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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-11 - Appeal to Appellate Court by Attorney or Officer From Judgment of Contempt.

Section 12-1-11
Appeal to appellate court by attorney or officer from judgment of contempt.
Any attorney or officer who is ordered to be punished for a contempt in the circuit court may appeal to the appropriate appellate court and may stay the execution of any fine or sentence imposed by the execution of a bond, payable to the state, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the tribunal appealed from, in a penalty to be fixed by said tribunal, not exceeding $300.00, conditioned to pay the fine and costs, in case of affirmance in whole or in part.
The appellant shall be entitled to bail in such cases upon the execution of an appearance bond, with two or more such sureties, in the penalty of $300.00, payable to the state, conditioned to appear in the court to which his appeal is prosecuted and to abide the result of such appeal, which maybe approved by the sheriff or other officer in whose custody the appellant may be.
On such appeal the question shall be whether the appellant was guilty of contempt, and the sentence or order of the court below may be affirmed, reversed, annulled or modified, according to the judgment of the appellate court. All such appeals shall be tried on the record, which shall be prepared and transmitted to the appropriate appellate court in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. On demand of any person so condemned, the judge shall make findings of fact upon which such judgment was predicated within one day from the filing or making of such demand.
(Acts 1965, No. 859, p. 1602.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-12 - Grounds for Disqualification of Judges From Trial of Cases Generally.

Section 12-1-12
Grounds for disqualification of judges from trial of cases generally.
No judge of any court shall sit in any case or proceeding in which he is interested or related to any party within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity or in which he has been of counsel or in which is called in question the validity of any judgment or judicial proceeding in which he was of counsel or the validity or construction of any instrument or paper prepared or signed by him as counsel or attorney, without the consent of the parties entered of record or put in writing if the court is not of record.
(Code 1876, §540; Code 1886, §647; Code 1896, §2637; Code 1907, §4626; Code 1923, §8570; Code 1940, T. 13, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-13 - Grounds for Disqualification of Justices of Supreme Court and Judges of Courts of Appeals From Participation in Decision of Cases.

Section 12-1-13
Grounds for disqualification of justices of Supreme Court and judges of courts of appeals from participation in decision of cases.
No justice of the Supreme Court or judge of a Court of Appeals of Alabama shall participate in the decision of any case in the Supreme Court or a court of appeals appealed to said court from any lower court of the State of Alabama, of which lower court said justice was judge at the time said case was decided and who presided at the trial of said case in said lower court.
(Code 1907, §4628; Code 1923, §8572; Code 1940, T. 13, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-14 - Appointment, Powers, Compensation, etc., of Special Judges for Circuit, District, or Probate Court.

Section 12-1-14
Appointment, powers, compensation, etc., of special judges for circuit, district, or probate court.
Should the need for special judges in the circuit court, district court or probate court arise, the Supreme Court may appoint and commission special circuit judges or special district court judges or special probate judges for temporary service; provided, however, that the person so appointed shall possess the qualifications of the judgeship to which he is appointed. Such special judges shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed in the Constitution. Such appointment shall confer on the special judge all powers, authority and jurisdiction of the respective judgeship to which he is appointed. Such special judge shall receive as compensation for his services a sum not to exceed $100.00 a day as established by rule and reimbursement for his actual and necessary expenses, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, food and lodging, to be paid out of the State Treasury or, in whole or part, from grant funds on approval and direction of the Administrative Office of Courts.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-109.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-14.1 - Appointment of Special Judge Upon Request; Temporary Service.

Section 12-1-14.1
Appointment of special judge upon request; temporary service.
(a) At the request of the affected judge in a particular circuit, the presiding circuit court judge of the circuit may appoint and commission a special circuit court judge, special district court judge, or special judge of probate for temporary service. The person so appointed shall possess the qualifications of the judgeship to which he or she is appointed. The special judge shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. The appointment shall confer on the special judge all powers, authority, and jurisdiction of the judgeship to which he or she is appointed. The special judge shall not receive compensation for his or her services.
(b) As used in this section, the term "temporary service" means not more than 180 consecutive days. A special judge may be reappointed, as needed, for more than one period of 180 consecutive days.
(c) This section is supplemental to Section 12-1-14.
(d) Pursuant to this section, the appointments shall be non-discriminatory.
(Act 2001-969, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 867, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-14.2 - Senior Judge Status.

Section 12-1-14.2
Senior judge status.
(a) Any circuit court judge or district court judge who has served for 10 or more years in any combination of service as a judge of the circuit court or district court in this state and who retires pursuant to Chapter 18 of this title, may be appointed as a senior judge. A circuit court judge or district court judge who retires because of a disability may not be appointed as a senior judge.
(b) Any eligible retired judge may apply to the Chief Justice for appointment as a senior judge and the Chief Justice shall appoint each qualified applicant as a senior judge.
(c) A senior judge may be called upon to serve as a justice or judge in any court of this state pursuant to a written request for assistance from the presiding judge of the requesting court made to the Chief Justice. A request for assistance may be made in any of the following situations:
(1) When a judge of the requesting court is disqualified for any cause from presiding in a matter pending before the requesting court.
(2) When a judge of the requesting court is unable to preside in the requesting court because of disability, illness, or absence.
(3) When the business of the requesting court requires the temporary assistance of an additional judge or additional judges.
(d) A senior judge is bound by the same ethical standards as other judges and justices in the state and may be disciplined or have his or her senior judge status withdrawn the in same manner as other judges and justices are disciplined or removed from office.
(e) A senior judge appointment by the Chief Justice to fulfill a specific request made by a presiding judge shall receive no compensation but shall receive the same per diem expenses and mileage as state employees paid from funds appropriated to the Unified Judicial System.
(Act 2004-398, p. 672, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-15 - Benefits to Which Judges, Officers, Employees, etc., of Judicial Branch of Government Entitled; Uniformity of Treatment as to Benefits, etc., of Supernumerary Justices and Judges and Retired Justices and Judges; Failure by Justice or Judge to Apply for Supernumerary or Retirement Benefits at Time of Leaving Active State Service Not to Forfeit Entitlement to Rights.

Section 12-1-15
Benefits to which judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government entitled; uniformity of treatment as to benefits, etc., of supernumerary justices and judges and retired justices and judges; failure by justice or judge to apply for supernumerary or retirement benefits at time of leaving active state service not to forfeit entitlement to rights.
(a) Any justice, judge, officer, official or employee of the judicial branch of government, including retired and supernumerary justices, judges or employees, other than probate and municipal court judges and employees, shall be entitled to any and all employee benefits to which other state employees, officers or officials on active duty status are entitled, including, but not limited to, group hospital, medical and surgical insurance, regardless of whether such officer, official or employee is receiving his compensation from grant funds or otherwise.
(b) All supernumerary justices and judges and retired justices and judges shall fall within the retirement category and there shall be no differences between the same in regard to social security, tax benefits or advantages and employee benefits, and uniformity of treatment shall be given and accorded unless statutes specifically otherwise provide.
(c) Any justice or judge who is eligible or who will become eligible in the future for supernumerary benefits or retirement benefits shall not forfeit any right by failing to apply for such status at the time that he left or leaves active state service but shall be entitled to all such rights whenever he applies for the same.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-107.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-16 - Voluntary Diminution of Compensation, Benefits, etc., by Judges, Officers, Employees, etc., of Judicial Branch of Government.

Section 12-1-16
Voluntary diminution of compensation, benefits, etc., by judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government.
It shall be lawful for any justice, judge, official, officer or employee of the judicial branch of government, including any retired or supernumerary justice, judge, officer, official or employee, to voluntarily diminish the compensation, salary, retirement benefits or any other benefits of monetary value fixed by law to which he is entitled, from time to time, to such extent as he may desire, on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Office of Courts; provided, that this provision shall not prevent such justice, judge, officer, official or employee from drawing his travel expenses or allowances, provided he is performing duties or engaging in activities in behalf of the judicial system of Alabama.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-107.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-17 - Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Judges, Officers, etc., of Appellate Courts Attending Judicial Colleges, Seminars, Etc.

