(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each judicial circuit of the state shall have one resident circuit judge.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-17-20

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. 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
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) In the following judicial circuits, there shall be the number of resident circuit judges listed below:

(1) There shall be two circuit judges in the first judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 1 shall be the presiding judge.
(2) There shall be three circuit judges in the fourth judicial circuit.
(3) There shall be three circuit judges in the fifth judicial circuit.
(4) There shall be seven circuit judges in the sixth judicial circuit.
(5) There shall be five circuit judges in the seventh judicial circuit.
(6) There shall be three circuit judges in the eighth judicial circuit.
(7) There shall be three circuit judges in the ninth judicial circuit.
(8) There shall be 26 circuit judges in the tenth judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 23 shall serve the Birmingham domestic relations division, and the judges occupying judgeship Nos. 21, 22, and 24 shall serve the Birmingham civil division. The judge occupying judgeship No. 25 shall serve the Bessemer cut-off division. The judges occupying judgeship Nos. 26 and 27 shall serve in the Criminal Division of Jefferson County, Birmingham Division. Judgeship No. 14 has been reallocated and will not be refilled.
(9) There shall be four circuit judges in the eleventh judicial circuit.
(10) There shall be three circuit judges in the twelfth judicial circuit.
(11) There shall be eleven circuit judges in the thirteenth judicial circuit.
(12) There shall be three circuit judges in the fourteenth judicial circuit.
(13) There shall be nine circuit judges in the fifteenth judicial circuit. At least two judges shall be assigned to the criminal division of said circuit, and one or more judges shall be assigned to the civil division, in the discretion of the presiding judge. The judge occupying judgeship No. 7 shall serve the family court division of said circuit.
(14) There shall be four circuit judges in the sixteenth judicial circuit.
(15) There shall be four circuit judges in the eighteenth judicial circuit.
(16) There shall be five circuit judges in the nineteenth judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 1 shall be a resident of Elmore County, the judge occupying judgeship No. 2 shall be a resident of Autauga County, and the judge occupying judgeship No. 3 shall be a resident of Chilton County. A person qualifying as a candidate for election to a judgeship under this subdivision shall be a resident of the county for the judgeship the person seeks for a period of not less than one year prior to the date the person qualifies as a candidate for election to the office and thereafter during his or her tenure in office. The judge occupying judgeship No. 4 may reside in any county within the nineteenth judicial circuit and shall be assigned to the domestic relations division of the circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 5 may reside in any county within the nineteenth judicial circuit.
(17) There shall be five circuit judges in the twentieth judicial circuit.
(18) There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-first judicial circuit.
(19) There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-second judicial circuit.
(20) There shall be nine circuit judges in the twenty-third judicial circuit.
(21) There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit.
(22) There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit.
(23) There shall be three circuit judges in the twenty-seventh judicial circuit.
(24) There shall be seven circuit judges in the twenty-eighth judicial circuit.
(25) There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit.
(26) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirtieth judicial circuit.
(27) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-first judicial circuit.
(28) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-second judicial circuit.
(29) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-third judicial circuit.
(30) There shall be four circuit judges in the thirty-seventh judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship Number 3 shall preside over the family court division.
(31) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-eighth judicial circuit.
(32) There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-ninth judicial circuit.
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