12-11A-3
Section 12-11A-3 Registration; petition for appointment. (a) A former judge qualified under this chapter who wishes to serve as a private judge must register with the Director of the Alabama Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution. The director shall verify that the former judge is qualified to serve as a private judge and shall compile and periodically update a list of registered private judges. The list of registered private judges shall be made available by the center to the public and to all actively serving judges in the state. The center may charge private judges an annual registration fee. (b) If the parties to an action wish to have the action heard before a private judge, all parties shall submit to the circuit clerk of the court in which the action is pending a written petition for the appointment of a private judge and consent to appointment from the private judge selected as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 12-11A-2. (c) The clerk shall forward...
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12-17-340
Section 12-17-340 Judicial secretaries. (a) Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems. Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems in those circuits having 15 or more circuit judges, serving the courts on October 10, 1975, shall be subject to the provisions of the State Merit System and all other benefits applicable to state employees; provided, that they shall have the retirement benefit options described in subdivision (b) (2) of Section 12-17-4. (b) Additional confidential secretaries. In circumstances other than those provided in subsection (a) of this section, each circuit and district court judge may employ a confidential secretary without regard to civil service qualifications or regulations, to serve at the pleasure of the judge. However, before the appointment thereof, the Administrative Director of Courts shall certify to the state Comptroller and presiding circuit judge of the respective circuit...
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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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12-17-310
Section 12-17-310 Existing positions continued; authorization of additional positions by Administrative Director of Courts. Positions for bailiffs existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as provided by law. Additional positions for bailiffs in the circuit and district court may be authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit judges. Bailiffs, when authorized, shall be confidential employees employed by and serving at the pleasure of the judge in whose court they serve. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, ยง7-107.)...
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12-23-4
Section 12-23-4 Court referral officers or contracting entities; appointment; supervision by Administrative Director of Courts and circuit judges; compensation; duties. (a) The Administrative Director of Courts is authorized to appoint court referral officers or contract with individuals or entities to provide alcohol and drug assessment for courts and to conduct the court referral programs in each court jurisdiction of the state. Such appointments or contracts shall be made or entered into with the advice of the presiding circuit judge. The Administrative Director of Courts shall designate the locations where said court referral programs, court referral officers or contracting entities or individuals shall serve, which designations may be changed from time to time; provided, however, that all appointed court referral officers and approved court referral programs shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrative Director of Courts. Any individual or entity which contracts to conduct...
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17-14-6
Section 17-14-6 Judges and clerks; vacancies. The judges of the circuit and district courts, the judge of probate, the judges of the courts of appeals, and clerks of the circuit court shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and they 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. Unless otherwise provided in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, vacancies in any judicial office shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The office of a judge shall be vacant if the incumbent dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. The appointment of a judge of probate is for the remainder of the unexpired term. A judge, other than a judge of probate, 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...
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45-49-85.42
Section 45-49-85.42 Temporary judges of probate. (a)(1) If the regularly elected Judge of Probate of Mobile County is incompetent from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent or will be absent from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, the judge of probate or the chief clerk shall certify the fact of incompetency, incapacity, absence, sickness, or disqualification to the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county and the presiding judge of the circuit court, upon that certificate, shall appoint a person learned in the law, practicing and residing in the county, to act as temporary judge of probate. At any time when the regularly elected judge of probate of the county files a certificate in the office of the circuit clerk of the county that he or she is no longer incompetent, from any legal cause, incapacitated, absent, absent from sickness, or otherwise disqualified from acting as judge, then the regularly elected judge of probate of the county shall...
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12-18-7
Section 12-18-7 Filing of declaration as to intention to retire by justices of Supreme Court, judges of courts of appeals and judges of circuit courts; endorsement and forwarding thereof by Chief Justice of Supreme Court; oath, powers, duties, etc., of retired justices and judges; forfeiture of right to receive retirement benefits by certain justices or judges upon failure to file declaration of intention to retire. (a) Any justice of the Supreme Court or any judge of one of the courts of appeals or of a circuit court of the state who desires to be retired pursuant to this article shall file a written declaration relative to his intention to elect such retirement with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who, upon finding the existence of the conditions prerequisite to such retirement, shall endorse his findings thereon and forward said declaration to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Judicial Retirement Fund. (b) The retiring justice or judge, upon being retired, shall take the oath...
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17-8-4
Section 17-8-4 Replacement of ineligible member of appointing board. Upon receiving the certificate provided for in Section 17-8-3, the remaining members of the appointing board shall forthwith and without delay appoint a qualified elector to take the place of each member of the appointing board who is a candidate for election, and shall cause the elector so appointed to be informed of his or her appointment. No person shall be appointed who is a candidate for any office to be voted for in that election. If the remaining members of the appointing board are unable to agree as to who should take the place of an appointing board member who is a candidate for election or if all members of the appointing board are unable to serve, the presiding circuit court judge shall make the appointment. The person so appointed shall perform all the duties and be vested with all the powers of the regular members of the appointing board, and shall take an oath to faithfully perform his or her duties....
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12-9A-1
Section 12-9A-1 Creation and composition; duties. (a) A permanent study commission on the judicial resources in Alabama is hereby created and shall be known as the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission. The commission shall be composed of the following members: (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, who shall serve as chair. (2) The legal advisor to the Governor of Alabama. (3) The Alabama Attorney General. (4) Three incumbent circuit judges appointed by the President of the Circuit Judges Association, one of whom shall be from the most populous circuit. One member shall be appointed for three years, one member shall be appointed for four years, and one member shall be appointed for five years. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the duration of the unexpired term and subsequent appointments shall be for five-year terms. Any member so appointed shall serve only so long as the member remains an incumbent circuit judge. (5) Three incumbent district judges...
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