Section 12-1-17
Reimbursement of travel expenses of judges, officers, etc., of appellate courts attending judicial colleges, seminars, etc.
The justices, judges, officers, officials and employees of the appellate courts shall be entitled to be reimbursed their actual expenses of travel, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, meals, lodging, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees, when attending judicial colleges, seminars, conferences, conventions, meetings and court functions in or outside the State of Alabama, without regard to any limitation or requirement contained in Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36, in accordance with the approval of the Chief Justice.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-104.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-18 - Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Circuit Judges, District Court Judges, Municipal Judges, Court-Supportive Personnel, etc.; Effect of Failure to Attend Educational Conference, Seminar, etc., When Attendance Ordered.

Section 12-1-18
Reimbursement of travel expenses of circuit judges, district court judges, municipal judges, court-supportive personnel, etc.; effect of failure to attend educational conference, seminar, etc., when attendance ordered.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to reimbursement of traveling expenses of public officers and employees, all circuit judges, district court judges and court-supportive personnel, including, but not limited to, referees, clerks, registers, official court reporters, special roving court reporters, special court reporters, bailiffs, magistrates of district courts and employees of clerks' offices and registers' offices, shall be entitled to be reimbursed their necessary and reasonable expenses of travel, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, meals, lodging, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees, whenever traveling on official business from the town or city of their office to other locations, regardless of whether said location is located within or outside their circuits or districts or whenever ordered by the Chief Justice to attend a conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting.
(b) Whenever attendance at such an educational conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting is ordered, nonattendance may be considered a neglect of an official duty, unless excused in advance by the Administrative Director of Courts, the Court Administrator or Chief Justice.
(c) Whenever any municipal, probate or trial court judge, including any retired or supernumerary municipal, probate or trial court judge, is assigned by the Chief Justice for temporary service in any court or when requested to attend any conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting by the Administrative Director of Courts, such director is authorized to pay the actual and reasonable expenses of travel of such judge, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, lodging, meals, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees.
(d) Such judges, officials and employees shall submit their claims for reimbursement of travel expenses to the Administrative Office of Courts on forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Administrative Director of Courts.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-108.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-19 - Monthly Reports of Clerks of Circuit, District and Municipal Courts as to Fines, Fees, etc., Collected.

Section 12-1-19
Monthly reports of clerks of circuit, district and municipal courts as to fines, fees, etc., collected.
The clerks of the circuit courts and the clerks of the district and municipal courts in this state shall each prepare a monthly report on a form to be approved by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts showing by totals the amount of fines, trial tax, district attorney fees and other fees that accrue to benefit of the state, county or municipality that were collected the preceding month. The report forms shall be prepared in triplicate. The original copy shall be furnished the State Comptroller, the duplicate copy shall be furnished the county commission, and the triplicate copy shall be retained in the office of the clerk.
All laws or parts of laws and all rules or regulations requiring reports with a detailed itemization of collections by cases are hereby repealed to the extent that they conflict with this section; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall relieve the clerks from maintaining a cashbook containing detailed entries and making detailed reports as required by the Department of Public Safety and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1963, No. 569, p. 1191.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-20 - Appellate Courts, Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management Authorized to Contract With Counties, Municipalities, etc., for Offices and Other Physical Facilities for Courts.

Section 12-1-20
Appellate courts, Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management authorized to contract with counties, municipalities, etc., for offices and other physical facilities for courts.
The appellate courts, the Administrative Office of Courts and the Department of Court Management are authorized and empowered to contract with county commissions, municipalities, private individuals, corporations or entities for offices and other physical facilities at locations outside the seat of government, as well as in Montgomery, to be used for the hearing of cases and court needs, as well as office needs of justices, judges and court-related personnel.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-103.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-21 - Salaries of Court Personnel, Etc.

Section 12-1-21
Salaries of court personnel, etc.
Salaries or compensation of court personnel and any other persons paid by or by authority of the judicial department of the State of Alabama, whose salary, including any local supplement thereto, is set by statute, shall be paid in accordance with such statute, as shown in the journal of salaries and compensation prepared pursuant to Section 36-6-9. Nothing contained in this code or such journal of salaries and compensation shall be construed to amend or repeal any salary or compensation established by the State Judicial Compensation Commission, nor to amend or repeal any authority of the State Judicial Compensation Commission to establish salaries, compensation or expense allowances of any person.
(Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-22 - Certain Statutes Relative to Judicial Circuits and Court Personnel Continued in Effect.

