Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-1-3 (2026)
Vesting of Criminal Jurisdiction.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The criminal jurisdiction of this state is vested in the circuit courts, district and municipal courts and such officers as are by law clothed with criminal jurisdiction.
(Code 1852, §380; Code 1867, §3928; Code 1876, §4626;Code 1886, §4193; Code 1896, §4589; Code 1907, §6692; Code1923, §3797; Code 1940, T. 13, §8.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Ala. Peace Officers' Standards & Training Comm'n v. Grimmett, 238 So. 3d 48 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017).
Ala. Peace Officers' Standards & Training Comm'n v. Grimmett, 238 So. 3d 48 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “" § 12-1-3, Ala. Code 1975. 5 The commission does not address whether it had the requisite statutory authority to determine the validity of the Cullman Circuit Court's order.”
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