Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Judges.
Section 12-13-30 - Election; Term of Office.

A probate judge shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county, who shall hold office for a term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.

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Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 12 - Courts.

Chapter 13 - Probate Courts.

Article 2 - Judges.

Section 12-13-30 - Election; Term of Office.

Section 12-13-31 - Qualifications.

Section 12-13-32 - Filling of Vacancies.

Section 12-13-33 - Amount of Bond.

Section 12-13-34 - Persons Who May Institute Civil Actions on Bonds of Judges.

Section 12-13-35 - Seal of Office.

Section 12-13-36 - Offices and Office Hours.

Section 12-13-37 - Appointment of Special Judge When Probate Judge Incompetent, Absent, Sick, etc., Generally; Powers and Duties of Special Judge and Force, Effect, etc., of Judgments, Orders and Decrees Thereof.

Section 12-13-38 - Appointment of Special Judge in Event of Refusal to Act, Death, etc., of Original Special Judge and Continuation of Incompetence, Absence, etc., of Probate Judge.

Section 12-13-39 - Probate Judges Deemed Conservators of Peace.

Section 12-13-40 - Powers of Probate Judges Generally.

Section 12-13-41 - Duties of Probate Judges Generally.

Section 12-13-42 - Furnishing to Veterans Administration of Copies of Decrees Upon Settlement by Guardians of Beneficiaries of Administration; Payment of Fees Therefor.

Section 12-13-43 - Maintenance of General Direct and Reverse Indexes of Instruments Filed for Record; Liability of Probate Judge for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Section.

Section 12-13-44 - Reports to Department of Human Resources as to Adoptions - Required.

Section 12-13-46 - Authorization by County Commission of Rebinding or Recopying of Books in Office of Probate Judge; Manner of Recopying or Rebinding and Compensation of Probate Judge Therefor.

Section 12-13-47 - Execution of Contract for Rebinding of Books by Probate Judge; Surrender of Custody of Books for Rebinding.

Section 12-13-48 - Payment to Probate Judge of Money Due on Decree Upon Settlement by Executor, Administrator, etc.; Duty of Judge as to Payment of Money to Person Entitled Thereto and Liability for Failure to Perform Duty.

Section 12-13-49 - Payment of Probate Judge for Receipt of Money Under Section 12-13-48.

Section 12-13-50 - Examination of Records of Probate Judge.

Section 12-13-53 - Failure to Collect Recording or Registration Tax, etc., Upon Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Etc.

Section 12-13-54 - Failure to Keep Abstract of Mortgages, Etc.