Alabama Circuit Courts

The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases.

The smallest circuits are the 2nd, 3rd, 24th, 34th, 35th, 36th, 40th, and 41st which each contain just a single judge and represent many of the least populous counties in the state.

Judges may not seek re-election upon turning seventy years of age.

The partisan alignment of the Circuit Judges following the 2018 general election is 92 Republicans, 55 Democrats, and 1 Independent.

However, the 10th, 18th, 28th Circuits have judicial commissions which submit nominees from which the Governor is obligated to choose.