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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-2-1 - Composition of Court; Election and Terms of Office of Justices. - (a) The Supreme Court, except as otherwise provided, shall consist...
Section 12-2-2 - Powers of Justices - Issuance of Writs of Certiorari and Granting of Injunctions. - The justices of the Supreme Court shall have authority to...
Section 12-2-3 - Powers of Justices - Administration of Oaths and Taking of Affidavits and Acknowledgments. - The Chief Justice and every associate justice of the Supreme...
Section 12-2-4 - Salary of Justices. - The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...
Section 12-2-5 - Performance of Duties or Functions of Chief Justice in Event of Absence From State or Disability Thereof Generally. - In the event of the absence of the Chief Justice...
Section 12-2-6 - Performance of Duties of Chief Justice in Event of Extended Absence From Court or Disability Thereof. - Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama...
Section 12-2-7 - Jurisdiction and Powers of Court Generally. - The Supreme Court shall have authority: (1) To exercise appellate...
Section 12-2-8 - Regular Terms of Court. - