Article 1. General Provisions.

§ 12-12-1. Establishment, designation, etc.; location of sessions of district courts; abolition of courts not authorized by Constitution.

§ 12-12-2. District court a court of record; preparation, maintenance, etc., of records of proceedings generally; employment of reporters or provision for transcripts of proceedings by parties.

§ 12-12-3. Trial of cases.

§ 12-12-4. Powers of court as to disposition of criminal cases generally.

§ 12-12-5. Continuation of cases to permit payment of fines and costs.

§ 12-12-6. Powers as to punishment for contempt.

§ 12-12-7. Issuance of writs.

§ 12-12-8. District attorney of circuit charged with responsibility for district court prosecutions.

§ 12-12-9. Abolition of office of county solicitor and performance of functions thereof by assistant district attorneys; election by county solicitors serving terms to which elected prior to January 16, 1977, to become assistant district attorneys for duration of terms.

§ 12-12-10. Supervision of district courts by presiding circuit judges.

§ 12-12-11. Applicability of Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.

Article 2. Jurisdiction Generally; Venue.

§ 12-12-30. Civil jurisdiction generally.

§ 12-12-31. Small claims actions; representation by attorney optional; when; attorney's fees; prosecution of assigned claims by attorney only; attorney must be licensed.

§ 12-12-32. Criminal jurisdiction generally.

§ 12-12-33. Extradition proceedings.

§ 12-12-34. Juvenile jurisdiction.

§ 12-12-35. Transfer of adoption proceedings to district court from probate court; maintenance of records of adoption proceedings.

§ 12-12-36. Venue generally; transfer of actions improperly located; designation of additional locations for court sites.

Article 3. Traffic Offenses.

§ 12-12-50. "Traffic infraction" defined.

§ 12-12-51. District court jurisdiction of misdemeanor prosecutions for traffic infractions.

§ 12-12-52. Receipt of guilty pleas in traffic infraction prosecutions by magistrates.

§ 12-12-53. Requirement of use of uniform traffic ticket and complaint.

§ 12-12-54. Accounting for uniform traffic tickets and complaints; disposition of forms; records and reports.

§ 12-12-55. Establishment of schedules of fines for traffic infractions; provision for manner of payment and accounting for of fines and costs.

§ 12-12-56. Law enforcement officers, etc., not to dispose of uniform traffic tickets or complaints, etc., in unauthorized manner; persons soliciting, etc., unauthorized disposition, etc., of uniform traffic ticket and complaint subject to punishment for criminal contempt.

Article 3A. Nontraffic Offenses.

§ 12-12-60. Electronic uniform non-traffic citation and complaint.

Article 4. Appeals.

§ 12-12-70. Right of appeal and procedure for appeals generally; dismissal for failure to appear.

§ 12-12-71. When appeals taken to circuit courts; nature of proceedings and right to jury trial upon appeals to circuit courts.

§ 12-12-72. When appeals may be taken directly to appellate courts.

§ 12-12-73. Bonds on appeals.