§12-11-2. State divided into judicial circuits; enumeration of circuits.  


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  • The State of Alabama is divided into judicial circuits for the circuit courts, numbered and composed of counties as follows:

    (1) First circuit - Choctaw, Clarke and Washington.

    (2) Second circuit - Butler, Crenshaw and Lowndes.

    (3) Third circuit - Barbour and Bullock.

    (4) Fourth circuit - Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Perry and Wilcox.

    (5) Fifth circuit - Chambers, Macon, Randolph and Tallapoosa.

    (6) Sixth circuit - Tuscaloosa.

    (7) Seventh circuit - Calhoun and Cleburne.

    (8) Eighth circuit - Morgan.

    (9) Ninth circuit - Cherokee and DeKalb.

    (10) Tenth circuit - Jefferson.

    (11) Eleventh circuit - Lauderdale.

    (12) Twelfth circuit - Coffee and Pike.

    (13) Thirteenth circuit - Mobile.

    (14) Fourteenth circuit - Walker.

    (15) Fifteenth circuit - Montgomery.

    (16) Sixteenth circuit - Etowah.

    (17) Seventeenth circuit - Marengo, Greene and Sumter.

    (18) Eighteenth circuit - Shelby.

    (19) Nineteenth circuit - Autauga, Chilton and Elmore.

    (20) Twentieth circuit - Henry and Houston.

    (21) Twenty-first circuit - Escambia.

    (22) Twenty-second circuit - Covington.

    (23) Twenty-third circuit - Madison.

    (24) Twenty-fourth circuit - Fayette, Lamar and Pickens.

    (25) Twenty-fifth circuit - Marion and Winston.

    (26) Twenty-sixth circuit - Russell.

    (27) Twenty-seventh circuit - Marshall.

    (28) Twenty-eighth circuit - Baldwin.

    (29) Twenty-ninth circuit - Talladega.

    (30) Thirtieth circuit - St. Clair.

    (31) Thirty-first circuit - Colbert.

    (32) Thirty-second circuit - Cullman.

    (33) Thirty-third circuit - Dale and Geneva.

    (34) Thirty-fourth circuit - Franklin.

    (35) Thirty-fifth circuit - Conecuh and Monroe.

    (36) Thirty-sixth circuit - Lawrence.

    (37) Thirty-seventh circuit - Lee.

    (38) Thirty-eighth circuit - Jackson.

    (39) Thirty-ninth circuit - Limestone.

    (40) Fortieth circuit - Clay and Coosa.

    (41) Forty-first circuit - Blount.

(Acts 1973, No. 1020, p. 1556, §1; Acts 1978, No. 377, p. 332; Acts 1989, No. 89-955, p. 1883, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-294, p. 402, §1; Act 2000-765, p. 1752, §1.)