Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure
Current through 2025
Chapter 0 · General
Chapter 1 · General Provisions
Chapter 2 · Appeals from Circuit Courts
- 5 Appeal by permission Deadlines
- 7 Security for costs on appeal in civil cases
- 8 Stay or injunction pending appeal Deadlines
- 9 Release in criminal cases
- 10 The record on appeal Deadlines
- 11 Completion and transmission of the record Deadlines
- 12 Docketing of the appeal; docket fee; filing of the record Deadlines
- 13 Transmission of original item from the trial court
- 14 Use of recording devices
- 15 Overruling cases
- 16 Court sitting in divisions
- 17 Duties of clerks
- 18 Certified questions from federal courts Deadlines
- 20 Assignment of error not required
Chapter 3 · Appeals from District Courts
- 21 Writs of mandamus and prohibition directed to a judge or judges and other extraordinary writs
- 22 Appeals in habeas corpus
- 24 Proceedings in forma pauperis Deadlines
- 25 Filing and service Deadlines
- 25A Signing briefs, motions, and other papers; representations to court
- 26 Computation and extension of time Deadlines
- 27 Motions Deadlines
Chapter 4 · General Appellate Procedure
- 28 Briefs Deadlines
- 28A Supplemental Briefs on Return to Remand Deadlines
- 28B Notice of Supplemental Authority
- 29 Briefs of an amicus curiae
- 31 Filing and service of briefs Deadlines
- 32 Form and length of briefs, petitions, motions, and other papers; noncompliance Deadlines
- 33 Prehearing conference
- 33A Appointment and use of appellate expert Deadlines
- 34 Oral argument Deadlines
- 35 Costs Deadlines
- 35A Docket fees Deadlines
- 36 Copies of opinions and entry of judgment
- 37 Interest on judgments
- 38 Damages for frivolous appeal
- 39 Petitions for writ of certiorari - Review of decisions of courts of appeal Deadlines
Chapter 5 · Appellate Practice
- 40 Applications for rehearing Deadlines
- 41 Issuance of certificate of judgment; stay of certificate of judgment Deadlines
- 42 Voluntary dismissal
- 43 Substitution of parties
- 44 Constitutional questions Deadlines
- 45 Error without injury
- 45A Scope of review in death cases
- 45B Scope of review in cases other than death cases
- 46 Roll of attorneys
- 47 Agreements in writing
- 48 Contempt of court as penalty for willful noncompliance with these rules
- 49 Title; effective date
- 50 Forms
- 51 Definitions
- 52 Anonymity in appellate proceedings, opinions, and case styles
- 53 Opinions and \"no opinion\" cases of the Supreme Court and the Court of Civil Appeals
- 54 Opinions and \"no opinion\" cases of the Court of Criminal Appeals