Section 12-1-22
Certain statutes relative to judicial circuits and court personnel continued in effect.
The adoption of this code shall not repeal or amend any statute in effect on the effective date of this code which is applicable only with respect to one or more judicial circuits of the state, whether such judicial circuits are identified by specific reference thereto, on the basis of population or by any other method of identification or classification; nor shall the adoption of this code be deemed to repeal any general law, general law of local application or local law in effect on the effective date of this code relating to the appointment, election, number, duties, term of office, removal or compensation of any court personnel.
(Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-23 - Reasonable Accommodation for Those in Need of Special Services, Etc.

Section 12-1-23
Reasonable accommodation for those in need of special services, etc.
(a) If any plaintiff, defendant, or witness in any proceeding before the district court, circuit court, appellate court, or grand jury is in need of special services or equipment as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act [P.L. 101-366], the court shall make every effort to make reasonable accommodation for the services or equipment to allow the person to fully participate in the proceedings. All costs for the services or equipment shall be approved in advance by the court.
(b) The costs incurred by the district, circuit, or appellate court providing special services or equipment, when approved by the court in advance, shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the State Comptroller to be paid out of funds within the State General Fund known as "court assessed costs not provided for." Nothing in this section shall prohibit the court from taxing the costs against one or more of the parties for immediate payment or from requiring reimbursement to the state at a later date, if not otherwise prohibited by law.
(Act 2000-277, p. 441, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-1-24 - Pretrial Hearings in Certain Cases to Be Conducted by Audio-Video Communications.

Section 12-1-24
Pretrial hearings in certain cases to be conducted by audio-video communications.
(a) The presiding judge of each judicial circuit may authorize pretrial motion hearings in civil and criminal matters in the circuit courts, district courts, and probate courts to be conducted by telephone conferencing or other audio-video telecommunications means. The presiding judge shall develop and publish procedures for the conduct of the civil and criminal hearings in the circuit courts, districts courts, and probate courts in his or her judicial circuit.
(b) The telephone or audio-video telecommunications device used in the hearing shall enable the judge and all parties to converse simultaneously with each other.
(Act 2012-499, p. 1470, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-1 - Composition of Court; Election and Terms of Office of Justices.

Section 12-2-1
Composition of court; election and terms of office of justices.
(a) The Supreme Court, except as otherwise provided, shall consist of a chief justice and eight associate justices, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the state at the general elections as provided by law for the election of members of the House of Representatives in Congress and who shall hold their offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next succeeding their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution respecting filling of vacancies in judicial offices, members of the Supreme Court shall be elected as follows: The Chief Justice and three associate justices shall be elected at the general election in November, 1976, two associate justices shall be elected at the general election in November, 1978, and three associate justices shall be elected at the general election in November, 1980. Thereafter members of the Supreme Court shall be elected in the general election next preceding the expiration of the respective term for which the incumbent holds office.
(b) Persons elected to the Supreme Court, or appointed to fill a vacant term of office on the Supreme Court, after January 1, 2010, must have been licensed by the Alabama State Bar Association a combined total of 10 years or more, or by any other state bar association for a combined total of 10 years or more, prior to beginning a term of office or appointment to serve a vacant term of office.
(Code 1852, §566; Code 1867, §658; Code 1876, §568; Code 1886, §673; Code 1896, §3825; Code 1907, §5948; Code 1923, §10269; Code 1940, T. 13, §10; Acts 1969, No. 602, p. 1087, §1; Act 2009-562, p. 1632, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-2 - Powers of Justices - Issuance of Writs of Certiorari and Granting of Injunctions.

Section 12-2-2
Powers of justices - Issuance of writs of certiorari and granting of injunctions.
The justices of the Supreme Court shall have authority to issue writs of certiorari and to grant injunctions and stays of execution of judgment, subject to the limitations prescribed by this code and the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, as judges of the circuit courts are authorized to grant the same.
(Code 1852, §569; Code 1867, §661; Code 1876, §572; Code 1886, §676; Code 1896, §3827; Code 1907, §5956; Code 1923, §10277; Code 1940, T. 13, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-3 - Powers of Justices - Administration of Oaths and Taking of Affidavits and Acknowledgments.

Section 12-2-3
Powers of justices - Administration of oaths and taking of affidavits and acknowledgments.
The Chief Justice and every associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama may administer any oaths and take any affidavits or acknowledgments authorized or required by law.
(Acts 1915, No. 3, p. 35; Code 1923, §10278; Code 1940, T. 13, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-4 - Salary of Justices.

