12-11A-2
Section 12-11A-2 Qualifications; requirements. (a) Persons who may act as private judges shall:
(1) Have been, but are not actively serving as, a judge of a district, circuit, or probate
court and have served in the capacity of judge for at least six consecutive years. (2) Be
admitted to the practice of law in Alabama. (3) Be an active member in good standing of the
Alabama State Bar Association. (4) Be a resident of Alabama. (b) A person may act as a judge
of a case under this chapter only if all of the following occur: (1) All parties to the action
file a written petition with the circuit clerk of the court in which the action is pending
requesting a private judge and naming the person whom the parties wish to have as private
judge. The petition shall be accompanied by a form signed by the private judge selected consenting
to the appointment. (2) The case is one over which the court in which the former judge served
would have had subject matter and monetary jurisdiction. (3) The case...
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12-15-203
Section 12-15-203 Transfer of cases from juvenile court. (a) A prosecutor, before a hearing
on a delinquency petition on its merits and after notifying, verbally or in writing, the juvenile
probation officer, may file a motion requesting the juvenile court judge to transfer a child
for criminal prosecution to the circuit or district court, if the child was 14 or more years
of age at the time of the conduct charged and is alleged to have committed an act which would
constitute a criminal offense as defined by this code if committed by an adult. (b) The juvenile
court judge shall conduct a hearing on all motions for the purpose of determining whether
it is in the best interests of the child or the public to grant the motion. Only if there
are no reasonable grounds to believe the child is committable to an institution, department,
or agency for individuals with an intellectual disability or mental illness, may the juvenile
court judge order the case transferred for criminal prosecution....
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15-5-50
Section 15-5-50 Warrant for tracking device installation; requirements; procedures. (a) Any
circuit or district court judge in this state is authorized to issue a warrant to install
a tracking device. The term tracking device means an electronic or mechanical device which
permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. (b) Upon the written application,
under oath, of any law enforcement officer as defined in Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure
1.4, district attorney, or Attorney General of the state, including assistant and deputy district
attorneys and assistant and deputy attorneys general, any authorized judge may issue a warrant
for the installation, retrieval, maintenance, repair, use, or monitoring of a tracking device.
The warrant application shall do all of the following: (1) State facts sufficient to show
probable cause that a crime is being, has been, or is about to be committed in the jurisdiction
of the issuing judge. (2) Identify the person, if reasonably...
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12-17-212
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. Any district attorney or other like prosecuting officer by whatever name designated of
this state who has served continuously for as much as 12 years and who has become permanently
and totally disabled, proof of such disability being made by certificate of three reputable
physicians, or who has served continuously for as much as 25 years, and any person holding
office as a judge of a county law and equity court on January 1, 1960, who has served continuously
as a district attorney or other like prosecuting officer by whatever name designated for 20
years or more, may elect to become a supernumerary district attorney of the State of Alabama
by filing, while in service as such prosecuting officer or judge, a written declaration to
that effect with the Governor, which written declaration shall set forth...
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12-17-264
Section 12-17-264 Prior service credit. Prior service credit may be obtained by any former
magistrate who is entitled to take advantage of this article for years served in his individual
capacity as magistrate or judge of any inferior court, municipal judges excluded, by contributing
an amount equal to six percent of his then salary for each year for which prior service credit
is sought. (Acts 1988, No. 88-313, p. 475, §5.)...
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12-18-59
Section 12-18-59 Judges' disability benefits. Any judge retiring pursuant to subdivision (1)
of subsection (a) of Section 12-18-55 who has served for 10 years shall be entitled to a disability
benefit allowance payable monthly from the Judicial Retirement Fund equal to 75 percent of
the salary payable to the state for the position held at the time of retirement. A disabled
judge who has served less than 10 years shall be entitled to receive a monthly benefit equal
to 25 percent of the salary payable by the state for the position held at the time of retirement
plus 10 percent of such salary for each year of service in excess of five years; provided,
that in no event shall such judge receive less than 30 percent of the annual salary being
paid to a full-time district court judge by the state at the time of his retirement. (Acts
1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-124.)...
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12-15-116
Section 12-15-116 Original jurisdiction - Criminal. (a) A juvenile court shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction to try any individual committing any of the following offenses while
18 years of age or older: (1) Contributing to the delinquency, in need of supervision, or
dependency of a child in violation of Section 12-15-111. (2) Opposing or interfering with
a juvenile probation officer or a representative of the Department of Human Resources in violation
of Section 12-15-112. (3) Violating any of the confidentiality provisions of Sections 12-15-133,
12-15-134, 12-15-135, or 12-15-217. (4) Nonsupport in violation of Section 13A-13-4. (5) Violating
any of the juvenile sex offender provisions of Section 15-20A-27(b)(1). (6) Violating any
of the provisions of the compulsory school attendance laws in Section 16-28-12. (b) All criminal
cases before the juvenile court shall be governed by the laws relating thereto and shall be
initiated by complaint made before a judge or magistrate...
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12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost
bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit
court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared
to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall
generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the
state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts.
The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may
best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of
costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal
process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be
assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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12-8-2
Section 12-8-2 Terms of office of members. The Chief Justice and the associate justices of
the Supreme Court and the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals
shall serve as members of such conference until their designations are changed. The first
circuit judges and lawyers shall be appointed one for a term of one year, one for a term of
two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter, their successors shall be appointed
for terms of three years. The first district and municipal judges shall be appointed, one
for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter, their successors shall
be appointed for terms of three years. The probate judge shall be appointed for a term of
three years, and his successors shall be appointed for three-year terms. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess.,
No. 74, p. 1949, §2; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 118, p. 4343.)...
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15-3-5
Section 15-3-5 Offenses having no limitation. (a) There is no limitation of time within which
a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses: (1) Any capital offense.
(2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person. (3) Any
felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person. (4) Any sex offense pursuant
to Section 15-20A-5 involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves
force, serious physical injury, or death. (5) Any felony involving arson of any type. (6)
Any felony involving forgery of any type. (7) Any felony involving counterfeiting. (8) Any
felony involving drug trafficking. (b) The amendments made by this act shall apply to both
of the following: (1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985. (2) To all crimes committed
before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law
has run as of January 7, 1985. (c) Nothing herein shall be construed to...
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