Alabama Codes

Title 12 - Courts

Chapter 1 - Judicial And Other Public Records

  • Article 1 General Provisions.
    • Section 12-20-1 Costs and fees of substitution
      The cost of any proceedings for substitution under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the party applying for such ...
  • Article 2 Judicial Records.
    • Section 12-20-21 Copying of orders, etc., into final record not required
      The orders, judgments and decrees entered upon the minutes of a court are parts of the record of the cases to which they pertain ...
    • Section 12-20-22 Original pleadings, etc., or copies thereof final record in civil actions
      The original pleadings, motions or other papers in civil actions, the original process issued thereon and all affidavits and bonds taken in a court ...
    • Section 12-20-23 Preserving judgment records of abolished inferior courts of record
      The records of the judgments of any inferior court of record which heretofore ceased or hereafter ceases to exist is confided to the clerk ...
    • Section 12-20-24 Removal of court records or papers
      No records or papers of any court shall be removed out of the county, except in cases of invasion or insurrection whereby the same ...
    • Section 12-20-25 Taking file in pending action from office of clerk, etc
      The file pertaining to a pending action shall not be taken from the office of the clerk, register or probate judge except by an ...
    • Section 12-20-26 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - Inherent power of courts
      All courts have the inherent power, if original papers or records pertaining to matters of civil jurisdiction or to civil actions which are pending ...
    • Section 12-20-27 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - How made - Generally
      When original papers in civil actions have been lost, mislaid, destroyed or mutilated, a court may cause a substitution thereof to be made by ...
    • Section 12-20-28 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - How made - In pending action or proceeding
      If the action or proceeding in which the substitution of a lost, mislaid, destroyed or mutilated original paper is proposed is pending and undetermined, ...
    • Section 12-20-29 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - How made - After determination of action or proceeding
      If, after the determination of any civil action or proceeding, the original papers, or any part thereof pertaining thereto, which are not of record ...
    • Section 12-20-30 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - How made - Where deed, contract, conveyance or other instrument involved
      If the record of a deed, contract, conveyance or other instrument, the record of which is by law required or authorized, is lost, mislaid, ...
    • Section 12-20-31 Substitution of lost, etc., papers or records in civil cases - Appeal from court order or decree granting or denying
      From any order of a circuit or district court or probate court granting or refusing substitution under this article, an appeal lies to the ...
    • Section 12-20-32 Substitution of appellate court records
      If the records of an appellate court, or any part thereof, are lost, mislaid, destroyed or mutilated, the same may be substituted under such ...
  • Article 3 Other Public Records.
    • Section 12-20-50 Establishment or restoration of lost, etc., records of state, county or municipality
      The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction of an action by the state, a county or municipality or any citizen who will ...