Section 12-2-4
Salary of justices.
The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and every associate justice of the Supreme Court shall be such amount as is provided by law, and shall be paid as the salaries of other state officers are paid.
(Code 1876, §580; Code 1886, §684; Code 1896, §3841; Code 1907, §5966; Acts 1919, No. 279, p. 257; Code 1923, §10288; Acts 1927, No. 459, p. 510; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 149, p. 166; Code 1940, T. 13, §29; Acts 1945, No. 491, p. 724; Acts 1947, No. 685, p. 521; Acts 1951, No. 560, p. 975; Acts 1957, No. 170, p. 223; Acts 1963, No. 510, p. 1096; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 366; Acts 1969, No. 601, p. 1087; Acts 1973, No. 1245, p. 2093, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-5 - Performance of Duties or Functions of Chief Justice in Event of Absence From State or Disability Thereof Generally.

Section 12-2-5
Performance of duties or functions of Chief Justice in event of absence from state or disability thereof generally.
In the event of the absence of the Chief Justice from the state or in the event of the inability of the Chief Justice to perform any duty or function required by law or rule, such duty or function may be performed by the senior associate justice available in the seat of government, provided he is requested to do so by the Chief Justice.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-110.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-6 - Performance of Duties of Chief Justice in Event of Extended Absence From Court or Disability Thereof.

Section 12-2-6
Performance of duties of Chief Justice in event of extended absence from court or disability thereof.
Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama shall, because of illness or otherwise, be disabled from actively performing his duties as chief justice or those ex officio duties imposed upon him by law or shall be absent from the court for a period of 30 days or longer, then, in either event, the duties so imposed upon him shall be performed by the available associate justice of the Supreme Court in order of seniority based upon continuous length of service on the court, and such associate justice of the Supreme Court is hereby authorized and empowered to perform all of the same in lieu of the chief justice during the latter's disability or absence from the court for said period longer than 30 days.
(Acts 1949, No. 188, p. 220.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-7 - Jurisdiction and Powers of Court Generally.

Section 12-2-7
Jurisdiction and powers of court generally.
The Supreme Court shall have authority:
(1) To exercise appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the state, under such restrictions and regulations as are prescribed by law; but, in deciding appeals, no weight shall be given the decision of the trial judge upon the facts where the evidence is not taken orally before the judge, but in such cases the Supreme Court shall weigh the evidence and give judgment as it deems just.
(2) To exercise original jurisdiction in the issue and determination of writs of quo warranto and mandamus in relation to matters in which no other court has jurisdiction.
(3) To issue writs of injunction, habeas corpus, and such other remedial and original writs as are necessary to give to it a general superintendence and control of courts of inferior jurisdiction.
(4) To make and promulgate rules governing the administration of all courts and rules governing practice and procedure in all courts; provided, that such rules shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive right of any party nor affect the jurisdiction of circuit and district courts or venue of actions therein; and provided further, that the right of trial by jury as at common law and declared by Section 11 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 shall be preserved to the parties inviolate.
(5) To punish for contempts by the infliction of a fine not exceeding $100, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 days or both.
(6) To transfer to the Court of Civil Appeals, for determination by that court, any civil case appealed to the Supreme Court and within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, except the following:
a. A case that the Supreme Court determines presents a substantial question of federal or state constitutional law.
b. A case that the Supreme Court determines involves a novel legal question, the resolution of which will have significant statewide impact.
c. A utility rate case appealed directly to the Supreme Court under the provisions of Section 37-1-140.
d. A bond validation proceeding appealed to the Supreme Court under the provisions of Section 6-6-754.
e. A bar disciplinary proceeding.
(7) To exercise such other powers as are or may be given to the Supreme Court by law.
(Code 1852, §568; Code 1867, §660; Code 1876, §571; Code 1886, §675; Code 1896, §3826; Code 1907, §5955; Code 1923, §10276; Code 1940, T. 13, §17; Acts 1993, No. 93-345, p. 535, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-8 - Regular Terms of Court.

