Court Rules

Madison County Circuit Court, Alabama Filing Timing and Cure Windows

54 rules from official source documents

Rules 51 to 54, page 2 of 2

Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.

Filing deadlines

Civil cases

No execution or other enforcement process may issue until 30 days after the foreign judgment is filed.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT NO EXECUTION OR OTHER PROCESS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS FOREIGN JUDGMENT SHALL ISSUE UNTIL THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE JUDGMENT IS FILED.

Exhibits covered by the order must be requested within one year after final disposition or they will be destroyed.

From the date of this order forward, any and all exhibits must be requested within one year of the final disposition of the case or said exhibits will be destroyed.

A writ cannot be requested until the post-judgment-motion and appeal periods have expired; the stated period is seven days from the District Court judgment.

A Writ of Restitution or Possession cannot be requested until after the time for the filing of a post-judgment motion and the appeal time has expired, which is seven days from the date of the judgment in the District Court.

Civil cases

If the defendant's employment ends before the garnishment amount is accumulated, the garnishee must report the termination and remit all withheld sums to the court within 15 days.

If employment of the defendant is terminated BEFORE the sum is accumulated, you are required by law to report the termination and pay into court within 15 days AFTER termination, all sums withheld in compliance with this garnishment.