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Legal Information: Alabama

Restraining Orders

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Laws current as of September 1, 2023

In which county can I file for a PFA order?

A petition for a protection from abuse order may be filed in any of the following counties:

  • where you live;
  • where the abuser lives;
  • where you are temporarily staying if you left your residence to get away from the abuser; or
  • where a civil court case is pending between you and the abuser.1

Note: If you have left the home and want to keep the address where you are staying confidential, filing in that county would likely not be a good idea since it would alert the abuser to the fact that you are living in that county.

1 Ala. Code § 30-5-3(c)