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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-17-1 - County Court Personnel Serving District and Circuit Courts to Become Employees of State; Court Personnel Subject to Benefits and Regulations of Merit and Retirement Systems; Settlement of Disputes Regarding Which Persons Are Court P... - (a) County personnel. - All full-time county personnel, including all...
Section 12-17-2 - Court Personnel Included in State Employee Personnel System; Establishment of Job Descriptions, Rates of Compensation, etc., Applicable to Court Personnel. - Except as otherwise provided by law, all court personnel shall...
Section 12-17-3 - Reimbursement of Employees for Expenses Incurred at Locations Other Than Principal Court Site. - Court employees, including, but not limited to, active and supernumerary...
Section 12-17-4 - State Assumption of Retirement and Other Employee Benefits. - (a) Retirement. - Employees of the circuit and district court,...
Section 12-17-5 - Judicial Immunity of Magistrates and Clerks of the Circuit and District Courts Under Certain Conditions. - In the performance of any duties provided for by Sections...
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...
Article 3 - District Court Judges.
Section 12-17-60 - Boundaries of Districts for Election of Judges. - District court boundaries, for the purpose of election of district...
Section 12-17-61 - Number of Judges in Each District; Manner of Election of Judges Generally. - Each county shall constitute a district and shall have one...
Section 12-17-62 - Numbering and Designation of Positions on Ballots in Districts in Which More Than One Judge Elected. - In districts with more than one district judge, each position...
Section 12-17-63 - Qualifications. - Candidates seeking to be elected as a district court judge...
Section 12-17-64 - Residence. - Each district judge must have resided in the district from...
Section 12-17-65 - Term of Office. - Each district judge, except for judges filling positions pursuant to...
Section 12-17-66 - Commissioned Judges. - (a) Notwithstanding the number of judges authorized for each district...
Section 12-17-67 - Filling of Vacancies. - (a) In the event that a vacancy occurs in the...
Section 12-17-68 - Compensation. - REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-441 EFFECTIVE...
Section 12-17-69 - Primary Duty to Serve Districts for Which Elected. - Judges shall have a primary duty to serve the district...
Section 12-17-70 - Designation of Judge to Handle Domestic Relations, Divorce, etc., Cases in Districts Having More Than One Judge. - In those districts having more than one district court judge,...
Article 4 - Circuit Clerks and Registers.
Section 12-17-80 - Circuit Clerks, Registers, and Employees in Offices Thereof to Be Paid by State. - Clerks and registers of the circuit court shall be paid...
Section 12-17-81 - Annual Salary. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...
Section 12-17-81.1 - Prior Service Credit. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of...
Division 2 - Clerks.
Section 12-17-90 - Offices; Vacancies. - The offices of the circuit clerks shall be at the...
Section 12-17-91 - Bond. - The official bond of the clerk of the circuit court...
Section 12-17-92 - Compensation of Circuit Clerks. - Each circuit clerk shall be compensated by the state at...
Section 12-17-93 - Authority. - Clerks of the circuit court have authority: (1) To administer...
Section 12-17-94 - Duties Generally. - (a) The duties of the clerks of the circuit court...
Section 12-17-95 - When Sheriff's Commissions to Be Collected. - When any clerk receives payment of a judgment, he shall...
Section 12-17-96 - Duty of Clerk When Convict Indicted; Convict Not to Be Released Until Bail Given. - The clerk of any circuit court shall, without delay, certify...
Section 12-17-97 - Duty to Pay Over Money to Successor. - Any clerk of the circuit court, having in his hands,...
Section 12-17-98 - Deputy Clerk for Bessemer Division of Tenth Judicial Circuit. - At the general election held on the first Tuesday after...
Section 12-17-99 - Supplemental Salary for Elected Deputy Circuit Clerks. - In addition to any salary paid by the state, each...
Division 3 - Registers.
Section 12-17-110 - Office of Register Not to Be Filled When Vacancy Occurs; Reappointment of Registers Holding Office on October 10, 1975; Removal of Registers. - (a) Vacancies. - When the position of register in any...
Section 12-17-111 - Bond. - (a) The official bond of the register of the circuit...
Section 12-17-112 - Compensation of Registers and Employees in Office of Register. - (a) Each register shall be compensated by the state beginning...
Section 12-17-113 - Place of Office. - The register shall keep his office at the place at...
Section 12-17-114 - Duties Generally. - (a) It is the duty of the register, within his...
