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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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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12-9A-8
Section 12-9A-8 Assignment of circuit or district judges by presiding circuit judge. (a) A
presiding circuit judge, by order, may assign a circuit or district court judge who is within
the circuit to serve within the circuit or within the district courts of the circuit. Before
assigning a judge, the presiding circuit judge shall evaluate the needs of the circuit, including
the currency, congestion, and backlog of criminal and civil cases. (b) Assignments of judges
by the presiding circuit judge shall be in writing and shall be sent to the assigned judge
as soon as practicable. The presiding judge or the judge's designee may notify the assigned
judge orally of the assignment. An oral notification of an assignment is sufficient until
a written notification can be prepared and delivered to the assigned judge. A copy of each
written assignment shall be filed with the Administrative Director of Courts and in the office
of the clerk or register of the court to which the assignment is made....
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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6-6-332
Section 6-6-332 Process - Form of notice; service and return thereof. (a) Upon complaint being
made, the district judge shall issue a notice to the party against whom the complaint is made
to the following effect: The State of Alabama, ___ County. To ___ You are hereby commanded
to be and appear before me, at _____ on the _____ day of _____, 2__, to answer to, and make
defense against a complaint exhibited to me against you by _____, for a forcible entry and
detainer (or for unlawful detainer, as the case may be). Witness my hand this _____ day of
______, 2__. ___ District Court Judge (b) The notice shall be served on the defendant at least
six days before the return day of the process and may be served on the defendant anywhere
within the state. The return of the service thereof by any sheriff or constable of the state
is sufficient, or proof of the fact may be made before the judge. A copy of the notice shall
be personally served upon the...
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45-27-84.06
Section 45-27-84.06 Notice; extradition proceeding; waiver. (a) No tribal fugitive shall be
delivered to an agent appointed by the tribe to receive the tribal fugitive until first being
taken before the district court judge, who shall inform the accused tribal fugitive of the
demand for extradition, the crime charged, and of his or her right to request counsel. (b)(1)
If the accused tribal fugitive or his or her counsel state the desire to test the legality
of the arrest, the accused tribal fugitive shall be taken before the district court judge
within 72 hours for an extradition proceeding. (2) The time and place of the extradition proceeding
shall be given by the court conducting the proceeding to the district attorney of the county
and to the Office of the Attorney General of the tribe. (c)(1) A formal extradition proceeding
under this part may be waived if the accused tribal fugitive making the waiver, knowingly,
and in the presence of the district court judge, signs a statement...
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12-18-131
Section 12-18-131 Eligibility to retire regardless of age. Notwithstanding Section 12-18-40
or 12-18-55, any justice of the Supreme Court, any judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, any
judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, any circuit judge, or any district judge who has served
for not less than 25 years on any one or more of such courts or has 25 years of creditable
service in the Judicial Retirement System shall be eligible to retire under this chapter regardless
of age. (Act 98-295, p. 481, §2.)...
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12-18-60
Section 12-18-60 Payment of benefits to spouses upon death of judges. After the death of any
district judge, who, while serving as an intermediate court judge or as a district judge,
has contributed or paid into a county retirement system or to a state retirement system for
a minimum of five years, his spouse shall receive a yearly benefit from the state equivalent
to three percent of the salary payable from the State Treasury prescribed by law for his former
position as a district judge or as an intermediate court judge, as the case may be, for each
year of service not to exceed 30 percent of such salary, payable monthly for the remainder
of such spouse's life or until their remarriage. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-123; Acts
1988, No. 88-164, p. 264, §4.)...
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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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45-40-236.01
Section 45-40-236.01 Additional service of process fee; out-of-state documents. (a) In addition
to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other
appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence
County shall increase the fees by seventeen dollars fifty cents ($17.50) per document personally
served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term
document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. (b) In addition
to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other
appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence
County for documents generated out-of-state shall collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per
document served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section,
the term document shall include multiple papers served on a...
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