Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-14-32 (2026)
Issuance of Arrest and Search Warrants.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Municipal judges are authorized to issue arrest and search warrants for municipal ordinance violations returnable to the municipal court and for violations of state law returnable to any state court.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-110.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1982–1991 · leading case: Hicks v. State, 437 So. 2d 1344 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982).
Hicks v. State, 437 So. 2d 1344 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). “” Section 12-14-32: “Municipal judges are authorized to issue arrest and search warrants for municipal ordinance violations returnable to the municipal court and for violations of state law returnable to any state court.”
Ex Parte Hicks, 437 So. 2d 1346 (Ala. 1983). “" Code 1975, § 12-14-32. The sheriffs of the counties and law enforcement officers of the municipalities of the state are directed in Code 1975, § 12-14-4, to obey the municipal judge having legal authority in faithfully executing the warrants and processes committed to them for…”
State v. Brown, 591 So. 2d 113 (Ala. Crim. App. 1991). “The legislature, instead, set out the warrant authority of municipal courts in a separate section, which reads as follows: “Section 12-14-32. ISSUANCE OF ARREST AND SEARCH WARRANTS.”
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