Section 12-17-115 - Pleadings to Be Endorsed With Date of Filing. - All answers and other papers filed in any case must...
Section 12-17-116 - Injunctions. - The register has no authority to grant or dissolve injunctions.
Section 12-17-117 - General Direct and Reverse Indexes. - Registers shall keep general direct and reverse indexes of all...
Section 12-17-118 - Recopying of Records. - The register, deeming it necessary to recopy any books in...
Section 12-17-119 - Records Open to Examination. - The records of the register's office shall be free for...
Section 12-17-120 - Payment of Money to Successor. - The register, having in his hands at the expiration of...
Section 12-17-121 - Punishment for Contempt. - The register, or the clerk if there is no register,...
Section 12-17-122 - Failure of Register or Commissioner to Made Deed of Land. - Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §9901, as...
Division 4 - Supernumerary Clerks and Registers.
Section 12-17-140 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status Generally; Applicability of Division; Eligibility of Clerk or Register of Circuit Court With 23 Years of Service. - (a) Any clerk or register of the circuit court, serving...
Section 12-17-141 - Oath; Vacancies in Office of Clerk or Register in Counties Where Supernumerary Holds Commission. - (a) Such supernumerary clerk or register of the circuit court...
Section 12-17-142 - Term of Office; Compensation; Surviving Spouse Benefits; Applicability. - (a) Every supernumerary official shall serve for life and shall...
Section 12-17-143 - Establishment of Supernumerary Fund; Contributions Thereto. - Officials electing to come under the provisions of this article...
Section 12-17-144 - Prior Service Credit. - (a) Prior service credit may be obtained by a clerk...
Section 12-17-145 - Officials Covered by Division; Notification Procedure; Post-Election Contribution Transfer; Post-Transfer Credits and Contributions. - (a) Any clerk or register of the circuit court shall...
Section 12-17-146 - Return of Contributions to Other Plans. - (a) All contributions of circuit clerks or registers heretofore made...
Section 12-17-147 - Return of Contributions Upon Termination of Service. - Should the service of the circuit clerk or register be...
Article 5 - District Court Clerks.
Section 12-17-160 - Clerk of Circuit Court Ex Officio Clerk of District Court. - Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk of...
Section 12-17-161 - Separate Office of Clerk of District Court May Be Established; Appointment and Removal of Clerk; Abolition of Separate Office; Participation in Supernumerary Fund. - (a) Authority and responsibility for the operation of a separate...
Section 12-17-162 - District Court Clerk Employees Component of Office of Clerk. - Clerical employees serving the district court in any location shall...
Article 6 - District Attorneys.
Section 12-17-180 - When Elected; Term of Office. - At the general election held on the first Tuesday after...
Section 12-17-181 - Filling of Vacancies. - Vacancies in the office of district attorney are filled by...
Section 12-17-182 - Compensation. - (a)(1) Subject to subdivision (2), district attorneys for each judicial...
Section 12-17-183 - Residence; Vacation of Office for Nonresidency. - Every district attorney must have resided in the circuit for...
Section 12-17-184 - Powers and Duties Generally. - It is the duty of every district attorney and assistant...
Section 12-17-185 - Duty to Attend Court. - (a) It is the duty of every district attorney to...
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...
Section 12-17-187 - Failure to Collect Amounts Due to County From Public Officers. - Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, § 9901,...
Section 12-17-188 - Suspension From Office - Indictment Pending. - When it shall be made known to any court that...
Section 12-17-189 - Suspension From Office - Appointment and Compensation of District Attorney Pro Tem. - When any district attorney is suspended, the court shall appoint...
Section 12-17-190 - Suspension From Office - When Order of Suspension Set Aside. - When it shall be known to the court that there...
Section 12-17-191 - Allowance for Attendance Outside Home County. - District attorneys in judicial circuits of more than one county...
Section 12-17-192 - Additional Allowance in Circuits Having Four or More Counties. - In addition to the expenses now allowed by law to...
Section 12-17-193 - Fees of District Attorneys to Be Paid Into State Treasury. - All fees which may be by law taxed as district...
Section 12-17-194 - Commencing Prosecution on Own Affidavit. - Any district attorney who commences a prosecution for any criminal...
Section 12-17-195 - Assistant District Attorneys Representing Defendants Charged With Criminal Offenses. - Any assistant district attorney who acts as attorney for, represents...
