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12-1-23
Section 12-1-23 Reasonable accommodation for those in need of special services, etc. (a) If
any plaintiff, defendant, or witness in any proceeding before the district court, circuit
court, appellate court, or grand jury is in need of special services or equipment as required
by the Americans with Disabilities Act [P.L. 101-366], the court shall make every effort to
make reasonable accommodation for the services or equipment to allow the person to fully participate
in the proceedings. All costs for the services or equipment shall be approved in advance by
the court. (b) The costs incurred by the district, circuit, or appellate court providing special
services or equipment, when approved by the court in advance, shall be forwarded by the clerk
of the court to the State Comptroller to be paid out of funds within the State General Fund
known as "court assessed costs not provided for." Nothing in this section shall
prohibit the court from taxing the costs against one or more of the parties...
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12-17-24.1
Section 12-17-24.1 Family court divisions; implementation plan. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(c), the presiding circuit judge of any judicial circuit may establish by means of a written
order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit
judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the
family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division
shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments
of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement
of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other
domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including non-support
cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other
matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the...
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17-13-84
Section 17-13-84 Filing statements of contests; depositions; costs; service of process; contempt.
Upon the filing of any contest of nomination, the chair of the executive committee with which
the contest is filed shall file a statement in the office of the clerk of the circuit court
of the county where the contestant resides of the fact that such a contest has been filed,
giving the names of the parties thereto, the nomination contested and the day set for hearing.
After such statement is filed, the clerk of the circuit court shall issue such subpoenas for
witnesses and orders for production of documents and shall issue commissions for the taking
of testimony by deposition as required by either party, each party to the contest being responsible
for costs incurred by him or her for the summoning and attendance of witnesses on his or her
behalf, and the clerk may issue execution for such costs the same as in civil cases. It shall
be the duty of the sheriff to serve all process issued by...
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45-35-80.01
Section 45-35-80.01 Compensation - Special roving court reporters. (a) Beginning on the first
day of the first pay period following June 1, 1999, each special roving court reporter appointed
by the Administrative Director of Courts to serve the Twentieth Judicial Circuit on a full-time
basis shall receive, in addition to all other compensation provided by law, an additional
compensation equal to the additional salary supplement currently paid to all official court
reporters by Houston County. (b) Each special roving court reporter appointed by the Administrative
Director of Courts to serve the Twentieth Judicial Circuit on a full-time basis shall be included
in all future increases in the salary supplements paid to all official court reporters of
the Twentieth Judicial Circuit by Houston County without the need for future legislation.
(Act 99-312, p. 422, §§1, 2.)...
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12-12-36
Section 12-12-36 Venue generally; transfer of actions improperly located; designation of additional
locations for court sites. (a) Venue in the district court lies in the county where venue
would lie for civil or criminal actions brought in the circuit court, except that: (1) In
counties where venue has lain within an area of lesser geographic extent than the county for
any categories of cases which were on December 18, 1973, within the jurisdiction of a court
inferior to the circuit court, venue lies in such lesser geographic area; and (2) Venue of
prosecutions for violations of municipal ordinances shall be in the district court sitting
in the municipality or, if none, the district court within the county and nearest to the municipality;
(b) If any action is filed in a court located where venue does not lie, any party may move
to transfer the action to a location where venue may properly be laid. (c) Additional locations
for purposes of court sites may be designated by the...
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12-14-17
Section 12-14-17 Procedure for abolition of municipal courts by governing bodies of municipalities;
effect of abolition generally. (a) The governing body of any municipality having a municipal
court may at any time by ordinance abolish its municipal court and the jurisdiction of the
court so abolished shall be transferred to the district court of the district in which the
municipality is located under the conditions and effective dates provided in this section.
A certified copy of the ordinance abolishing the municipal court shall be transmitted by certified
mail to the clerk of the district court for the district in which the municipality is located,
the presiding judge of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the municipality
is located, the clerk of the circuit court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Secretary
of State and the Administrative Director of the Courts. (b) All pending cases and process
in those cases which are to be acted upon by the district court...
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12-17-310
Section 12-17-310 Existing positions continued; authorization of additional positions by Administrative
Director of Courts. Positions for bailiffs existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as
provided by law. Additional positions for bailiffs in the circuit and district court may be
authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit
judges. Bailiffs, when authorized, shall be confidential employees employed by and serving
at the pleasure of the judge in whose court they serve. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-107.)...
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12-17-330
Section 12-17-330 Appointment; rehearing; ratification of findings and recommendations. (a)
The Administrative Director of Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any judicial
circuit on either a full-time or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request by
the presiding circuit court judge and upon consideration of funding and the number of child
support cases in the domestic relations division of the circuit court, including cases brought
pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Once the Administrative Director of Courts
approves the request, the presiding judge of the circuit court may appoint an attorney the
judge believes to be qualified to fill the position, subject to the approval of the Administrative
Director of Courts. The amount to be paid the referee and the manner of payment shall be determined
by the Administrative Director of Courts. (b) The presiding judge of the circuit court may
direct that the referee hear child support cases in the...
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12-17-341
Section 12-17-341 Secretaries for clerks. (a) Positions authorized and existing on June 1,
1975. Each circuit clerk who is authorized the position of confidential or private secretary
as of June 1, 1975, shall be entitled to keep such position. Such confidential secretary shall
be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the circuit clerk, shall be entitled to all rights,
privileges and benefits of merit system employees and shall be paid from the same fund as
merit system employees, without regard to merit system qualifications or regulations, at the
highest rate of pay that an employee of the circuit clerk in his circuit is entitled to receive.
(b) Additional confidential secretaries. Each circuit clerk may employ a confidential secretary
subject to the merit system for pay purposes only, to serve at the pleasure of the circuit
clerk. However, before the appointment of such a secretary, not serving on June 1, 1975, the
Administrative Director of Courts shall certify to the state...
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12-17-81
Section 12-17-81 Annual salary. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ANNIVERSARY DATE. Annually, the first Monday after the second
Tuesday in January. (2) PAY PLAN. The pay plan adopted by the Unified Judicial System personnel
system, or its successor entity, providing the pay range with steps, as the same may be amended
from time to time. (3) STATE SALARY. The annual salary of circuit clerks and district clerks
payable from the State Treasury. (b) Effective January 18, 1999, the annual salary of circuit
clerks and district clerks, who first take office by appointment or election on or after January
18, 1999, payable from the State Treasury shall be fixed at step one of the pay plan for Assistant
Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Thereafter, the state salary of circuit clerks and
district clerks shall be increased annually, on the anniversary date, by one step on the pay
plan until the maximum step authorized by the pay...
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