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2014 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 17 - CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT PERSONNEL.
Article 1 General Provisions.- Section 12-17-1 - County court personnel serving district and circuit courts to become employees of state; court personnel subject to benefits and regulations of merit and retirement systems; settlement of disputes regarding which persons are court personnel.
- Section 12-17-2 - Court personnel included in state employee personnel system; establishment of job descriptions, rates of compensation, etc., applicable to court personnel.
- Section 12-17-3 - Reimbursement of employees for expenses incurred at locations other than principal court site.
- Section 12-17-4 - State assumption of retirement and other employee benefits.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-17-20 - Number of judges in each circuit.
- Section 12-17-21 - Judgeships to be numbered in circuits with more than one judge; candidates to designate judgeship for which they are candidate.
- Section 12-17-22 - Residence.
- Section 12-17-23 - Presiding judges - How selected.
- Section 12-17-24 - Presiding judges - Supervision of judges and other court personnel.
- Section 12-17-24.1 - Family court divisions; implementation plan.
- Section 12-17-24.2 - Jurisdiction of Family Court Division.
- Section 12-17-25 - Appointment of relief judges to assist in clearing dockets.
- Section 12-17-26 - Authority and duties generally.
- Section 12-17-27 - Authority of judge outside own circuit.
- Section 12-17-28 - Writs of certiorari to district and municipal courts.
- Section 12-17-29 - Absence of judge adjourns court.
- Section 12-17-30 - Salary; effect on other provisions; judges and district attorney's supplements.
- Section 12-17-60 - Boundaries of districts for election of judges.
- Section 12-17-61 - Number of judges in each district; manner of election of judges generally.
- Section 12-17-62 - Numbering and designation of positions on ballots in districts in which more than one judge elected.
- Section 12-17-63 - Qualifications.
- Section 12-17-64 - Residence.
- Section 12-17-65 - Term of office.
- Section 12-17-66 - Commissioned judges.
- Section 12-17-67 - Filling of vacancies.
- Section 12-17-68 - Compensation.
- Section 12-17-69 - Primary duty to serve districts for which elected.
- Section 12-17-70 - Designation of judge to handle domestic relations, divorce, etc., cases in districts having more than one judge.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-17-80 - Circuit clerks, registers, and employees in offices thereof to be paid by state.
- Section 12-17-81 - Annual salary.
- Section 12-17-81.1 - Prior service credit.
- Section 12-17-90 - Offices; vacancies.
- Section 12-17-91 - Bond.
- Section 12-17-92 - Compensation of circuit clerks.
- Section 12-17-93 - Authority.
- Section 12-17-94 - Duties generally.
- Section 12-17-95 - When sheriff's commissions to be collected.
- Section 12-17-96 - Duty of clerk when convict indicted; convict not to be released until bail given.
- Section 12-17-97 - Duty to pay over money to successor.
- Section 12-17-98 - Deputy clerk for Bessemer division of tenth judicial circuit.
- Section 12-17-99 - Supplemental salary for elected deputy circuit clerks.
- Section 12-17-110 - Office of register not to be filled when vacancy occurs; reappointment of registers holding office on October 10, 1975; removal of registers.
- Section 12-17-111 - Bond.
- Section 12-17-112 - Compensation of registers and employees in office of register.
- Section 12-17-113 - Place of office.
- Section 12-17-114 - Duties generally.
- Section 12-17-115 - Pleadings to be endorsed with date of filing.
- Section 12-17-116 - Injunctions.
- Section 12-17-117 - General direct and reverse indexes.
- Section 12-17-118 - Recopying of records.
- Section 12-17-119 - Records open to examination.
- Section 12-17-120 - Payment of money to successor.
- Section 12-17-121 - Punishment for contempt.
- Section 12-17-122 - Failure of register or commissioner to made deed of land.
- Section 12-17-140 - Qualifications for supernumerary status generally; applicability of division; eligibility of clerk or register of circuit court with 23 years of service.
- Section 12-17-141 - Oath; vacancies in office of clerk or register in counties where supernumerary holds commission.
- Section 12-17-142 - Term of office; compensation; surviving spouse benefits; applicability.
