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.

(a) The district court shall be a court of record.

(b) Records of proceedings shall be made, maintained and preserved according to rules promulgated by the supreme court, but neither reports nor transcripts of proceedings shall be required, except as provided by law or rule.

(c) Any party may employ a reporter or provide for a transcript of the proceedings on his own account.