Alabama § 12-11-2 - State Divided into Judicial Circuits; Enumeration of Circuits.
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§ 12-11-2. State Divided into Judicial Circuits; Enumeration of Circuits.
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.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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