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.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-11-2

  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(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.