendants Prior to Arraignment. - In all criminal cases, including paternity cases, and civil and...

Section 15-12-21 - Appointment and Compensation of Counsel - Trial Court. - (a) If it appears to the trial court that an...

Section 15-12-22 - Appointment and Compensation of Counsel - Appeals. - (a) In all criminal cases wherein an indigent defendant has...

Section 15-12-23 - Appointment and Compensation of Counsel - Post-Conviction Proceedings. - (a) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court...

Section 15-12-24 - Calculation of Rates. - Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14,...

Section 15-12-24.1 - Withdrawals From Fair Trial Tax Fund to Pay Expenses. - Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14,...

Section 15-12-25 - Reimbursement of Fees of Court Appointed Counsel by Defendant; Default. - (a)(1) A court may require a convicted defendant to pay...

Section 15-12-26 - Contract Counsel System - Selection and Appointment of counsel.. - (a) The director may recommend that a contract counsel system...

Section 15-12-27 - Contract Counsel System - Procedures Mandatory. - Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, each...

Section 15-12-28 - Contract Counsel System - Records, Reports, and Attorney-Client Communications. - Each contract counsel shall keep the records and make the...

Section 15-12-29 - Contract Counsel System - Construction of Sections. - Sections 15-12-26, 15-12-27, and 15-12-28 shall not be construed to...

Article 3 - Public Defenders.

Section 15-12-40 - Establishment of Public Defender Office; Selection and Appointment of Attorneys. - The indigent defense advisory board may establish a public defender...

Section 15-12-41 - Term of Office; Removal; Requirement of Service. - (a) The public defender shall be appointed after June 14,...

Section 15-12-42 - Powers and Duties. - The public defender shall have the following powers and duties:...

Section 15-12-43 - Compensation and Expenses. - (a) The public defender shall receive a salary set by...

Section 15-12-44 - Recordkeeping; Confidentiality of Attorney-Client Communications. - The public defender shall keep such records and make such...

Section 15-12-45 - Approval of Expenditures, Salaries, etc.; Employment of Assistants, Investigators, Etc. - (a) The director may approve expenditures for attorneys, investigators, other...

Section 15-12-46 - Applicability of Article to Establishment of Appointed Counsel or Contract Counsel Systems, Etc. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to exclude establishment...