Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-2-2 (2026)
Venue - County Where Offense Committed.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.
(Code 1852, §393; Code 1867, §3941; Code 1876, §4632; Code 1886, §3716; Code 1896, §4968; Code 1907, §7225; Code 1923, §4891; Code 1940, T. 15, §91.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Hodges v. State, 147 So. 3d 916 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007).
Hodges v. State, 147 So. 3d 916 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “Under Ala.Code § 15-2-2, ‘[u]nless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.”
Ex Parte Bell, 978 So. 2d 33 (Ala. 2007). “" Thus, § 15-2-2 *35 identifies in which trial court a case can be prosecuted, but it does not limit the jurisdiction of the trial court.”
Ivey v. State, 821 So. 2d 937 (Ala. 2001). “" See also § 15-2-2, Ala.Code 1975 (stating that "[u]nless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed").”
Ex Parte Williams, 383 So. 2d 564 (Ala. 1980). “6; Code of 1975, § 15-2-2. Viewing Williams' conduct as that of a principal offender, the record does contain evidence of acts and statements by Williams in Macon County when he and Reed made an offer to Senator Perry.”
Colley v. State, 405 So. 2d 374 (Ala. Crim. App. 1980). “1940, Recompiled 1958, (now § 15-2-2, Code of Ala.1975) lays venue of a public offense in the county in which the offense was committed.”
S. Christian Leadership Conf. v. Sessions, 56 F.3d 1281 (11th Cir. 1995). “” Ala.Code § 15-2-2 (1982). Thus, criminal defendants will often appear before judges for whom they did not have the opportunity to vote.”
Watts v. State, 435 So. 2d 129 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). “It is true that generally under Alabama Code § 15-2-2 (1975), the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed, unless otherwise provided by law.”
Pope v. State, 587 So. 2d 1278 (Ala. Crim. App. 1991). “Section 15-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, provides: “Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.”
Ex Parte Hunte, 436 So. 2d 806 (Ala. 1983). “I, § 6; § 15-2-2, Code 1975. The intent to defraud, if in fact there existed such an intent, was present at the moment the claim or application was completed requesting payment just as in the case of forgery or falsification of business records.”
City of Birmingham v. Mark Pettway, in his Off. capacity as Sheriff of Jefferson Cnty., & the Jefferson Cnty. Comm'n (Ala. 2025). “Ala. Code (1975) § 15-2-2. Furthermore, under state law, '[a]ny jailer or other officer who willfully refuses to receive into his custody any person lawfully committed thereto on any criminal charge or conviction must, on conviction, be fined not more than $500.”
Oliver v. State, 466 So. 2d 159 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “Alabama Code 1975, § 15-2-2, provides that “unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.”
Moncrief v. State, 565 So. 2d 695 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “Section 15-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, provides that “the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.”
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