30-1-7
Section 30-1-7 Persons authorized to solemnize marriages. (a) Generally. Marriages may be solemnized by any licensed minister of the gospel in regular communion with the Christian church or society of which the minister is a member; by an active or retired judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Civil Appeals, any circuit court, or any district court within this state; by a judge of any federal court; or by an active or retired judge of probate. (b) Pastor of religious society; clerk of society to maintain register of marriages; register, etc., deemed presumptive evidence of fact. Marriage may also be solemnized by the pastor of any religious society according to the rules ordained or custom established by such society. The clerk or keeper of the minutes of each society shall keep a register and enter therein a particular account of all marriages solemnized by the society, which register, or a sworn copy thereof, is presumptive evidence of the fact. (c) Quakers,...
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35-4-24
Section 35-4-24 Acknowledgment - Officers authorized to take in this state. Acknowledgments and proofs of conveyances may be taken by the following officers within this state: Judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals, the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit courts and district courts, and the clerks of such courts; registers of the circuit court, judges of the court of probate, and notaries public. (Code 1852, §1276; Code 1867, §1545; Code 1876, §2155; Code 1886, §1799; Code 1896, §993; Code 1907, §3358; Code 1923, §6841; Code 1940, T. 47, §25.)...
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12-3-1
Section 12-3-1 Courts created; composition; qualifications of judges. A Court of Criminal Appeals and a Court of Civil Appeals, each composed of five judges, possessing the qualifications of the Supreme Court justices, including, but not limited to, the qualifications provided in subsection (b) of Section 12-2-1, are hereby created and established. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-346, p. 536, §4; Act 2009-562, p. 1632, §1.)...
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12-3-3
Section 12-3-3 Election and term of judges of Court of Civil Appeals. (a) The offices of the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals that were filled at the general election in 1972 for terms of two, four and six years pursuant to Act No. 987 of the 1969 Regular Session of the Legislature shall, at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of said respective terms, be filled by election from the state at large for terms of six years, and shall likewise be filled by election from the state at large each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of each such office may thereafter occur pursuant to the Constitution. (b) In the event the number of judges on the court is increased to more than three, unless otherwise provided by the act increasing the number of judges, the Governor shall make appointments of the additional judges so that, as nearly as may be, one third of the members of such court shall be elected each second year. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §22.)...
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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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12-18-1
Section 12-18-1 Judicial Retirement Fund created; composition of fund. (a) There is hereby created and established a continuing fund to be known as the Judicial Retirement Fund. (b) The fund shall be made up from contributions from justices of the Supreme Court, supernumerary justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Civil Appeals, judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, judges and supernumerary judges of the circuit courts of the state, district judges and probate judges and from a yearly sum to be paid into such fund from the General Fund in the State Treasury in such amount as shall be sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §1.)...
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12-23A-9
Section 12-23A-9 Functions of Administrative Office of Courts. (a) The Administrative Office of Courts, hereinafter AOC, shall assist in the planning, implementation, and development of drug courts statewide. AOC shall make recommendations to the Alabama Supreme Court and the Chief Justice concerning the legal, policy, and procedural issues confronting the drug courts in the state. Nothing in this section shall impede the constitutional authority of the district attorney. (b) AOC shall provide state-level coordination and support for drug court judges and their programs and operate as a liaison between drug court judges and other state-level agencies providing services to or benefitting from drug court programs. (c) The Administrative Director of Courts shall make recommendations to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court concerning criteria for eligibility, the promulgation of procedural rules, the establishment of guidelines for operation, and adoption of standards and...
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12-8-1
Section 12-8-1 Creation; composition; designation of members. A Judicial Conference for the State of Alabama is hereby created, which shall consist of: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama and two associate justices of such court, designated by the Chief Justice; a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals, designated by the presiding judge of that court; a member of the Court of Civil Appeals, designated by the presiding judge of that court; three circuit judges of the state, designated by the president of the association of circuit judges; three lawyers, who are members in good standing of the Alabama State Bar, designated by the president of the Alabama State Bar; one probate judge, designated by the president of the association of probate judges; and, subsequent to establishment of the district courts of Alabama, two district court judges, designated by the president of the association of district judges, and two municipal court judges, designated by the president of the...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person. (2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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17-16-63
Section 17-16-63 Statement - Filing; bond. When any elector shall choose to contest any election for the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme Court, or judges of the courts of appeals, the elector, within 10 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have opened the returns and proclaimed the result of the election for Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme Court, or judges of the courts of appeals, as provided in this chapter, must file with the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written statement of the grounds of such contest and a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned for the payment of such costs as may accrue upon such contest in the event such contest shall result in favor of the contestee. Such bond...
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