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- Ala. Code § 12-11-31 · Equitable Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-32 · Jurisdiction to Sell Property and Franchises of Public Utility Corporation.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-33 · Cases of Which Circuit Courts Take Cognizance in Equitable Matters.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-40 · Proceedings on Administration of Estates in Circuit Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-41 · Removal of Administration of Estates from Probate Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-41.1 · Transfer to Circuit Court; Remand to Probate Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-60 · Settlements of Estates.
- Ala. Code § 12-11-61 · Irregular Sales of Lands Under Decrees of Probate Court May Be Confirmed.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-1 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-2 · Qualifications; Requirements.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-3 · Registration; Petition for Appointment.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-4 · Trial Without Jury; Powers of Private Judge; Immunity; Procedures.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-5 · Filing Fee.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-6 · Services Provided by Circuit Court Clerk and Sheriff.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-7 · Time and Place of Hearing; Notice.
- Ala. Code § 12-11A-8 · Compensation.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-1 · Establishment, Designation, Etc.; Location of Sessions of District Courts; Abolition of Courts Not Authorized by Constitution.
- Ala. Code § 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.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-3 · Trial of Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-4 · Powers of Court as to Disposition of Criminal Cases Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-5 · Continuation of Cases to Permit Payment of Fines and Costs.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-6 · Powers as to Punishment for Contempt.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-7 · Issuance of Writs.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-8 · District Attorney of Circuit Charged with Responsibility for District Court Prosecutions.
- Ala. Code § 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 Attorneys for Duration of Terms.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-10 · Supervision of District Courts by Presiding Circuit Judges.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-11 · Applicability of Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-30 · Civil Jurisdiction Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-31 · Small Claims Actions; Attorney Representation; When; Attorney Fees; Prosecution of Assigned Claims; License Required.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-32 · Criminal Jurisdiction Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-33 · Extradition Proceedings.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-34 · Juvenile Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-35 · Transfer of Adoption Proceedings to District Court from Probate Court; Maintenance of Records of Adoption Proceedings.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-36 · Venue Generally; Transfer of Actions Improperly Located; Designation of Additional Locations for Court Sites.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-37 · Removal of Action from District Court to Circuit Court Where Concurrent Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-50 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-51 · District Court Jurisdiction of Misdemeanor Prosecutions for Traffic Infractions and Boating Infractions..
- Ala. Code § 12-12-52 · Receipt of Guilty Pleas by Magistrates in Prosecutions for Traffic Infractions or Boating Violations.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-53 · Requirement of Use of Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-54 · Accounting for Uniform Traffic Tickets and Complaints; Disposition of Forms; Records and Reports.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-55 · Schedules of Fines for Traffic Infractions and Boating Violations; Payment of Fines and Costs.
- Ala. Code § 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 Punishment for Criminal Contempt.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-60 · Electronic Uniform Non-traffic Citation and Complaint.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-70 · Right of Appeal and Procedure for Appeals Generally; Dismissal for Failure to Appear.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-71 · When Appeals Taken to Circuit Courts; Nature of Proceedings and Right to Jury Trial Upon Appeals to Circuit Courts.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-72 · When Appeals May Be Taken Directly to Appellate Courts.
