Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.
Article 2 - Circuit Court Judges.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 12-17-20 - Number of Judges in Each Circuit. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each judicial...

Section 12-17-21 - Judgeships to Be Numbered in Circuits With More Than One Judge; Candidates to Designate Judgeship for Which They Are Candidate. - In judicial circuits with more than one circuit judge, each...

Section 12-17-22 - Residence. - Each circuit judge must have resided in the circuit for...

Section 12-17-23 - Presiding Judges - How Selected. - The presiding judge of a circuit shall be elected by...

Section 12-17-24 - Presiding Judges - Supervision of Judges and Other Court Personnel. - The presiding circuit judge shall exercise a general supervision of...

Section 12-17-24.1 - Family Court Divisions; Implementation Plan. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the presiding circuit...

Section 12-17-24.2 - Jurisdiction of Family Court Division. - (a) The Family Court Division of the Circuit Court of...

Section 12-17-25 - Appointment of Relief Judges to Assist in Clearing Dockets. - Any judge shall, whenever he deems it necessary, call on...

Section 12-17-26 - Authority and Duties Generally. - Circuit judges have the following authority and duties: (1) To...

Section 12-17-27 - Authority of Judge Outside Own Circuit. - Whenever a circuit judge has jurisdiction of any case, it...

Section 12-17-28 - Writs of Certiorari to District and Municipal Courts. - Judges of circuit courts may grant writs of certiorari directed...

Section 12-17-29 - Absence of Judge Adjourns Court. - When any circuit judge fails to attend, the court stands...

Section 12-17-30 - Salary; Effect on Other Provisions; Judges and District Attorney's Supplements. - (a) Circuit judges shall receive an annual state salary in...

Division 2 - Supernumerary Circuit Judges.

Section 12-17-40 - Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, etc.; Election of Supernumerary Status. - (a) All laws dealing with the eligibility of judges of...