{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-11-2","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-11-2","heading":"State Divided into Judicial Circuits; Enumeration of Circuits.","body":"The State of Alabama is divided into judicial circuits for the circuit courts, numbered and composed of counties as follows:\n(1) First circuit - Choctaw, Clarke and Washington.\n(2) Second circuit - Butler, Crenshaw and Lowndes.\n(3) Third circuit - Barbour and Bullock.\n(4) Fourth circuit - Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Perry and Wilcox.\n(5) Fifth circuit - Chambers, Macon, Randolph and Tallapoosa.\n(6) Sixth circuit - Tuscaloosa.\n(7) Seventh circuit - Calhoun and Cleburne.\n(8) Eighth circuit - Morgan.\n(9) Ninth circuit - Cherokee and DeKalb.\n(10) Tenth circuit - Jefferson.\n(11) Eleventh circuit - Lauderdale.\n(12) Twelfth circuit - Coffee and Pike.\n(13) Thirteenth circuit - Mobile.\n(14) Fourteenth circuit - Walker.\n(15) Fifteenth circuit - Montgomery.\n(16) Sixteenth circuit - Etowah.\n(17) Seventeenth circuit - Marengo, Greene and Sumter.\n(18) Eighteenth circuit - Shelby.\n(19) Nineteenth circuit - Autauga, Chilton and Elmore.\n(20) Twentieth circuit - Henry and Houston.\n(21) Twenty-first circuit - Escambia.\n(22) Twenty-second circuit - Covington.\n(23) Twenty-third circuit - Madison.\n(24) Twenty-fourth circuit - Fayette, Lamar and Pickens.\n(25) Twenty-fifth circuit - Marion and Winston.\n(26) Twenty-sixth circuit - Russell.\n(27) Twenty-seventh circuit - Marshall.\n(28) Twenty-eighth circuit - Baldwin.\n(29) Twenty-ninth circuit - Talladega.\n(30) Thirtieth circuit - St. Clair.\n(31) Thirty-first circuit - Colbert.\n(32) Thirty-second circuit - Cullman.\n(33) Thirty-third circuit - Dale and Geneva.\n(34) Thirty-fourth circuit - Franklin.\n(35) Thirty-fifth circuit - Conecuh and Monroe.\n(36) Thirty-sixth circuit - Lawrence.\n(37) Thirty-seventh circuit - Lee.\n(38) Thirty-eighth circuit - Jackson.\n(39) Thirty-ninth circuit - Limestone.\n(40) Fortieth circuit - Clay and Coosa.\n(41) Forty-first circuit - Blount.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 11 Circuit Courts.","Article 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-11-2","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"f7b446eefc467f8b073d197cf4729b52b54f0b174f4d622e0343d61a132c2abe","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-11-1","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-11-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}