Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-2-24 (2026)
Removal to Nearest County; Only One Removal Allowed.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When a change of venue is authorized, the trial must be removed to the nearest county free from exception, and it can be removed but once.
(Code 1852, §655; Code 1867, §4207; Code 1876, §4912; Code 1886, §4486; Code 1896, §5310; Code 1907, §7852; Code 1923, §5581; Code 1940, T. 15, §269.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1980–2012 · leading case: Thompson v. State, 153 So. 3d 84 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012).
Thompson v. State, 153 So. 3d 84 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “) At the hearing on this motion, defense counsel objected to moving the case to Lamar County and argued that § 15-2-24, Ala.Code 1975, 3 prohibited .the court from changing venue a second time once venue had been changed.”
Hall v. State, 820 So. 2d 113 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “[3] The prosecutor argued at the motion hearing that § 15-2-24, Ala.Code 1975, forbids a trial court from transferring a case to a different county more than once.”
Simon v. State, 633 So. 2d 407 (Miss. 1993). “Ala. Code § 15-2-24 (Supp. 1992); N.C. Gen.”
Wilson v. State, 480 So. 2d 78 (Ala. Crim. App. 1985). “2d 317 (1972); Ala.Code § 15-2-24 (1975). REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
Hines v. State, 384 So. 2d 1171 (Ala. Crim. App. 1980). “The statutory restrictions of Alabama Code 1975, Section 15-2-24, allowing only one change of venue, cannot be construed as operating to deny an accused his constitutional right to a fair trial.”
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