Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 17-15-6 (2026)
Notification of Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When any special election is ordered by the Governor, the judge of probate of the counties in which such election is to be held must, within three days after receiving notice thereof, notify the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court of their respective counties of such special election.
(Code 1876, §§269, 4281; Code 1886, §§364, 4180; Code 1896, §§1603, 4687; Code 1907, §§444, 6784; Code 1923, §§534, 3902; Code 1940, T. 17, §§220, 298; §17-18-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §76.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995).
Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995). “"Because Alabama has barred its courts from entertaining statewide election contests, see Ala.Code § 17-15-6 (quoted supra note 4), there is only one state remedy in this case: a contest in the legislature.”
Roper v. Rhodes, 988 So. 2d 471 (Ala. 2008). “The Court first examined § 17-15-6, Ala.Code 1975, which stated: "` No jurisdiction exists [in] or shall be exercised by any judge, court or officer exercising chancery powers to entertain any proceeding for ascertaining the legality, conduct or results of any election, except…”
Wood v. Booth, 990 So. 2d 314 (Ala. 2008). “Ala.Code 1975, § 17-15-6, divests courts of such jurisdiction.”
Etheridge v. State Ex Rel. Olson, 730 So. 2d 1179 (Ala. 1999). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 17-15-6, which states in part: "No jurisdiction exists in or shall be exercised by any judge, court or officer exercising chancery powers to entertain any proceeding for ascertaining the legality, conduct or results of any election, except so far as…”
Ex Parte Krages, 689 So. 2d 799 (Ala. 1997). “Particularly relevant in this connection is Ala.Code 1975, § 17-15-6, which provides in part: "No jurisdiction exists in or shall be exercised by any judge, court or officer exercising chancery powers to entertain any proceeding for ascertaining the legality, conduct or results…”
Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999). “[7] We are required to apply the law to the facts and to enter a judgment as the law demands. We find no support in the law for the trial court's conclusion that a new election should be called.”
Bailey v. Faulkner, 940 So. 2d 247 (Ala. 2006). “See § 17-15-6. We strongly urge the Legislature to reexamine § 17-22A-21.”
City of Talladega v. Pettus, 602 So. 2d 357 (Ala. 1992). “Ala. Code 1975, § 17-15-6, divests courts of such jurisdiction.”
McAdory v. Alabama Democratic Party, 729 So. 2d 310 (Ala. 1999). “McAdory acknowledges the jurisdictional limitations created by § 17-15-6, but argues that the statute does not preclude the jurisdiction of the courts where the controlling political party fails to follow the mandates of the law in conducting primary-election contests.”
Ex Parte Baxley, 496 So. 2d 688 (Ala. 1986). “In this case, the chairman appointed a subcommittee 2 days after the Pike contest was filed; the subcommittee met on July 14, which is more than 10 days and less than 20 days from the date the contests were filed.”
Carder v. City of Orange Beach, 689 So. 2d 799 (Ala. 1997). “Particularly relevant in this connection is Ala.Code 1975, § 17-15-6, which provides in part: “No jurisdiction exists in or shall be exercised by any judge, court or officer exercising chancery powers to entertain any proceeding for ascertaining the legality, conduct or results…”
Roe v. Alabama ex rel. Evans, 43 F.3d 574 (11th Cir. 1995). “Because Alabama has barred its courts from entertaining statewide election contests, see Ala.Code § 17-15-6 (quoted swpra note 4), there is only one state remedy in this case: a contest in the legislature.”
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