Car Accidents in Montgomery, AL

From whichever agency responded. The Montgomery Police Department works most city streets, Alabama State Troopers work I-65 and I-85, and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office covers county roads outside the city. Reports generally are not ready the same day, and Alabama distributes them through a state portal for a fee. Get the report number at the scene if you can, because it makes every step after this one shorter.

Montgomery County Circuit Court. Montgomery is also where Alabama's appellate courts sit, but that is not where a case begins. An injury suit is generally filed in the circuit court for the county tied to the crash. An independent, licensed Alabama attorney makes that call and files the paperwork. We are not a law firm, and we do neither.

Not the Alabama rules. A crash on Alabama pavement is generally governed by Alabama law, including the contributory-negligence bar and the 2-year deadline, whatever plate the other car was carrying. What it can change is practical: an out-of-state driver, an out-of-state insurer, and possibly a commercial policy if a truck was involved. Those take longer to pin down, which is one more reason not to sit on it.

In Alabama, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 2 years personal injury; wrongful death 2 years (measured from death). Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.