Rule I. Effective Date

Alabama Rules for Expedited Civil Actions Rule I. Effective Date. These Rules shall be effective to actions filed on or after January 1, 2017. [Effective 1-1-2017.] Comments These Rules become effective on January 1, 2017. Additionally, the Supreme Court has indicated that it will, in 18 months after the effective date, evaluate the impact and efficacy of these Rules. Note from the reporter of decisions: The order adopting the Alabama Rules for Expedited Civil Actions effective January 1, 2017, including Justice Murdock's and Justice Shaw's special writings dissenting to that order, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 200 So. 3d.