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SB449 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Search warrants, criminal, issuance by Justice of Supreme Court, judge of Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals, authorized, Secs. 15-5-1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, magistrates, municipal judges, and district and circuit court judges are authorized to issue search warrants pursuant to the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. There are no provisions allowing an appellate judge to issue a criminal search warrant.

This bill would authorize a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and a judge of the Court of Civil Appeals or the Court of Criminal Appeals to issue criminal search warrants.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Marsh motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote

Judiciary first Substitute Offered

Third Reading Carried Over

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature