25-5-12
Section 25-5-12 Chief Justice of Supreme Court to prepare uniform rules for circuit courts.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, from time to time as he deems it is necessary,
may prepare uniform rules for the circuit judges and circuit courts which may be necessary
for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including such forms for orders and judgments
as said Chief Justice of the Supreme Court deems best. Such rules and forms when so prepared
and promulgated by the chief justice shall be followed and used by the said judges and courts.
(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7588; Code 1940, T. 26, §313.)...
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12-8-5
Section 12-8-5 Chairman; meetings; officials and employees. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall be the chairman of the conference. The conference shall meet at least annually
but shall meet at such other times as, in the opinion of the Chief Justice, such meetings
are needed, upon the call of the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice shall have the right, if
he deems it advisable, to appoint and dismiss a secretary and other officials and employees,
including consultants and consulting agencies, without regard to the provisions of the merit
system, for the Judicial Conference, who shall perform such other duties as directed by the
Chief Justice with the Supreme Court, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial
System and the Department of Court Management and who shall be paid, in full or in part, such
compensation or salaries as the chief justice may direct, from any funds appropriated to the
Supreme Court, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System, the...
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17-14-9
Section 17-14-9 Justices of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the
associate justices of the court shall hold their respective offices for the term of six years
from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until
their successors are elected and qualified. The office of a justice of the Supreme Court shall
be vacant if the incumbent dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. A vacancy in the office
of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. A justice
appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve an initial term lasting until the first Monday after
the second Tuesday in January following the next general election held after he or she has
completed one year in office. At such election, the office shall be filled for a full term
of office beginning at the end of the appointed term. (Code 1876, §247; Code 1886, §342;
Code 1896, §1578; Code 1907, §335; Code 1923, §419; Code 1940, T. 17,...
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12-18-133
Section 12-18-133 Purchase of additional credit. Any justice of the Supreme Court, judge of
the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit judge, or district
judge who has 24 years of creditable service in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama may
elect to purchase credit in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama for up to one additional
year. Any justice or judge eligible to purchase such credit shall be awarded such credit provided
that the justice or judge shall pay into the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama a sum of
money which is equal to the annual contribution of both the justice or judge and the annual
contribution of the state into the fund at the time of election to purchase the credit multiplied
by each year or fraction thereof of service credit claimed. The election and payment shall
be made to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, administrator
of the Judicial Retirement Fund. (Act 98-295, p. 481, §4.)...
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12-2-32
Section 12-2-32 Employment, etc., of court attendant. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
may employ one court attendant, who shall wait upon the Supreme Court and have the care of
its courtrooms, library and consultation rooms. His salary shall be fixed under the provisions
of the merit system and he shall be paid as other state employees. (Code 1907, §5982; Acts
1919, No. 688, p. 996; Code 1923, §10318; Code 1940, T. 13, §84.)...
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12-2-35
Section 12-2-35 Notification of Chief Justice by judge or district attorney unable to attend
court; designation of judge or district attorney to attend and hold court. Whenever the judge
or the district attorney of the court shall be unable to attend such court, he shall notify
the Chief Justice, and the Chief Justice shall designate some other judge or district attorney,
as the case may be, not then engaged elsewhere to attend and hold said court or discharge
the duties of district attorney or judge, as the case may be. (Acts 1915, No. 521, p. 592;
Code 1923, §10297; Code 1940, T. 13, §40.)...
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12-2-6
Section 12-2-6 Performance of duties of Chief Justice in event of extended absence from court
or disability thereof. Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama shall, because
of illness or otherwise, be disabled from actively performing his duties as chief justice
or those ex officio duties imposed upon him by law or shall be absent from the court for a
period of 30 days or longer, then, in either event, the duties so imposed upon him shall be
performed by the available associate justice of the Supreme Court in order of seniority based
upon continuous length of service on the court, and such associate justice of the Supreme
Court is hereby authorized and empowered to perform all of the same in lieu of the chief justice
during the latter's disability or absence from the court for said period longer than 30 days.
(Acts 1949, No. 188, p. 220.)...
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12-2-4
Section 12-2-4 Salary of justices. The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and
every associate justice of the Supreme Court shall be such amount as is provided by law, and
shall be paid as the salaries of other state officers are paid. (Code 1876, §580; Code 1886,
§684; Code 1896, §3841; Code 1907, §5966; Acts 1919, No. 279, p. 257; Code 1923, §10288;
Acts 1927, No. 459, p. 510; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess.,
No. 149, p. 166; Code 1940, T. 13, §29; Acts 1945, No. 491, p. 724; Acts 1947, No. 685, p.
521; Acts 1951, No. 560, p. 975; Acts 1957, No. 170, p. 223; Acts 1963, No. 510, p. 1096;
Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 366; Acts 1969, No. 601, p. 1087; Acts 1973, No. 1245, p.
2093, §1.)...
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36-3-2
Section 36-3-2 Terms of judicial officers generally. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
and associate justices of said court, the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court
of Criminal Appeals, circuit judges, judges of probate courts and clerks of the circuit court
and judges of inferior courts, when not otherwise provided for by law, shall hold their respective
offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January
next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1896,
§3054; Code 1907, §1463; Code 1923, §2567; Code 1940, T. 41, §16.)...
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12-5-3
Section 12-5-3 Department of Court Management established; powers and duties generally. (a)
There shall be a state department to be known as the Department of Court Management. This
department shall be specifically charged with the duty of assisting the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama in connection with his duties as the chief administrative officer
of all the trial courts of this state, the Chief Justice's task of insuring that the business
of said courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch and the Chief Justice's task
of seeing that the dockets of such courts are not permitted to become congested and that trial
of cases, civil and criminal, is not delayed unreasonably. (b) The department shall also perform
the following duties: (1) It shall work with the clerks and registers of all civil and criminal
trial courts in the state to collect, obtain, compile and digest information and statistics
concerning the administration of justice in the state. (2) It shall...
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