Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-16-172 (2026)
Grand Jurors.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
After the oath prescribed in Section 12-16-171 has been administered to the foreman, the following oath shall be administered to the other grand jurors: “The same oath which your foreman has taken, on his part, you and each of you, on your respective parts, shall well and truly observe and keep. So help you God.”
(Code 1852, §533; Code 1867, §4083; Code 1876, §4756; Code 1886, §4340; Code 1896, §5025; Code 1907, §7285; Code 1923, §8667; Code 1940, T. 30, §74.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Ex Parte Benford, 935 So. 2d 421 (Ala. 2006).
Ex Parte Benford, 935 So. 2d 421 (Ala. 2006). “Grand jurors are sworn pursuant to § 12-16-172, Ala.Code 1975. Section 12-16-170, Ala.”
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