The Office of Indigent Defense Services (known hereinafter as "OIDS") was created as a division of the Alabama Department of Finance by the legislature by Act 2011-678 ("the Act"). The purpose of OIDS is to administer the system of defense for criminal defendants or juveniles found by a court to be unable to pay for legal representation in a trial or appellate proceeding.

Author: C. Roberts

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §41-4-322(h)

History: New Rule: Filed November 18, 2015; effective December 23, 2015; operative January 4, 2016.