Section 12-2-8
Regular terms of court.
Regular terms of the Supreme Court shall commence on the first Monday of October in each year and continue until and including the last day of June of the ensuing year, but the court may, in its discretion, adjourn from time to time.
(Code 1852, §570; Code 1867, §666; Code 1876, §573; Code 1886, §677; Code 1896, §3828; Code 1907, §5957; Acts 1915, No. 718, p. 816; Code 1923, §10279; Code 1940, T. 13, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-9 - Special Terms.

Section 12-2-9
Special terms.
The court may, whenever it deems proper, order and hold a special term.
(Code 1852, §570; Code 1867, §662; Code 1876, §573; Code 1886, §678; Code 1896, §3834; Code 1907, §5963; Code 1923, §10285; Code 1940, T. 13, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-10 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - How Opinion Obtained.

Section 12-2-10
Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - How opinion obtained.
The Governor, by a request in writing, or either house of the Legislature, by a resolution of such house, may obtain a written opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama or a majority thereof on important constitutional questions.
(Acts 1923, No. 43, p. 25; Code 1923, §10290; Code 1940, T. 13, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-11 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - Request and Receipt by Court of Briefs From Attorney General and Amici Curiae as to Questions Presented.

Section 12-2-11
Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - Request and receipt by court of briefs from Attorney General and amici curiae as to questions presented.
The justices of the Supreme Court may request briefs from the Attorney General, and may receive briefs from other attorneys as amici curiae as to such questions as may be propounded to them for their answers.
(Acts 1923, No. 43, p. 25; Code 1923, §10292; Code 1940, T. 13, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-12 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - Effect of Opinion.

Section 12-2-12
Advisory opinions on constitutional questions - Effect of opinion.
The opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court or a majority of them shall be a protection to the officers and departments of the state acting in accordance therewith in the same manner and to the same extent as opinions of the Attorney General of the state; and, in the event of a conflict between the opinions of the Attorney General and the opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court rendered in accordance with this article, the opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court shall take precedence and prevail. All opinions of the justices of the Supreme Court heretofore rendered in accordance with this article shall have the protective force and effect provided for in this article.
(Acts 1923, No. 43, p. 25; Code 1923, §10291; Acts 1927, No. 144, p. 103; Code 1940, T. 13, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-13 - Standard for Decision of Cases in Which Existing Opinion and Former Ruling in Case Conflict.

Section 12-2-13
Standard for decision of cases in which existing opinion and former ruling in case conflict.
The Supreme Court, in deciding each case when there is a conflict between its existing opinion and any former ruling in the case, must be governed by what, in its opinion, at that time is law, without any regard to such former ruling on the law by it; but the right of third persons, acquired on the faith of the former ruling, shall not be defeated or interfered with by or on account of any subsequent ruling.
(Code 1867, §666; Code 1876, §579; Code 1886, §683a; Code 1896, §3840; Code 1907, §5965; Code 1923, §10287; Code 1940, T. 13, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-14 - Appointment of Members of Bar to Sit as Special Judges in Determination of Certain Cases.

Section 12-2-14
Appointment of members of bar to sit as special judges in determination of certain cases.
When by reason of disqualification the number of judges competent to sit in a case is reduced to eight or to six and there is equal division among them on any question material to the determination of the case, the fact shall be certified by the Chief Justice or, when he is disqualified, by the judges sitting to the Governor, who shall thereupon appoint a member of the bar of the Supreme Court to sit as a judge of said court in the determination of said case. Similarly, when by reason of disqualification no one of the judges is competent to sit in a case or the number is reduced below six, the fact shall be certified by the Chief Justice, if he is competent to sit, or, if not, by the judge or judges sitting, or, if no one is competent, by the clerk of the court to the Governor, who shall thereupon appoint members of the bar of the Supreme Court to constitute a special court of seven members for the consideration and determination of such case.
The word "disqualification," as used in this section, shall include inability to sit by reason of prolonged illness of a chronic nature.
(Code 1896, §3837; Code 1907, §5953; Code 1923, §10274; Code 1940, T. 13, §15; Acts 1969, No. 602, p. 1087.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-15 - Minutes of Court and Reports of Decisions to State Names of Judges Sitting in Final Decision of Cases.

