Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-17-160 (2026)
Clerk of Circuit Court Ex Officio Clerk of District Court.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex officio clerk of the district court within the circuit and shall have administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services of the district court in accordance with applicable general laws and rules.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-105.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Upton v. Mississippi Valley Title Ins. Co., 469 So. 2d 548 (Ala. 1985).
Upton v. Mississippi Valley Title Ins. Co., 469 So. 2d 548 (Ala. 1985). “) Furthermore, Code of 1975, § 12-17-160, provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall serve as the ex officio clerk of the district court, unless, pursuant to § 12-17-161, this Court authorizes a separate clerk's office for the district court: "§ 12-17-160 "Except as…”
L.R.M. v. D.M., 962 So. 2d 864 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “The paternal great-grandparents presented a postjudgment motion that was styled for both the juvenile-court action and the divorce action, but the court clerk, who served for both the circuit court and the district court, see Ala.Code 1975, § 12-17-160, entered the motion in…”
State v. Higgins, 423 So. 2d 227 (Ala. 1982). “See Code 1975, § 12-17-160. The record is unclear as to whether Higgins filed one or more copies of this document.”
McGhee v. Hous. Auth. of Birmingham Dist., 890 So. 2d 122 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “1985); and Ala.Code 1975, § 12-17-160 et seq., payment of moneys to the circuit court clerk would be the equivalent to payment of such moneys to the clerk of the district court as specified in § 6-6-351.”
Lrm v. Dm, 962 So. 2d 864 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “The paternal great-grandparents presented a postjudgment motion that was styled for both the juvenile-court action and the divorce action, but the court clerk, who served for both the circuit court and the district court, see Ala.Code 1975, § 12-17-160, entered the motion in…”
Tolbert v. Ervin, 264 So. 3d 879 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 12-17-160 ("Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex officio clerk of the district court within the circuit and shall have administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services…”
Colburn v. Odom (N.D. Ala. 2019). “” Third, Alabama Code § 12-17-160 establishes that circuit court clerks are “ex officio clerks” of the district courts within their circuits and “shall have administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services of the district court in accordance…”
Tolbert v. Ervin, 264 So. 3d 879 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 12-17-160 ("Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex officio clerk of the district court within the circuit and shall have administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services…”
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