
Quoting
Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5(d), Service and filing of plead ings and other papers
(d) Filing; certificate of service . All papers after the complaint required to be served upon a party, together with a certificate of service, shall be filed with the court either before service or within a reasonable time thereafter, except that discovery material shall not be filed other than upon order of the court, for use at trial, or in connection with motions. For purposes of this rule, "discovery material" shall include depositions upon or al examination or written questions, notices of deposition, interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admission, and answers, responses, and objections thereto. The person responsible for service of the discovery material shall re tain the original and become custodian....