Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-1-1 (2026)
Effect of Rules of Supreme Court of Alabama.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any provisions of this title regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1980–2022 · leading case: Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007).
Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007). “" We note that § 15-1-1, Ala.Code 1975, provides: "[a]ny provisions of [Title 15] regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama.”
State v. Prop. at 2018 Rainbow Drive, 740 So. 2d 1025 (Ala. 1999). “See § 15-1-1, Ala.Code 1975; Ex parte Oswalt, 686 So.”
Julius v. State, 407 So. 2d 141 (Ala. Crim. App. 1980). “My position is simply that this Court is bound by Rule 45A, which controls over any statute, Ala.Code 1975, § 15-1-1. We should determine whether the defect in the failure of the trial judge to instruct constitutes error and whether such error did or probably did adversely…”
Ex Parte Oswalt, 686 So. 2d 368 (Ala. 1996). “Code 1975: "Any provision of this title [`Criminal Procedure'] regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama.”
Collier v. State, 64 So. 3d 1045 (Ala. 2010). “Justice Maddox stated that the statutory procedure for habeas corpus relief should apply only if this Court has not adopted a contrary procedure, quoting § 15-1-1, Ala. Code 1975: “ ‘Any provisions of this title shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed…”
M.L.H. v. State, 99 So. 3d 894 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “Included in Title 15 of the Code of Alabama 1975 is § 15-1-1, a statute that mirrors § 12-1-1.”
Ex Parte Ziglar, 604 So. 2d 384 (Ala. 1992). “Code 1975, Title 15, which contains many of the provisions relating to procedure, begins with § 15-1-1, which provides: "Any provisions of this title regulating procedure shall apply only if the subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the…”
Taunton v. State, 562 So. 2d 615 (Ala. 1990). “In Ala.Code 1975, § 15-1-1, the legislature provided: “Any provisions of this title regulating procedure shall apply only if the procedural subject matter is not governed by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the supreme court of Alabama.”
Cate v. State, 134 So. 3d 870 (Ala. 2013). “” § 15-1-1, Ala.Code 1975. . Section 13A-5-45(a), Ala.”
Price v. State, 590 So. 2d 383 (Ala. 1991). “That is especially true regarding the statute here being interpreted, because this particular statute is codified in Title 15, which deals with criminal procedure, and the legislature has specifically provided in § 15-1-1 that “[a]ny provisions of [Title 15] regulating procedure…”
Anderson v. State, 212 So. 3d 252 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “See § 15-1-1, Ala.Code 1975; Ex parte Oswalt, 686 So.”
Joe Nathan James, Jr v. Warden, Holman Prison (11th Cir. 2022). “” Ala. Code § 15-1-1 . The Alabama Supreme Court adopted a rule of practice and procedure governing execution warrants.”
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