Ala. Code § 28-4-279: Forfeiture and Condemnation Proceedings in Circuit Courts.

A search warrant may be issued by any judge of a circuit court, and on the return of the warrant, the same proceedings may be had before the judge sitting as a court as are prescribed in this article for the trial before district court judges issuing said warrants. Any defendant to the warrant in such circuit court may have a jury trial upon demanding the same at the time he files his verified answer and claim.