If you need to contact us about jury duty, please e-mail Melanie at melanie.davis@alacourt.gov or call her at 334-774-8011.
Dale County Circuit Clerk's Office is now open to the public.
The Clerk's Office has new hours of operation as follows.
Beginning April 5, 2021, the office hours will be:
8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M., Monday - Friday
Please use the information below to contact this office:
Phone: 334-774-5003
Email: delores.woodham@alacourt.gov
Dale County Circuit Clerk
P.O. Box 1350
Ozark, AL 36361
If you have a question concerning a protection from abuse case, use the information above to contact the office and we will assist you.
To request an absentee ballot, leave your name and address and a request will be mailed to you.
Welcome to the website for the 33rd Judicial Circuit. I hope you find the information you need concerning your court system.
The Thirty-Third Circuit consists of Dale and Geneva County. The Circuit was formed by the Act No. 644 on November 20, 1959. Before 1959, Dale County was in the old 3rd Circuit with Barbour County, and Geneva County was in a Circuit with Covington County.
The current Dale County Courthouse was built in 1968 by the Madison Construction Company. The Courthouse was updated in 2015. The county is named for famed soldier and frontiersman Samuel Dale. The population of Dale County is 50,251.
In 2017 in Dale County there was 1,760 new Circuit Court cases filed and the breakdown was: 51% Criminal, 14% Civil, and 35% Domestic. For the same year there was 7,038 District Court cases filed and the breakdown was: 17% Criminal, 49% Traffic; 18% Small Claims, 4% Civil, 7% Juvenile, and 6% Child Support.
William H. Filmore
Presiding Circuit Judge
Dale County Courthouse | P.O. Box 1350 | Ozark, AL 36361
Phone: (334) 774-5003 | Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, M-F