Section 12-2-15
Minutes of court and reports of decisions to state names of judges sitting in final decision of cases.
The minutes of the court and the reports of its decisions shall state the names of the judges sitting in the final decision of cases.
(Code 1907, §5984; Code 1923, §10275; Code 1940, T.13, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-16 - Advisory and Standing Committees.

Section 12-2-16
Advisory and standing committees.
The Supreme Court is authorized and empowered in connection with any rule-making power or other function to appoint from time to time various advisory committees or standing committees composed of justices, judges, lawyers, law professors and other persons to serve on such committees, and the Chief Justice is authorized and empowered to direct that the expenses of such advisory committees or standing committees, including, but not limited to, the expenses, compensation and employment of consultants, reporters and travel expenses, including, but not limited to, transportation, meals, lodging, membership fees, registration fees, printing and postage, be paid from any funds appropriated to the Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of Courts, the Department of Court Management, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System or grant funds.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-102.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-17 - Establishment of Additional Duties for Judges.

Section 12-2-17
Establishment of additional duties for judges.
The Supreme Court may, by rules of court, establish additional duties for judges either within or without the geographical boundaries of the court of the judge when such is, in the opinion of a majority of the court, necessary to properly serve the administration of justice.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-115.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-18 - Institution and Maintenance of Safety Programs and Precautions for Security and Protection of Judicial Building, etc., Authorized; Designation of Marshal, Assistant Marshals, etc., as Conservators of Peace and Powers Thereof; Payment for Uniforms, Arms, etc., of Marshals, Etc.

Section 12-2-18
Institution and maintenance of safety programs and precautions for security and protection of judicial building, etc., authorized; designation of marshal, assistant marshals, etc., as conservators of peace and powers thereof; payment for uniforms, arms, etc., of marshals, etc.
(a) In connection with the security and protection of the judicial building and those sites other than the judicial building when the Supreme Court so meets, the Supreme Court is authorized to institute and maintain safety programs and precautions.
(b) The marshal, assistant marshals, deputy marshal and other personnel designated by the Supreme Court are made conservators of the peace and shall have the power to make arrests and serve subpoenas.
(c) The uniforms, arms and other equipment of such marshals and other personnel so designated by the Supreme Court maybe paid for from any funds appropriated to the Supreme Court.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-101.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-19 - Promulgation, Filing and Publication of Rules; Construction and Interpretation of Rules.

Section 12-2-19
Promulgation, filing and publication of rules; construction and interpretation of rules.
(a) Since the Supreme Court now has the initial primary duty to make and promulgate rules governing practice and procedure in all courts, as well as rules of administration for all courts, all such rules made and promulgated by the Supreme Court shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court and published in the official report of decisions. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall certify to the Secretary of State all such rules. The Secretary of State shall cause the rules to be published in any code of the laws of Alabama whenever the codes are published or in pocket supplements to codes.
(b) In connection with its duty to make and promulgate such rules, the Legislature finds that it is within the scope of such authority for the Supreme Court to make rules of administration pertaining to the collection, use, protection and disclosure of information, statistics and records involved in the administration of justice, criminal or otherwise, including information to be stored or which is stored in computers; collection of unpaid court costs, fines and forfeitures; the security of courts; the procedures, forms and standards for appointment of attorneys for indigents in criminal cases and, in the event an indigent becomes nonindigent, collection procedures for attorney's fees, transcript fees, and other expenses paid by the state during the period of indigency.
(c) Rules heretofore promulgated by the Supreme Court shall not be considered to have been superseded or modified by this title unless by express reference in this title or by law hereinafter enacted or by irreconcilable conflict with this title.
(d) The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall give his or her opinion in writing on any question of the interpretation of any rule of administration promulgated by the Supreme Court to any other officer or official of the state who shows a need for such opinion and requests the same. The written opinion of the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall protect the officer or official to whom it is directed as well as other officers or officials who use it as guidance from liability to either the state, county, or any municipal subdivision of the state because of any official act or acts performed as directed or advised in such opinion; provided, however, that such opinion shall be merely advisory. Such opinions shall be published in the official report of decisions.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-105; Act 2014-217, p. 684, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-20 - Purposes for Which Appropriations May Be Used.