- Section 12-17-143 - Establishment of supernumerary fund; contributions thereto.
- Section 12-17-144 - Prior service credit.
- Section 12-17-145 - Officials covered by division; notification procedure; post-election contribution transfer; post-transfer credits and contributions.
- Section 12-17-146 - Return of contributions to other plans.
- Section 12-17-147 - Return of contributions upon termination of service.
- Section 12-17-160 - Clerk of circuit court ex officio clerk of district court.
- Section 12-17-161 - Separate office of clerk of district court may be established; appointment and removal of clerk; abolition of separate office; participation in supernumerary fund.
- Section 12-17-162 - District court clerk employees component of office of clerk.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-17-180 - When elected; term of office.
- Section 12-17-181 - Filling of vacancies.
- Section 12-17-182 - Compensation.
- Section 12-17-183 - Residence; vacation of office for nonresidency.
- Section 12-17-184 - Powers and duties generally.
- Section 12-17-185 - Duty to attend court.
- Section 12-17-186 - Appointment of attorney to act for district attorney when office vacant, district attorney disqualified, etc.
- Section 12-17-187 - Failure to collect amounts due to county from public officers.
- Section 12-17-188 - Suspension from office - Indictment pending.
- Section 12-17-189 - Suspension from office - Appointment and compensation of district attorney pro tem.
- Section 12-17-190 - Suspension from office - When order of suspension set aside.
- Section 12-17-191 - Allowance for attendance outside home county.
- Section 12-17-192 - Additional allowance in circuits having four or more counties.
- Section 12-17-193 - Fees of district attorneys to be paid into State Treasury.
- Section 12-17-194 - Commencing prosecution on own affidavit.
- Section 12-17-195 - Assistant district attorneys representing defendants charged with criminal offenses.
- Section 12-17-196 - Restrictions on law partners defending criminal cases.
- Section 12-17-197 - District attorney's fund.
- Section 12-17-198 - Appointment, number and compensation of assistant district attorneys.
- Section 12-17-199 - Entitlement of elected assistant district attorneys to entitlements in article.
- Section 12-17-201 - Creation and establishment of fund; source of fund.
- Section 12-17-202 - Administration; disbursement.
- Section 12-17-203 - Eligibility.
- Section 12-17-204 - Coverage; contributions; participation.
- Section 12-17-205 - Credit for prior service.
- Section 12-17-206 - Benefits.
- Section 12-17-207 - Termination of service prior to assumption of supernumerary status.
- Section 12-17-210 - Qualifications for supernumerary status - Elected district attorneys generally.
- Section 12-17-211 - Qualifications for supernumerary status - Fifteen years of service and not less than 70 years of age.
- Section 12-17-212 - Qualifications for supernumerary status - Twelve years service and total disability; 25 years continuous service; 20 years service as judge and district attorney, etc.
- Section 12-17-213 - Qualifications for supernumerary status - Sixty years of age and 18 years of service as district attorney, judge, county solicitor, etc., with minimum of 10 years service as district attorney; 18 years of service as district attorney, judge, county solicitor, etc., with minimum of 15 1/2 years service as district attorney.
- Section 12-17-214 - Issuance of commission; filling of vacancies in office of district attorney.
- Section 12-17-215 - Compensation; term of office; impeachment.
- Section 12-17-216 - Oath of office; powers and duties.
- Section 12-17-220 - Powers of district attorneys as to employment, compensation, etc., of assistants, investigators, etc., to serve at district attorney's pleasure; such employees not covered by State Merit System Act; supplementation of state expenditures, etc., by counties.
- Section 12-17-220.1 - Appointment of investigators by district attorney of any judicial circuit.
- Section 12-17-221 - Submission to Office of Prosecution Services by district attorneys of estimates of amounts needed for personnel and office expenses for fiscal year; form and contents thereof; submission to Legislature by Office of Prosecution Services of unified budget request for funding of offices of district attorneys.
- Section 12-17-222 - Applicability of division to deputy district attorney of Bessemer cutoff of tenth judicial circuit.
- Section 12-17-223 - Construction of division.
- Section 12-17-224 - Special services division; worthless check unit; guidelines for processing worthless check complaints; fees and restitution; collection and distribution.
