2018 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 12 - DISTRICT COURTS.
Article 4 - Appeals.
Section 12-12-71 - When appeals taken to circuit courts; nature of proceedings and right to jury trial upon appeals to circuit courts.

Universal Citation: AL Code § 12-12-71 (2018)
Section 12-12-71When appeals taken to circuit courts; nature of proceedings and right to jury trial upon appeals to circuit courts.

Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection (e) of Section 12-15-120, all appeals from final judgments of the district court shall be to the circuit court for trial de novo.

An appellant shall not be entitled to a jury trial in circuit court unless it is demanded in the notice of appeal, and an appellee shall have no right to a jury trial unless written demand is filed in circuit court within 14 days of service upon him of notice of appeal.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-111.)
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