- Ala. Code § 12-12-73 · Bonds on Appeals.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-1 · Jurisdiction Generally; Validity and Presumptions to Be Accorded to Judgments, Orders, Etc., of Probate Courts.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-2 · Person in Federal Service and Spouse Thereof Who Die While Living Within State Deemed Resident of State and of County in Which Living for Purposes of Probate Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-3 · When Courts Deemed Open for Granting of Letters Testamentary, Etc., and Making of Orders Grantable as Matter of Course; Limitation Period for Setting Aside or Amendment of Orders or Decrees and Reopening of Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-4 · Where Cases, Etc., May Be Heard, Etc., in Counties Where Terms of Court Held in Places Other Than County Seat.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-5 · Form, Execution, Return, Etc., of Letters Testamentary, Etc., and Process of Probate Court Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-6 · When Process of Probate Court May Be Made Returnable.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-7 · Garnishments - Issuance, Enforcement, Etc., Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-8 · Garnishments - Applicability of Provisions Pertaining to Garnishments in Circuit Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-9 · Powers of Probate Court as to Punishment for Contempt.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-10 · Changes of Venue.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-11 · Grounds for Granting New Trials; Costs Therefor.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-12 · Applicability of Provisions Pertaining to Evidence, Pleading, and Practice, Etc., in Circuit Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-13 · Chief Clerk of Probate Court - Oath and Bond.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-14 · Chief Clerk of Probate Court - Powers Generally; Authority for Performance of Official Acts of Chief Clerk Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-15 · Chief Clerk of Probate Court - Acts Which May Be Performed by Chief Clerk During Vacancy in Office of Probate Judge; Authority, Compensation and Liability of Chief Clerk for Acts Performed During Such Vacancy.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-16 · Preparation, Etc., by Probate Judge, Register, Etc., of Papers, Documents, Etc., to Be Heard, Etc., by Such Judge or Register.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-17 · Liability of Sheriff, Deputies, Etc., for Failure to Make Money on or Return Execution Issued by Probate Court, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-18 · Failure of Clerk, Etc., to Deliver Books, Papers, Money, Etc., to Successor of Probate Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-19 · Payment by County of Expenses Incurred by Probate Judge, Etc., in Attending State or National Conferences, Schools, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-20 · Salaried Probate Judges’ Compensation; Funds to Come from County’s General Fund.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-21 · Appointment of Guardian for Developmentally Disabled Person.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-22 · Requirement to Redact, Remove, Etc., Social Security Number or Birthdate on Certain Documents; Electronic Availability of Records.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-23 · Declaration of Residence.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-30 · Election; Term of Office.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-31 · Qualifications.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-32 · Filling of Vacancies.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-33 · Amount of Bond.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-34 · Persons Who May Institute Civil Actions on Bonds of Judges.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-35 · Seal of Office.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-36 · Offices and Office Hours.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-37 · Appointment of Special Judge When Probate Judge Incompetent, Absent, Sick, Etc., Generally; Powers and Duties of Special Judge and Force, Effect, Etc., of Judgments, Orders and Decrees Thereof.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-38 · Appointment of Special Judge in Event of Refusal to Act, Death, Etc., of Original Special Judge and Continuation of Incompetence, Absence, Etc., of Probate Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-39 · Probate Judges Deemed Conservators of Peace.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-40 · Powers of Probate Judges Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-41 · Duties of Probate Judges Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-42 · Furnishing to Veterans Administration of Copies of Decrees Upon Settlement by Guardians of Beneficiaries of Administration; Payment of Fees Therefor.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-43 · Maintenance of General Direct and Reverse Indexes of Instruments Filed for Record; Liability of Probate Judge for Failure to Comply with Provisions of Section.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-44 · Reports to Department of Human Resources as to Adoptions - Required.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-46 · Authorization by County Commission of Rebinding or Recopying of Books in Office of Probate Judge; Manner of Recopying or Rebinding and Compensation of Probate Judge Therefor.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-47 · Execution of Contract for Rebinding of Books by Probate Judge; Surrender of Custody of Books for Rebinding.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-48 · Payment to Probate Judge of Money Due on Decree Upon Settlement by Executor, Administrator, Etc.; Duty of Judge as to Payment of Money to Person Entitled Thereto and Liability for Failure to Perform Duty.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-49 · Payment of Probate Judge for Receipt of Money Under Section 12-13-48.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-50 · Examination of Records of Probate Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-53 · Failure to Collect Recording or Registration Tax, Etc., Upon Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-54 · Failure to Keep Abstract of Mortgages, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-13-70 · Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-1 · Establishment; Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-2 · Provision by Municipality of Facilities, Court Personnel, Prosecutorial Services, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-3 · Municipal Governing Body to Provide for Number of Judges and Times and Places for Holding Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-4 · Execution by Sheriffs and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers of Warrants and Processes Committed to Them for Service by Municipal Judges.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-5 · Admission to Bail of Persons Charged with Violations of Municipal Ordinances; Waiver of Appearance Bond.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-6 · Cases to Be Tried by Judge Without Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-14-7 · Courts to Take Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Municipality.