Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-14-50 (2026)
Municipal Court Administrative Agency Authorized; Powers and Duties Thereof; Persons Deemed Officials of Agency; Judicial Powers Thereof Generally.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The municipal court may have under its supervision a municipal court administrative agency empowered to provide expeditious service in connection with administrative adjudication of ordinance violations, the handling of uniform traffic tickets and complaints, the issuance of arrest warrants and other powers provided by law.
The personnel designated by the judge or judges of the municipal court for the accounting of uniform traffic tickets or complaints and magistrates shall be considered as officials of such administrative agency.
Such officials shall be vested with judicial power reasonably incident to the accomplishment of the purposes and responsibilities of the administrative agency.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-110.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1992–2018 · leading case: Woodard v. Town of Oakman, 885 F. Supp. 2d 1216 (N.D. Ala. 2012).
Woodard v. Town of Oakman, 885 F. Supp. 2d 1216 (N.D. Ala. 2012). “The municipal court is required to submit monthly reports to the State’s Chief Examiner of Public Accounts. Id. 12-1-19. If local legislation is introduced that affects the judiciary in any way, the municipality must deliver a copy of the bill to the State’s Administrative…”
Striplin v. City of Dothan, 607 So. 2d 1283 (Ala. 1992). “Since under § 12-14-50 they are vested with judicial power to accomplish the purposes and responsibilities of the municipal court, and under § 12-14-51(a) they are considered the chief officers of the municipal court, and, given the provisions of Rule 18 1(B)(2), it follows that…”
City of Montgomery v. Mark G. Montiel, P.C., 192 So. 3d 413 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Section 12-14-50, Ala.Code 1975, allows for the creation of a municipal-court administrative agency "empowered to provide expeditious service in connection with administrative adjudication of ordinance violations, the - handling of uniform traffic tickets and complaints, the…”
Rogers v. City of Montgomery (In re Rogers), 272 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. 2018). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 12-14-50 ; Rules 18-20, Ala.”
Rogers v. City of Montgomery (In re Rogers), 272 So. 3d 1046 (Ala. 2018). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 12-14-50 ; Rules 18-20, Ala.”
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