Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-3-11 (2026)
Venue of Actions - Against Counties or Municipalities.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The venue for all civil actions for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage filed against a county or against a municipality shall be in the county or in the county within which the municipality is located or in the county in which the act or omission complained of occurred.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-391, p. 560.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24
cases, 1989–2018 · leading case: Ex Parte City of Haleyville, 827 So. 2d 778 (Ala. 2002).
Ex Parte City of Haleyville, 827 So. 2d 778 (Ala. 2002). “The proper or a possible place for the trial of a lawsuit, usu. because the place has some connection with the events that have given rise to the lawsuit.”
Ex Parte City of Huntsville, 541 So. 2d 1094 (Ala. 1989). “" The City moved to abate or to transfer the cause to the Madison Circuit Court on the grounds that because the City is a municipal corporation, venue in certain civil suits against it must be in Madison County where it is located, pursuant to the terms of Alabama Code 1975, §…”
Ex Parte AU Hotel, Ltd., 677 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1996). “*1166 Recently, we held that Ala.Code 1975, § 6-3-11 abrogated this principle in cases involving actions against counties and municipalities.”
Ex Parte City of Greensboro, 730 So. 2d 157 (Ala. 1999). “The City of Greensboro contends that the Choctaw Circuit Court failed to follow Ala. Code 1975, § 6-3-11, as interpreted and applied by this Court in Ex parte Alabama Power Co.”
Ex Parte Tellabs Operations, 1100393 (Ala. 8-12-2011), 84 So. 3d 53 (Ala. 2011). “On November 15, 2010, Bessemer filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for a change of venue, in which it argued that venue was improper in Montgomery County pursuant to § 6-3-11, Ala.Code 1975, that venue was proper in Jefferson County, and that the case should be…”
Nunnelee v. City of Decatur, 582 So. 2d 442 (Ala. 1991). “Thus, this question arises: Is venue proper in Cullman County, where the deaths of the Shoemakes occurred, or is it proper in Morgan County, where the alleged act or omission by the officers occurred? Ala.Code 1975, § 6-3-11, provides, in pertinent part, as follows: “The venue…”
Ex Parte Russell Corp., 703 So. 2d 953 (Ala. 1997). “1994), this Court held that under Ala.Code 1975, § 6-3-11, venue as to Alexander City was proper only in Tallapoosa County, but *956 that venue was proper in Jefferson County as to the other defendants.”
Webster v. Se. Alabama Timber Harvesting, LLC, 94 So. 3d 371 (Ala. 2012). “The defendant, the City of Haleyville, filed a motion for a change of venue to Winston County based on § 6-3-11, Ala.Code 1975, the statute that controls venue for civil actions filed against municipalities.”
Ex Parte Hanna Steel Corp., 905 So. 2d 805 (Ala. 2004). “99-249 contained the following proviso after the above-quoted language: "provided however, that nothing herein shall change, amend or otherwise affect more specific provisions in other chapters which provide for where actions may be filed, and without limitation, this act shall…”
Hoytte v. McDonald, 804 So. 2d 204 (Ala. 2001). “On August 20, 2000, the Commission filed a motion seeking a transfer of the case to Marengo County pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 6-3-11. On September 7, 2000, the Perry County Circuit Court transferred the case to the Marengo County Circuit Court.”
City of Hoover v. Phillips, 895 So. 2d 992 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-3-11 and 25-5-88, and Ex parte City of Haleyville, 827 So.”
Owens v. Griffin Wood Co., 116 So. 3d 1111 (Ala. 2013). “The defendant, the City of Haleyville, filed a motion for a change of venue to Winston County based on § 6-3-11, Ala.Code 1975, the statute that controls venue for civil actions filed against municipalities.”
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