Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-350 (2026)
To Circuit Court from District Court.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any party may appeal from a judgment entered against him or her by a district court to the circuit court at any time within seven days after the entry thereof, and appeal and the proceedings thereon shall in all respects, except as provided in this article, be governed by this code relating to appeal from district courts. However, the clerk of the court shall schedule the action for trial as a preferred case, and it shall be set for trial within 60 days from the date of appeal.
(Code 1852, §§2811, 2864; Code 1867, §§3257, 3313; Code 1876, §§3654, 3710; Code 1886, §3398; Code 1896, §2144; Code 1907, §4280; Code 1923, §8021; Code 1940, T. 7, §984; Acts 1996, No. 96-573, p. 880, §1; Act 2006-316, p. 668, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: Mpq v. Birmingham Realty Co., 1091582 (Ala. 8-12-2011), 78 So. 3d 391 (Ala. 2011).
Mpq v. Birmingham Realty Co., 1091582 (Ala. 8-12-2011), 78 So. 3d 391 (Ala. 2011). “) Under § 6-6-350, Birmingham Realty was required to file its notice of appeal within seven days after the district court entered its order dismissing the unlawful-detainer action, unless the time for filing the notice of appeal was properly tolled.”
Sanchez v. McKinney, 87 So. 3d 502 (Ala. 2011). “See § 6-6-350, Ala. Code 1975 (‘Any party may appeal from a judgment entered against him or her [in an unlawful-de-tainer action] by a district court to the circuit court at any time within seven *510 days after the entry thereof, and [the] appeal and the proceedings thereon…”
Shamburger v. Lambert, 24 So. 3d 1139 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “According to § 6-6-350, Lambert had until July 29, 2008, at the latest, to file her notice of appeal.”
Jennings-Jones v. DeRamus, 199 So. 3d 74 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “” Additionally, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-350, which addresses appeals to circuit court from district court in actions alleging unlawful detainer, provides that a party may appeal from a judgment entered against him or her by a district court to the circuit court “at any time within…”
Ex Parte Cantrell Brown, 1091367 (Ala. 9-9-2011), 83 So. 3d 512 (Ala. 2011). “, to compute the time within which a party must file a notice of appeal pursuant to § 6-6-350, Ala.Code 1975, and § 35-9A-461(d), Ala.”
Boswell v. Lowery, 107 So. 3d 212 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “In pertinent part, § 6-6-350, Ala.Code 1975, a part of Alabama’s Unlawful Detain-er Article, § 6-6-310 et seq.”
Arlington Props., Inc. v. Brown, 83 So. 3d 503 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Specifically, Arlington points out that the Etowah District Court’s practice is to handwrite, sign, and date orders in open court, to notify the losing party of his or her right to appeal and of the time within which the appeal must be perfected, and, generally, to deliver the…”
In Re Morgan, 181 B.R. 579 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-350. Appeal of the unlawful detainer judgement results in a trial de novo in the circuit court.”
Darby v. Schley, 8 So. 3d 1011 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “See § 6-6-350, Ala.Code 1975 (“Any party may appeal from a judgment entered against him or her [in an unlawful-detainer action] by a district court to the circuit court at any time within seven days after the entry thereof, and [the] appeal and the proceedings thereon shall in…”
Penick v. Southpace Mgmt., Inc., 121 So. 3d 1015 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “Although the circuit court stated that Penick’s appeal was untimely, the record establishes that Penick filed his notice of appeal from the district court’s judgment within the period allowed by Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-350 (“Any party may appeal from a judgment entered against him…”
Jackson v. Davis, 153 So. 3d 820 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “See § 6-6-350, Ala.Code 1975 (‘Any party may appeal from a judgment entered against him or her [in an unlawful-de-tainer action] by a district court to the circuit court at any time within seven days after the entry thereof, and [the] appeal and the proceedings thereon shall in…”
Smith v. Estes, 47 So. 3d 1251 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “, provides that "[w]hen the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than eleven (11) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation," this court has recently held that that provision is inapplicable to appeals to the circuit…”
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