---
type: Person
title: "Jim Carns"
description: "AL House District 48 — AL State House of Representatives District 48"
role: "AL House District 48"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AL"
district: "AL State House of Representatives District 48"
represents: "us/states/al/districts/house/48"
tenure:
  start: "2011-08-31"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "6576345a-ac79-4fd0-afd9-6ebdd13ce89c"
  office: "34b87992-fba7-47d5-9972-61676349440c"
  tenure: "1753b46e-48cd-42ca-b602-4238de579421"
  jurisdiction: "fb6ea3ad-d55a-4bd0-858a-890f030896dc"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, al]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Jim Carns

Current AL House District 48 (AL State House of Representatives District 48).

Represents [AL State House of Representatives District 48](/us/states/al/districts/house/48.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).