- Section 12-17-225 - Purpose.
- Section 12-17-225.1 - District attorneys authorized to establish division.
- Section 12-17-225.2 - Court or clerk of court to notify district attorney when payments to state or victim are in default.
- Section 12-17-225.3 - District attorney authorized to take lawful steps to require compliance.
- Section 12-17-225.4 - Collection fee.
- Section 12-17-225.5 - Amnesty period.
- Section 12-17-225.6 - Costs, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, and other court-ordered charges considered civil judgement.
- Section 12-17-225.7 - Contracting with private collection agency allowed.
- Section 12-17-225.8 - Provisions of division are supplemental.
- Section 12-17-225.9 - Local legislation to supersede division.
- Section 12-17-226 - Definitions.
- Section 12-17-226.1 - Authorization to establish program; discretionary powers; supervision and control; intervention plans.
- Section 12-17-226.2 - Applicants for admittance.
- Section 12-17-226.3 - Standards for admission.
- Section 12-17-226.4 - Admission into program.
- Section 12-17-226.5 - Program requirements; counsel; costs.
- Section 12-17-226.6 - Acceptance into program; termination from program; completion of program; Restorative Justice Initiative; violations of terms or conditions.
- Section 12-17-226.7 - Time for application.
- Section 12-17-226.8 - Fees.
- Section 12-17-226.9 - Treatment programs; drug testing.
- Section 12-17-226.10 - Written agreement; other terms and conditions.
- Section 12-17-226.11 - Disposition of funds.
- Section 12-17-226.12 - Violations; waiver.
- Section 12-17-226.13 - Liability of district attorney, staff, officers, etc.
- Section 12-17-226.14 - Funding of program.
- Section 12-17-226.15 - Advisory board.
- Section 12-17-226.16 - Utilization of community programs and drug court programs; election to opt into this division.
- Section 12-17-226.17 - Pretrial diversion offender database.
- Section 12-17-226.18 - Ability to pay fees or costs.
- Section 12-17-230 - Established; purpose.
- Section 12-17-231 - Executive director and staff not subject to merit system but eligible for state retirement benefits.
- Section 12-17-232 - Appointment, tenure, compensation and duties of executive director.
- Section 12-17-233 - Funding; annual audit.
- Section 12-17-233.1 - Transfers of budget excesses.
- Section 12-17-234 - Restriction on powers of office.
Division 1 District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.
- Section 12-17-250 - District court administrative agency created; powers and duties thereof; persons deemed officials of agency; judicial powers thereof generally.
- Section 12-17-251 - Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates.
- Section 12-17-252 - Supreme Court to provide rules of administration for agency.
- Section 12-17-253 - Election by inferior court judges whose positions abolished by Constitution to become magistrates for duration of unexpired terms as judges; salaries of such judges.
- Section 12-17-260 - Who may become supernumerary magistrate.
- Section 12-17-261 - Filing of written declaration; issuance of commission.
- Section 12-17-262 - Term of office; salary.
- Section 12-17-263 - Notice to Administrative Director of Courts of intention to become supernumerary magistrate; payment of percentage of salary earned as judge or magistrate; oath of office; appointment of supernumerary magistrate to fill vacancy.
- Section 12-17-264 - Prior service credit.
- Section 12-17-265 - Benefit to surviving spouse of supernumerary magistrate.
Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 12-17-270 - Appointment; qualifications; term of office; removal.
- Section 12-17-271 - Existing positions continued; authorization of additional positions by Administrative Director of Courts.
- Section 12-17-272 - Special roving reporters.
- Section 12-17-273 - Oath.
- Section 12-17-274 - Compensation; minimum state salary; cost-of-living increase.
- Section 12-17-275 - Duties.
- Section 12-17-276 - Transcript fees.
- Section 12-17-277 - Fee for court reporter taxed as costs in cases utilizing reporter.
- Section 12-17-290 - Qualifications for becoming supernumerary reporter.
- Section 12-17-291 - Oath, powers and duties of supernumeraries.
- Section 12-17-292 - Term; compensation.
- Section 12-17-293 - Appropriation for salaries.
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