The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of a Supreme Court, a Court of Criminal Appeals, a Court of Civil Appeals, a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the circuit court, a trial court of limited jurisdiction known as the district court, a probate court and such municipal courts as may be provided by law. The courts described in this section shall have all authority provided by law and shall continue to have all authority provided by rule. Except as otherwise provided by law, no moneys provided for under the provisions of this title shall be expended unless duly appropriated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama.
(Code 1940, T. 13, §1; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §1-101.)
Notes of Decisions
S. Christian Leadership Conf. v. Sessions, 56 F.3d 1281 (11th Cir. 1995).
“Ala.Code § 12-1-2 (1986). Currently there are forty judicial circuits in Alabama, each designated by a number; each circuit contains one or more counties.”
Beam v. Taylor, 149 So. 3d 571 (Ala. 2014).
“The circuit court is a court of general jurisdiction, see § 12-1-2, Ala.Code 1975. General jurisdiction is “[a] court’s authority to hear a wide range of cases, civil or criminal, that arise within its geographic area.”
Darryl Hudson & Lorenzo Hudson v. City of Mobile, ALA. & Judge Don Davis (S.D. Ala. 2026).
· cites it 3× “See Ala. Code § 12-1-2 (“The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of a Supreme Court, a Court of Criminal Appeals, a Court of Civil Appeals, a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the circuit court, a trial…”
Yates v. Mack (S.D. Ala. 2022).
“Code § 12-1-2 ("The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of .”
Traveka Stanley, Reginald Burrell, Charlie Gray, Jermaine Pringle, & Ranquel Smith v. Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama, & John Hamm, Comm'r of the Alabama Dep't of Corr., in their Off. capacities (Ala. 2025).
“13 13The vesting of the judicial power in the listed courts is repeated, essentially verbatim, in § 12-1-2, Ala. Code 1975. 43 SC-2025-0058 Under § 139(a), all courts listed possess "the judicial power of the state," the circuit courts possess "general jurisdiction," and the…”
Leigeber v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 623 So. 2d 1068 (Ala. 1993).
“In case of such appeal such board shall cause a transcript of the proceedings in the cause to be certified to the court to which the appeal is taken and the cause in such court to be tried de novo.”
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