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15-15-43
Section 15-15-43 Abatement of prosecution of misdemeanor in circuit court when case commenced
and pending in district or municipal court. (a) The original jurisdiction of the circuit courts
over felonies and misdemeanors is, in all things, unchanged; except, that when a prosecution
for a misdemeanor has been first commenced and is still pending in a district court or a municipal
court, the prosecution in the circuit court shall be abated on plea. (b) The plea provided
for in subsection (a) of this section must state that the prosecution in the district court
or the municipal court was commenced without the agency, request, participation, connivance
or authority of the defendant and must be sworn to. Each and every averment of the plea may
be traversed and denied; and if, on the trial of the issue, it appears that such prosecution
was commenced by the agency, request, participation, connivance or authority of the defendant,
then the jury must be instructed, if it finds either of these...
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16-18A-10
Section 16-18A-10 Venue and jurisdiction. The authority's legal situs or residence for the
purpose of this chapter shall be Montgomery County. Any action to protect or enforce any rights
under the provisions of this chapter, including the validation of obligations issued by the
authority as herein permitted, shall be brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County,
Alabama, and said court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all such actions. (Acts
1979, No. 79-322, p. 475, §10.)...
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35-6-20
Section 35-6-20 Jurisdiction of circuit court to divide or sell for division. The circuit court
shall have original jurisdiction to divide or partition, or sell for partition, any property,
real or personal, held by joint owners or tenants in common; whether the defendant
denies the title of plaintiff or sets up adverse possession or not; and the court in exercising
its jurisdiction shall proceed according to the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and, where
necessary, allow service of process by publication as prescribed therein. (Code 1886, §3262;
Code 1896, §3187; Code 1907, §5231; Acts 1909, No. 123, p. 124; Code 1923, §9331; Code
1940, T. 47, §186.)...
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9-9-8
Section 9-9-8 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction of probate court in which petition filed.
The court of probate of the county in which said petition is filed shall thereafter maintain
and have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of
said district without regard to county lines for all purposes of this article; subject, however,
to the right of appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the petition is filed.
(Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §7.)...
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12-12-36
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 where venue
would lie for civil or criminal actions brought in the circuit court, except that: (1) In
counties where venue has lain within an area of lesser geographic extent than the county for
any categories of cases which were on December 18, 1973, within the jurisdiction of a court
inferior to the circuit court, venue lies in such lesser geographic area; and (2) Venue of
prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances shall be in the district court sitting
in the municipality or, if none, the district court within the county and nearest to the municipality;
(b) If any action is filed in a court located where venue does not lie, any party may move
to transfer the action to a location where venue may properly be laid. (c) Additional locations
for purposes of court sites may be designated by the...
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35-11-220
Section 35-11-220 Jurisdiction of actions for enforcement of liens. When the amount involved
exceeds $50.00, actions for the enforcement of liens under this division may be brought in
the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county in which the property is situated. In
all other cases actions to enforce such liens shall be brought before the district court in
the county in which the property is situated. (Code 1886, §§3028, 3048; Code 1896, §2733;
Code 1907, §4764; Code 1923, §8842; Code 1940, T. 33, §48.)...
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33-6-10
Section 33-6-10 Enforcement of chapter, rules, etc.; prosecutions under chapter; violations
and penalties. (a) This chapter and rules and orders adopted under this chapter shall be enforced
by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
according to rules adopted by the board and department. (b) Any person may complain under
oath to a magistrate, district attorney, or grand jury concerning a violation of this chapter
or of a rule adopted under this chapter and if a warrant is issued by the magistrate or district
attorney, or indictment returned by a grand jury, the charge shall be tried in court to which
the warrant is returnable, and the warrant may be made returnable to a district court or to
the circuit court and the courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of the offense,
or if an indictment is returned, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the offense.
Convicted persons may appeal as now provided by law. Whether...
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8-3-15
Section 8-3-15 Court in which complaints filed. In cases not otherwise provided for in this
chapter, complaints must be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the parties,
or any of them, against whom the complaint is filed reside or, if they are nonresidents or
have no fixed residence in the state, in the circuit court of any county in the state or in
a district court where such court has acquired jurisdiction of the original debt. (Code 1852,
§2650; Code 1867, §3077; Code 1876, §3417; Code 1886, §3156; Code 1896, §3887; Code 1907,
§5399; Code 1923, §9558; Code 1940, T. 9, §92.)...
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45-12-82.02
(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction
is in the circuit or district court of the First Judicial Circuit may apply to the District
Attorney of the First Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b)
A person charged with any of the following offenses may apply for admission into the program:
(1) A traffic offense. (2) A property offense. (3) An offense wherein the victim did not receive
serious physical injury. (4) An offense in which the victim was not a child under 14
years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school official, or a correctional officer. (5)
A misdemeanor other than one specifically excluded in this section. (6) A violation classified
under this code. (c) The following offenses are ineligible for consideration for the pretrial
diversion program: (1) Trafficking in or distribution of drugs. (2) Any offense involving
the abuse of a child or an elderly person. (3) Any sex offense....
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12-1-2
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 Appeals, a Court of Civil Appeals, a trial court of general jurisdiction
known as the circuit court, a trial court of limited jurisdiction known as the district court,
a probate court and such municipal courts as may be provided by law. The courts described
in this section shall have all authority provided by law and shall continue to have all authority
provided by rule. Except as otherwise provided by law, no moneys provided for under the provisions
of this title shall be expended unless duly appropriated by the Legislature of the State of
Alabama. (Code 1940, T. 13, §1; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §1-101.)...
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