(1) CIVIL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), exclusive of interest and costs, and shall exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with the district court in all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds six thousand dollars ($6,000), exclusive of interest and costs.
(2) CRIMINAL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a felony charge; except, that the district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in felony cases not punishable by sentence of death. The circuit court may, on conviction of a defendant, upon a showing of inability to make immediate payment of fine and costs, continue the case from time to time to permit the fine and costs to be paid.
(3) APPELLATE. The circuit court shall have appellate jurisdiction of civil, criminal, and juvenile cases in district court and prosecutions for ordinance violations in municipal courts, except in cases in which direct appeal to the Courts of Civil or Criminal Appeals is provided by law or rule. Appeals to the circuit court shall be tried de novo, with or without a jury, as provided by law.
(4) SUPERINTENDENCE OF DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL AND PROBATE COURTS. The circuit court shall exercise a general superintendence over all district courts, municipal courts, and probate courts.
(5) CONTEMPTS. The circuit court may punish contempts by fines not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) and by imprisonment not exceeding five days. The power of the circuit court to enforce its orders and judgments by determinations of civil contempt shall be unaffected by this section.
(6) GENERAL. The circuit court shall have other powers as provided by law.
(Code 1852, §§381, 628; Code 1867, §§746, 3929; Code 1876, §§657, 4627; Code 1886, §§756, 4196; Code 1896, §§918, 4591; Code 1907, §§3255, 6694; Acts 1915, No. 539, p. 608; Code 1923, §§3799, 6676; Code 1940, T. 13, §126; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §2-104; Acts 1990, No. 90-382, p. 513, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-606, p. 1278, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-752, p. 1323, §1; Act 2015-224, p. 658, §1; Act 2019-405, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
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31 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case:
Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007).
Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007).
· cites it 12× “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-11-30. "The right to appeal from a judgment of a municipal or district court to the circuit court is purely statutory.”
Sanchez v. McKinney, 87 So. 3d 502 (Ala. 2011).
· cites it 4× “See § 12-11-30(1). Sanchez further cites the two real-estate-sales agreements mentioned above and contends that, as a result of the subse *508 quent bond-for-title agreement, his complaint is governed by the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”
Davis v. State, 806 So. 2d 404 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001).
· cites it 6× “See § 12-11-30, Ala. Code 1975: "The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a felony charge.”
Regions Bank v. Reed, 60 So. 3d 868 (Ala. 2010).
· cites it 4× “” It noted that § 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975, empowers circuit courts to “exercise a general superintendence over all .”
Katie Lowery v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 483 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 2007).
“Ala.Code § 12-11-30(1). 7 . As we explain in detail in part III, infra, CAFA gives the district courts subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a "mass action” re *1189 moved from state court provided that the action has been brought by 100 or more plaintiffs whose combined…”
Marshall v. State, 25 So. 3d 1183 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
· cites it 20× “' § 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. The offense of shooting into an occupied dwelling is a Class B felony.”
Alabama v. Shelton, 535 U.S. 654 (2002).
““The maximum penalty faced would be a $100 fine and five days’ imprisonment,” Reply Brief 12 (citing Ala. Code § 12-11-30 (5) (1995)), not the 30 days ordered and suspended by the Alabama Circuit Court, see sufra, at 658.”
Ex Parte Clemons, 55 So. 3d 348 (Ala. 2007).
· cites it 2× “2005) ("By virtue of §§ 12-11-30(2) and 12-12-51, Ala.Code 1975, and Rule 32.”
Woods v. State, 224 So. 3d 677 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016).
· cites it 15× “) The State contends that applying Wright to Woods’s case “ignores Ala. Code § 12-11-30 (2) (1975)” (State’s brief, p.”
Marshall v. State, 25 So. 3d 1190 (Ala. 2009).
· cites it 6× “’§ 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. The offense of shooting into an occupied dwelling is a Class B felony.”
State v. Thomas, 550 So. 2d 1067 (Ala. 1989).
· cites it 2× “Ala. Code 1975, § 12-11-30, § 12-12-6, and § 12-15-12; Graham v.”
Ex Parte Butler, 972 So. 2d 821 (Ala. 2007).
· cites it 2× “This issue was fully and fairly litigated by the parties, and the determination of the issue was necessary to the judgment entered by the trial judge.”
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(1) — 12 cases
Katie Lowery v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 483 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 2007).
“Ala.Code § 12-11-30(1). 7 . As we explain in detail in part III, infra, CAFA gives the district courts subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a "mass action” re *1189 moved from state court provided that the action has been brought by 100 or more plaintiffs whose combined…”
Sanchez v. McKinney, 87 So. 3d 502 (Ala. 2011).
“See § 12-11-30(1). Sanchez further cites the two real-estate-sales agreements mentioned above and contends that, as a result of the subse *508 quent bond-for-title agreement, his complaint is governed by the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(2) — 18 cases
Davis v. State, 806 So. 2d 404 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001).
“See § 12-11-30, Ala. Code 1975: "The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a felony charge.”
Marshall v. State, 25 So. 3d 1183 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
“' § 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. The offense of shooting into an occupied dwelling is a Class B felony.”
Ex Parte Clemons, 55 So. 3d 348 (Ala. 2007).
“2005) ("By virtue of §§ 12-11-30(2) and 12-12-51, Ala.Code 1975, and Rule 32.”
Marshall v. State, 25 So. 3d 1190 (Ala. 2009).
“’§ 12-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. The offense of shooting into an occupied dwelling is a Class B felony.”
Ex Parte Butler, 972 So. 2d 821 (Ala. 2007).
“This issue was fully and fairly litigated by the parties, and the determination of the issue was necessary to the judgment entered by the trial judge.”
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(3) — 20 cases
Sanchez v. McKinney, 87 So. 3d 502 (Ala. 2011).
“See § 12-11-30(1). Sanchez further cites the two real-estate-sales agreements mentioned above and contends that, as a result of the subse *508 quent bond-for-title agreement, his complaint is governed by the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”
Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007).
“Ala.Code 1975, § 12-11-30. "The right to appeal from a judgment of a municipal or district court to the circuit court is purely statutory.”
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(4) — 16 cases
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(5) — 35 cases
— Ala. Code § 12-11-30(b) — 1 case
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