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# Clayton K. Taylor

Tallapoosa County District Court · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tallapoosa County District Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media recording photography broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4 permits televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings only as provided by Alabama judicial ethics canons, law, or another court rule.

Evidence excerpt: The taking of television pictures or other photographs in or of the courtroom during the progress of judicial proceedings or the radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings may be permitted as provided in Canon 3(A)(7) and (7B), Canons of Judicial Ethics, promulgated by the Alabama Supreme Court, or as otherwise may be permitted by law or other rule of court.

[Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://tallapoosa.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Clayton Kim Taylor is the Republican‐affiliated District Judge for Tallapoosa County, Alabama, serving in Dadeville and elected in 2020 for a term through January 8, 2027
- Has been a judge on the Tallapoosa County District Court for multiple terms
- Tallapoosa County District Court Judge, presiding over cases in the county’s district court
- Also listed in the Alabama State Bar and directories as an attorney for the Tallapoosa County District Court

### Education

- Birmingham School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Political affiliation: Republican.
- His official office is located at 125 North Broadnax Street, Dadeville, AL 36853, and the court’s phone number is (256) 825‐1086.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-2bb56569e2cd3665169eeff4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Criminal proceedings only.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.