Section 12-2-20
Purposes for which appropriations may be used.
The Supreme Court is further authorized and empowered to use moneys or funds appropriated to it, including, but not limited to, the moneys appropriated for the administrative fund, advisory committee work and judicial education, for any judicial purposes the Supreme Court may direct, including, but not limited to, the preservation, acquisition, framing and repair of portraits, pictures, murals, photographs, resolutions and orders of the court, historical documents and archives; the publishing of books, pamphlets and other publications; the use of consultants; expenses of visiting jurists and other judicial or legally related individuals who are performing services to the courts of this state; ceremonies; and seminars and conferences pertaining to courts and the administration of justice for justices, judges and court-related personnel within or outside the state, and the clerk of said court is authorized to direct payment for all expenses connected therewith, including, but not limited to, meal meetings; provided, however, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, fees authorized by law, court rule or order for certificates, documents, and any other copies of the court records of the Supreme Court shall be paid by the Clerk of the Supreme Court into the administrative fund and shall be expended therefrom on the monthly written requisition of the chief justice as an allowance for the office of the Chief Justice not otherwise provided by law: Provided further however, such allowance shall be and is hereby limited to the amount of such fees collected and paid into said administrative fund.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-106; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 12-2-21 - Appointment, Compensation, etc., of Staff Attorneys.

Section 12-2-21
Appointment, compensation, etc., of staff attorneys.
The Alabama Supreme Court is hereby authorized to hire six staff attorneys to assist that court in legal research and analysis, including the preparation of staff memoranda, and to perform such other duties as directed by the court. The staff attorneys shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the court. The salaries of each staff attorney shall be fixed within the range of the proper classification of attorneys under the merit system as may be determined by the Supreme Court. Said staff attorneys shall be subject to the Merit System Act only as to the pay plan selected for them by the Supreme Court.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-491, p. 814, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 2 - Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice. › Section 12-2-31 - Provision for Compilation and Tabulation of Reports and Information Supplied to Office.

Section 12-2-31
Provision for compilation and tabulation of reports and information supplied to office.
The Chief Justice shall have the reports and information supplied to his office as provided by law, tabulated and compiled so as to furnish information as to the administration of justice, the workings and operation of the courts and the amount of business pending, performed or dispatched in the several courts of the state. Such reports and information shall be tabulated by counties and circuits.
(Acts 1915, No. 521, p. 592; Code 1923, §10294; Code 1940, T. 13, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 2 - Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice. › Section 12-2-32 - Employment, etc., of Court Attendant.

Section 12-2-32
Employment, etc., of court attendant.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may employ one court attendant, who shall wait upon the Supreme Court and have the care of its courtrooms, library and consultation rooms. His salary shall be fixed under the provisions of the merit system and he shall be paid as other state employees.
(Code 1907, §5982; Acts 1919, No. 688, p. 996; Code 1923, §10318; Code 1940, T. 13, §84.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 2 - Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice. › Section 12-2-33 - Ordering of Special Sessions of Courts, Etc.

Section 12-2-33
Ordering of special sessions of courts, etc.
Whenever in the opinion of the Chief Justice the business in any of the courts is being delayed or is unnecessarily congested or unnecessarily accumulated, he shall order adjourned or special sessions of court or the calling of the cases on the dockets for trial by sending a written order to the clerk of the court, which order shall be spread upon the minutes of the court as a part of the organization thereof, and he may direct the judge of any circuit at any time to call or order an adjourned or special session of any court in the circuit of such judge for the trial of all cases, civil or criminal, and the circuit judge shall immediately make such orders and issue such process and notice as shall be necessary for the calling, convening and holding of such sessions of court according to law.
(Acts 1915, No. 521, p. 592; Code 1923, §10296; Code 1940, T. 13, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 12 - Courts. › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court. › Article 2 - Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice. › Section 12-2-34 - Ordering of Attendance of District Attorneys at Special Sessions of Courts, Etc.

Section 12-2-34
Ordering of attendance of district attorneys at special sessions of courts, etc.
The Chief Justice shall direct and order in the same manner the attendance of any district attorney upon any regular, adjourned or special session of the court for the prosecution of any criminal case or the prosecution or defense in any case in which the state or any county thereof is interested at any regular, adjourned or special session of court or to attend upon any preliminary trial or application for bail or habeas corpus either in or out of his circuit.
(Acts 1915, No. 521, p. 592; Code 1923, §10298; Code 1940, T. 13, §41.)