17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for each
office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall
be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor. (3)
Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. (6) Attorney
General. (7) State Senator. (8) State Representative. (9) Supreme Court Justice. (10) Court
of Civil Appeals Judge. (11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. (12) Secretary of State. (13)
State Treasurer. (14) State Auditor. (15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (16)
Public Service Commissioner. (17) State Board of Education Member. (18) Circuit Court Judge.
(19) District Attorney. (20) District Court Judge. (21) Circuit Clerk. (22) Other public officers
(to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate). (23) Delegate to national
convention. (24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order...
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15-6-21
Section 15-6-21 Arrest warrant. (a) If on examination by the circuit, district or municipal
court judge, it appears that there is reason to fear the commission of any offense by the
person complained of, such judge must issue a warrant directed to any lawful officer of the
state, containing the substance of the complaint and commanding such officer forthwith to
arrest the person complained of and bring him before him or some other judge having jurisdiction
of the matter. (b) The warrant may be after the following form: "State of Alabama, ___
County. To any lawful officer of the state: Complaint on oath having been made before me that
C. D. had threatened to assault and beat A. B. (or is about) to (here set forth particularly
the offense threatened or about to be committed) on the person or property of ______, you
are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest said C. D. and bring him before me (or some other
judge having jurisdiction of the matter, setting forth his name and office)....
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15-6-24
Section 15-6-24 Requiring security to keep the peace by defendant; when court appearance required;
form of undertaking. (a) If there is just reason to fear the commission of an offense, the
defendant must be required to give security to keep the peace, in such sum as the circuit,
district or municipal court judge may direct, towards all the people of this state, particularly
the person against whom or whose property there is reason to fear the offense may be committed,
for such time as the judge may direct, though not more than 12 nor less than six months; but
the defendant must not be required to appear at any court unless he has actually committed
an offense cognizable in such court. (b) The undertaking to keep the peace may be, in substance,
as follows: "The State of Alabama,} We (here insert the names of the defendant and his
sureties), agree to pay to the ___ County.} State of Alabama $1,000.00 (or such sum as the
judge directs) if the said (here insert name of the...
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36-4-2
Section 36-4-2 Oaths required to be filed with Secretary of State and Auditor. Such oaths must,
when taken by the Governor, any judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals
and the Court of Criminal Appeals, judge of the circuit court, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney
General, district attorney or any other officer whose general duties are not limited to any
one county, unless it is otherwise provided, be filed with the certificate required by Section
36-4-1 in the office of the Secretary of State and, when taken by the Secretary of State,
must be filed with such certificate in the office of the Auditor. (Code 1852, §112; Code
1867, §151; Code 1876, §157; Code 1886, §251; Code 1896, §3064; Code 1907, §1477; Code
1923, §2589; Code 1940, T. 41, §22.)...
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12-9A-2
Section 12-9A-2 Reallocation of vacant judgeship. (a) Only in the event of a vacancy due to
death, retirement, resignation, or removal from office of a district or circuit judge, the
Judicial Resources Allocation Commission shall have 30 days to determine whether to reallocate
such judgeship to another district or circuit. The commission may also choose to reallocate
a judgeship if the incumbent judge is not eligible to run for reelection as a result of the
age limitation provided for in Section 155 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended,
by notifying the Secretary of State no later than one year prior to the close of qualifying
for candidates to run for such judgeship. All reallocation decisions require a two-thirds
vote of the commission members. In determining whether to reallocate such judgeship, the commission
shall consider the need based on the district and court rankings as determined pursuant to
Section 12-9A-1. However, in no event shall the commission reallocate a...
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12-17-186
Section 12-17-186 Appointment of attorney to act for district attorney when office vacant,
district attorney disqualified, etc. (a) The presiding judge of the circuit court, the district
court or the municipal court, when the district attorney or assistant district attorney regularly
required by law to prosecute criminal cases in such court is absent, or connected with the
party against whom it is his duty to appear by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth
degree, or when there is a vacancy in the office from any cause, or when the district attorney
refuses to act, may appoint a competent attorney to act in such district attorney's place,
but such appointment shall in no event extend beyond the session of the court at which the
appointment is made. (b) The attorney so appointed shall receive for his services the sum
of $25.00 per day for the time he is actually engaged in court, to be paid on the warrant
of the Comptroller if the district attorney for whom he is appointed to act...
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17-6-48
Section 17-6-48 Designating certain officers by number. In all primary and general elections
of associate justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, justices of the courts of appeals of
Alabama, judges of the circuit and district courts, and associate members of the public service
commission, wherein two or more of such justices, judges, or officers are to be elected at
the same time, each of such places to be filled shall be designated by number by the Secretary
of State. (Acts 1927, No. 348, p. 409; Code 1940, T. 17, §146; §17-7-20; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)...
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45-25-81
Section 45-25-81 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) This section shall be known and cited as
the DeKalb County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares the
following: (1) The financial restraints exiting in the State General Fund budget have resulted
in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many judicial
employees. In DeKalb County, the circuit clerk's office has lost three employees. Two employees
in the circuit judge's office and one in the district judge's office scheduled for layoff
have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated to the
Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the future.
Revenue from the enactment of this section will restore at least one employee already lost
in the circuit clerk's office and permit the retention of at least one of the two employees
now facing layoff in the circuit judge's office and one employee now facing...
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12-25-3
Section 12-25-3 Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of the following voting members:
(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or at his or her designation, a sitting or retired
judge, who shall serve as chair, or at his or her designation another member of the commission
shall serve as chair. (2) The Governor, or his or her designee. (3) The Attorney General,
or his or her designee. (4) Three district attorneys appointed by the President of the Alabama
District Attorneys' Association. (5) Two circuit judges, active or retired, appointed by the
President of the Alabama Association of Circuit Court Judges. (6) A district judge, active
or retired, appointed by the President of the Alabama Association of District Court Judges.
(7) Two victims of a violent felony or persons whose immediate family member was a victim
of a violent felony, appointed by the Governor. (8) The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee,
or his or her designee who is a member of the House Judiciary...
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12-18-5
Section 12-18-5 Applicability of article to justices and judges; contributions to retirement
fund; granting of credit for military service. (a) Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge
of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and judge of the circuit
court of the state holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right of election
to come under this article. Each justice or judge holding office on September 18, 1973, shall
have the right, within three years from September 18, 1973, to file with the clerk of the
Supreme Court of Alabama, an instrument in writing electing to come under this article. Each
justice or judge of such courts elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973, shall
come under this article as a matter of law. After September 18, 1973, each justice and each
judge who has elected to come under this article as provided by this section or who comes
under this article by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial...
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