12-13-13
Section 12-13-13 Chief clerk of probate court - Oath and bond. The chief clerk of the probate
court, before he enters upon his duties, must take the oath directed to be taken by the officers
of this state and give bond, with surety, payable to the probate judge, in such sum as he
may prescribe, upon which bond such clerk shall be liable to such judge inconsequence of any
act of misfeasance or malfeasance of such chief clerk in the duties of his office, which bond
must be approved by the probate judge and filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of
the circuit court of the county. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867, §796; Code 1876, §702; Code
1886, §795; Code 1896, §§3372, 3373; Code 1907, §5430; Code 1923, §9593; Code 1940, T.
13, §301.)...
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12-13-14
Section 12-13-14 Chief clerk of probate court - Powers generally; authority for performance
of official acts of chief clerk generally. (a) The chief clerk shall have the following powers:
(1) To issue letters testamentary, of administration and of guardianship, where there is no
contest. (2) To administer oaths relating to the business of the court and to take and certify
acknowledgments and proof of instruments authorized to be recorded. (3) To solemnize matrimony,
approve bonds and appoint guardians ad litem. (4) To admit wills to probate and record and
to pass and allow accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, where there is no contest.
(5) To do all other acts and things and perform all other duties, ministerial and judicial,
where there is no contest, that the probate judge may do and perform. (b) All of the official
acts of such chief clerk must be performed in the name of the probate judge, except when there
is a vacancy in that office. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867,...
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12-22-4
Section 12-22-4 Judgment on partial or annual settlement of estate. From a judgment of the
circuit court or probate court on a partial or annual settlement of an estate of a deceased
person, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court; but this section shall not be construed as to
prevent the presentation of an issue upon appeal taken after a final determination of the
case. (Code 1896, §433; Code 1907, §2845; Code 1923, §6087; Code 1940, T. 7, §763.)...

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17-16-58
Section 17-16-58 Ballots may be examined. In all contests of elections before the judge of
probate or the circuit court, the judge presiding is authorized to make an examination of
the ballots given or rejected in the election so far as the judge may deem it necessary to
arrive at a correct judgment, and may make and enforce by attachment all necessary orders
to obtain possession of the same, and must make all proper orders necessary for the return
of the ballots to the proper custody after same have been examined by him or her. (Code 1896,
§1699; Code 1907, §473; Code 1923, §563; Code 1940, T. 17, §249; §17-15-31; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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17-16-62
Section 17-16-62 Appeals - Costs. On the taking of an appeal as provided in Section 17-16-61,
the appellant must give bond and security for the costs thereof to be approved by the judge
of probate or clerk of the circuit court, as the appeal may be taken from the judgment of
the judge of probate or circuit court, and the appeal bond must be certified with the record
to the appellate court, and if judgment is entered confirming the judgment of the judge of
probate or of the circuit court, the Supreme Court must render judgment against the appellant
and his or her sureties for the costs. An appeal in any and all cases suspends the execution
of the judgment or decree of the judge of probate or of the circuit court. (Code 1896, §1703;
Code 1907, §477; Code 1923, §567; Code 1940, T. 17, §253; §17-15-35; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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39-7-5
Section 39-7-5 Summary proceedings for review, etc., of sufficiency of petition. The probate
or circuit court or any judge thereof within the county shall have summary jurisdiction upon
complaint of an elector to determine the sufficiency of the petition and shall make such order
as justice may require as to such sufficiency. Such summary proceeding shall be instituted
within 10 days after the petition is filed with the clerk or probate judge. (Acts 1935, No.
40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §21.)...
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43-2-87
Section 43-2-87 Additional bond of sheriff. When the administration of any estate is committed
to the sheriff, the judge of probate, at such time or at any time thereafter, while the administration
is in the hands of such officer, may require of him an additional bond if, in his opinion,
the official bond of such officer is not sufficient security for the protection of the estate;
and if he fails to give such additional bond for 10 days after notice that the same is required,
he vacates his office, and the judge of probate must certify the vacancy to the appointing
power. (Code 1852, §1712; Code 1867, §2033; Code 1876, §2402; Code 1886, §2056; Code 1896,
§103; Code 1907, §2550; Code 1923, §5772; Code 1940, T. 61, §106.)...
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45-23-81.42
education, membership fees or dues in legal and judicial organizations, and other actual and
necessary expenses incurred by circuit and district judges in Dale County in promoting legal
and judicial competency. The management of the library is vested in the presiding circuit
judge and all books and other property purchased with funds produced by this subpart shall
be property of Dale County, Alabama. The judge may from time to time, sell or exchange any
books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library and the judge
may accept gifts for the Dale County Law Library for public use in the library upon terms
and conditions as may be stipulated by the donor or lender thereof and as may be agreeable
to the judge. The presiding circuit judge for the county may hire a librarian or appoint librarians
and assistants as are necessary for the proper operation of the library. The presiding judge
of the circuit shall appoint an advisory committee to the county law...
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45-29-80.20
Section 45-29-80.20 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) The Judicial Administration Fund is established
in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties.
The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account under the supervision of the presiding
circuit court judge. (b) The Judicial Administration Fund in this circuit shall consist of
any fees, donations, grants, leases, rentals, bequests, or funds from any other source, either
public or private, relating to the purposes provided in subsection (c). (c) Any funds in the
Judicial Administration Fund of this circuit shall be expended for increasing the efficiency
of judicial administration in each of the counties in this circuit to include, but not be
limited to, equipment and equipment repairs, supplies, employment of personnel, training,
educational enhancement of judicial personnel, or any other lawful use related to judicial
operations. (d) Any funds expended from this Judicial...
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45-47-80.02
Section 45-47-80.02 Additional court costs - Circuit clerk's fund. (a) Any court costs assessed
pursuant to Act 720 of the 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 1035), in the Twenty-fifth
Judicial Circuit, before September 1, 2011, and which were collected after September 1, 2011,
pursuant to assessment as provided above for distribution to the public defender fund of each
county in the circuit, shall be distributed to the circuit clerk's fund of the respective
counties in the circuit. (b) In addition, the distribution of any funds collected pursuant
to Act 720 before September 1, 2011, which were distributed after the public defender fund
was no longer operable by order of the presiding circuit court judge, or otherwise, are retroactively
ratified and confirmed as to the distribution to the respective circuit clerk's funds in the
circuit. (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, while a supernumerary circuit clerk
may take an oath of office and serve as an active circuit clerk if...
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