Section 12-17-196 - Restrictions on Law Partners Defending Criminal Cases. - Any law partner or partners of any district attorney or...
Section 12-17-197 - District Attorney's Fund. - (a) This section shall be effective in those judicial circuits...
Section 12-17-198 - Appointment, Number and Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys. - (a) The district attorney may appoint full-time or part-time assistant...
Section 12-17-199 - Entitlement of Elected Assistant District Attorneys to Entitlements in Article. - All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any elected assistant district...
Division 1A - District Attorneys' Spouses Fund.
Section 12-17-201 - Creation and Establishment of Fund; Source of Fund. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-202 - Administration; Disbursement. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-203 - Eligibility. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-204 - Coverage; Contributions; Participation. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-205 - Credit for Prior Service. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-206 - Benefits. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Section 12-17-207 - Termination of Service Prior to Assumption of Supernumerary Status. - Repealed by Act 2000-155, p. 221, §1, effective March 24,...
Division 2 - Supernumerary District Attorneys.
Section 12-17-210 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Elected District Attorneys Generally. - (a) Any district attorney, former district attorney or former circuit...
Section 12-17-211 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Fifteen Years of Service and Not Less Than 70 Years of Age. - Any district attorney of this state who has served continuously...
Section 12-17-212 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Twelve Years Service and Total Disability; 25 Years Continuous Service; 20 Years Service as Judge and District Attorney, Etc. - Any district attorney or other like prosecuting officer by whatever...
Section 12-17-213 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Sixty Years of Age With Certain Service Requirements; 18 Years of Service With Certain Service Requirements. - (a) Any person now serving or having formerly served as...
Section 12-17-214 - Issuance of Commission; Filling of Vacancies in Office of District Attorney. - If the Governor shall find that any such declarant is...
Section 12-17-215 - Compensation; Term of Office; Impeachment. - (a) The salary of each supernumerary district attorney shall be...
Section 12-17-216 - Oath of Office; Powers and Duties. - Supernumerary district attorneys shall take the oath of office prescribed...
Section 12-17-217 - Any person occupying the office of supernumerary district attorney shall...
Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.
Section 12-17-220 - Powers of District Attorneys as to Employment, Compensation, etc., of Assistants, Investigators, etc., to Serve at District Attorney's Pleasure; Such Employees Not Covered by State Merit System Act; Supplementation of State Expend... - (a) The district attorney of each judicial circuit is hereby...
Section 12-17-220.1 - Appointment of Investigators by District Attorney of Any Judicial Circuit. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, the district attorney...
Section 12-17-221 - Submission to Office of Prosecution Services by District Attorneys of Estimates of Amounts Needed for Personnel and Office Expenses for Fiscal Year; Form and Contents Thereof; Submission to Legislature by Office of Prosecution Ser... - (a) Each district attorney shall submit to the Office of...
Section 12-17-222 - Applicability of Division to Deputy District Attorney of Bessemer Cutoff of Tenth Judicial Circuit. - The elected deputy district attorney of the tenth judicial circuit...
Section 12-17-223 - Construction of Division. - The provisions of this division are supplemental and shall not...
Section 12-17-224 - Special Services Division; Worthless Check Unit; Guidelines for Processing Worthless Check Complaints; Fees and Restitution; Collection and Distribution. - (a) Each district attorney may establish a special services division...
Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.
Section 12-17-225 - Purpose. - It is the purpose of this legislation to ensure that...
Section 12-17-225.1 - District Attorneys Authorized to Establish Division. - Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each district attorney may...
Section 12-17-225.2 - Court or Clerk of Court to Notify District Attorney When Payments to State or Victim Are in Default. - The court or the clerk of the court shall notify...
Section 12-17-225.3 - District Attorney Authorized to Take Lawful Steps to Require Compliance. - After notification as provided in Section 12-17-225.2, the district attorney...
Section 12-17-225.4 - Collection Fee. - After a matter has been transferred to a district attorney...
Section 12-17-225.5 - Amnesty Period. - There shall be an amnesty period of 60 days after...
Section 12-17-225.6 - Costs, Bail Bond Forfeitures, Restitution, and Other Court-Ordered Charges Considered Civil Judgement. - In addition to the provisions of this division, all court...
Section 12-17-225.7 - Contracting With Private Collection Agency Allowed. - Any district attorney and the Administrative Office of Courts in...
Section 12-17-225.8 - Provisions of Division Are Supplemental. - The provisions of this division are supplemental to any procedures...
