Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-11-4 (2026)
When Courts Open.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The circuit courts of the several counties of the state shall be open for the transaction of any and all business or judicial proceedings of every kind at all times.
(Acts 1915, No. 641, p. 707; Code 1923, §6667; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 56, p. 32; Code 1940, T. 13, §114.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1982–1982 · leading case: Livingston Bail Bonds v. State, 416 So. 2d 423 (Ala. 1982).
Livingston Bail Bonds v. State, 416 So. 2d 423 (Ala. 1982). “[Emphasis added.]” The cases of Stearnes and Rogers were bottomed entirely on the old practice of terms of court.”
Canada v. State, 429 So. 2d 1127 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). “In addition, jurisdictional terms of court were impliedly abolished by the predecessor to § 12-11-4, Code 1975, providing that the circuit courts shall be open for judicial proceedings at all times.”
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