Cullman Municipal Court

Cullman Municipal Court cases in Cullman County, Cullman, AL

Cullman Municipal Court is a municipal court serving the City of Cullman, Alabama. It has limited jurisdiction over violations of municipal ordinances and certain state-law misdemeanors adopted by ordinance that occur within the city limits or its police jurisdiction. The court primarily handles traffic offenses (including DUI misdemeanors), misdemeanor criminal matters, and other city ordinance violations; it does not hear civil, family, or felony cases. Proceedings are bench trials before a municipal judge. Appeals from this court's judgments go to the Cullman County Circuit Court for a trial de novo.

Cullman Municipal Court Contact and Location Information

Services and Case Types Handled in Cullman Municipal Court

Cullman Municipal Court serves the public by handling limited-jurisdiction cases arising within the city. It hears municipal ordinance violations, traffic and parking citations, and misdemeanor offenses.

Services include:
- Case filings: processes municipal complaints/citations and citizen warrant applications; issues warrants and summonses.
- Magistrate services: bond setting and warrant intake.
- Court hearings: schedules and conducts arraignments, plea hearings, bench trials, sentencing, probation/compliance reviews, revocations, show-cause hearings, and continuances.
- Payments and records: accepts fine/cost payments and processes records requests; offers payment plans where eligible.
- Protective orders: Protection-from-Abuse petitions are filed in Cullman County Circuit Court; the municipal court may issue no-contact orders in its cases.
- Jury services: no jury trials are held in municipal court; jury trials and jury services occur in Circuit Court on appeal.