Section 12-17-225.9 - Local Legislation to Supersede Division. - Any county which currently has local legislation pertaining to restitution...
Division 5 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 12-17-226 - Definitions. - For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have...
Section 12-17-226.1 - Authorization to Establish Program; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control; Intervention Plans. - (a) The district attorney of any judicial circuit of this...
Section 12-17-226.2 - Applicants for Admittance. - (a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in...
Section 12-17-226.3 - Standards for Admission. - (a) In determining whether an offender may be admitted into...
Section 12-17-226.4 - Admission Into Program. - (a) Notwithstanding current law, admittance into the pretrial diversion program...
Section 12-17-226.5 - Program Requirements; Counsel; Costs. - (a) An offender who enters into a pretrial diversion program...
Section 12-17-226.6 - Acceptance Into Program; Termination From Program; Completion of Program; Restorative Justice Initiative; Violations of Terms or Conditions. - (a) An offender who enters into a pretrial diversion program...
Section 12-17-226.7 - Time for Application. - An offender shall make application to a pretrial diversion program...
Section 12-17-226.8 - Fees. - (a) An offender may be assessed an administration fee when...
Section 12-17-226.9 - Treatment Programs; Drug Testing. - The district attorney and the offender may enter into an...
Section 12-17-226.10 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted...
Section 12-17-226.11 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) All remaining administration fees shall be allocated to the...
Section 12-17-226.12 - Violations; Waiver. - (a)(1) If the offender violates the conditions of a pretrial...
Section 12-17-226.13 - Liability of District Attorney, Staff, Officers, Etc. - (a) Absent wantonness, negligence, or intentional misconduct, the district attorney...
Section 12-17-226.14 - Funding of Program. - A pretrial diversion program established under this division may apply...
Section 12-17-226.15 - Advisory Board. - If a district attorney establishes a pretrial diversion program under...
Section 12-17-226.16 - Utilization of Community Programs and Drug Court Programs; Election to Opt Into This Division. - (a) A district attorney, to the extent practicable, may enter...
Section 12-17-226.17 - Pretrial Diversion Offender Database. - (a) The Office of Prosecution Services shall develop and maintain...
Section 12-17-226.18 - Ability to Pay Fees or Costs. - Notwithstanding subsection (c) of Section 12-17-226.10, upon conviction for any...
Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.
Section 12-17-227 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Definitions. - When used in this division, the following terms shall have...
Section 12-17-227.1 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) District Attorneys' Plan Established. - There is hereby created and established the District Attorneys' Plan...
Section 12-17-227.2 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Scope and Applicaton of Plan; Contributions. - (a) Every district attorney first elected or appointed to his...
Section 12-17-227.3 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Transfer of Membership Service and Accumulated Contributions. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the District Attorneys'...
Section 12-17-227.4 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Service Retirement Allowance. - (a) Any member who withdraws from service upon or after...
Section 12-17-227.5 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Disability Retirement Allowance. - (a) Upon application of an active and contributing member, any...
Section 12-17-227.6 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Payments From Plan; Optional Allowances; Replacement Beneficiaries. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-184 IN THE 2022...
Section 12-17-227.7 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Cancellation of Survivor Allowance. - Any member of the plan who is retired and who...
Section 12-17-227.8 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Withholdings From Retirement Pay. - (a) Any member who, at the time of his or...
Section 12-17-227.9 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Management and Supervision of Plan; Rulemaking Authority. - The District Attorneys' Plan shall be under the management and...
Section 12-17-227.10 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Legislation to Include Costs. - All proposed legislation affecting the plan shall be accompanied by...
Section 12-17-227.11 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Supernumerary Program; Participation Election. - (a) A person serving as district attorney, supernumerary district attorney,...
Section 12-17-227.12 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Fraud; Correction of Errors. - (a) Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement...
Section 12-17-227.13 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Exemption From Taxes; Assignability. - The right of a person to a pension, an annuity,...
Section 12-17-227.14 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Admissibility of Evidence. - Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche...
Section 12-17-227.15 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Relation to Other Laws. - No other provision of law in any other statute which...
Section 12-17-227.16 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Compliance With Qualification Standards. - The Board of Control is authorized to implement any new...
Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.
Section 12-17-230 - Established; Purpose. - (a) The Office of Prosecution Services is hereby established. (b)...
Section 12-17-231 - Executive Director and Staff Not Subject to Merit System but Eligible for State Retirement Benefits. - There shall be an executive director of the Office of...
Section 12-17-232 - Appointment, Tenure, Compensation and Duties of Executive Director. - The Executive Committee of the Alabama District Attorneys Association shall...
Section 12-17-233 - Funding; Annual Audit. - It is the intention of the Legislature that the Office...
Section 12-17-233.1 - Transfers of Budget Excesses. - For the purposes of Section 41-19-10, the Office of Prosecution...
Section 12-17-234 - Restriction on Powers of Office. - Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Office...
Section 12-17-235 - Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor. - (a) There shall be created the position of a domestic...
Article 8 - District Court Administrative Agency, Magistrates, and Supernumerarymagistrates.
Division 1 - District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.
Section 12-17-250 - District Court Administrative Agency Created; Powers and Duties Thereof; Persons Deemed Officials of Agency; Judicial Powers Thereof Generally. - The district court shall have under its supervision a district...
Section 12-17-251 - Magistrates Deemed Chief Officers of Agency; Appointment and Powers of Magistrates. - (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of...
Section 12-17-252 - Supreme Court to Provide Rules of Administration for Agency. - The Supreme Court shall provide rules of administration for such...
Section 12-17-253 - Election by Inferior Court Judges Whose Positions Abolished by Constitution to Become Magistrates for Duration of Unexpired Terms as Judges; Salaries of Such Judges. - In the event that there exists within the State of...
Division 2 - Supernumerary Magistrates.
Section 12-17-260 - Who May Become Supernumerary Magistrate. - If there exists within the State of Alabama judges or...
Section 12-17-261 - Filing of Written Declaration; Issuance of Commission. - Any former magistrate who is qualified to become a supernumerary...
Section 12-17-262 - Term of Office; Salary. - Every such supernumerary magistrate shall serve for life and receive...
Section 12-17-263 - Notice to Administrative Director of Courts of Intention to Become Supernumerary Magistrate; Payment of Percentage of Salary Earned as Judge or Magistrate; Oath of Office; Appointment of Supernumerary Magistrate to Fill Vacancy. - A former magistrate electing to come under the provisions of...
Section 12-17-264 - Prior Service Credit. - Prior service credit may be obtained by any former magistrate...
Section 12-17-265 - Benefit to Surviving Spouse of Supernumerary Magistrate. - In the event of the death of any supernumerary magistrate...
Article 9 - Court Reporters.
Section 12-17-270 - Appointment; Qualifications; Term of Office; Removal. - Each of the judges of the circuit courts of this...
Section 12-17-271 - Existing Positions Continued; Authorization of Additional Positions by Administrative Director of Courts. - Positions for court reporters existing on October 10, 1975, shall...
Section 12-17-272 - Special Roving Reporters. - Special roving reporters may be appointed and serve at the...
Section 12-17-273 - Oath. - Before any official court reporter, special reporter or roving reporter...
Section 12-17-274 - Compensation; Cost-of-Living and Merit Increases. - (a) An official court reporter shall be paid a salary...
Section 12-17-275 - Duties. - The official court reporter shall attend in person, except as...
Section 12-17-276 - Transcript Fees. - Notwithstanding any statutes existing on October 10, 1975, which prescribe...
Section 12-17-277 - Fee for Court Reporter Taxed as Costs in Cases Utilizing Reporter. - In all cases reported by an official court reporter or...
Division 2 - Supernumerary Circuit Court Reporters.
Section 12-17-290 - Qualifications for Becoming Supernumerary Reporter. - While in service as an official circuit court reporter of...
Section 12-17-291 - Oath, Powers and Duties of Supernumeraries. - Such supernumerary circuit court reporter shall take the oath of...
Section 12-17-292 - Term; Compensation. - (a) Every supernumerary court reporter shall serve for life and...
Section 12-17-293 - Appropriation for Salaries. - There is appropriated out of any funds in the State...
Article 10 - Bailiffs.
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...
Section 12-17-311 - Number and Compensation. - The number of bailiffs and the rate of compensation for...
Article 11 - Referees.
Section 12-17-330 - Appointment; Rehearing; Ratification of Findings and Recommendations. - (a) The Administrative Director of Courts may authorize one or...
Article 12 - Secretaries.
Section 12-17-340 - Judicial Secretaries. - (a) Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit...
Section 12-17-341 - Secretaries for Clerks. - (a) Positions authorized and existing on June 1, 1975. Each...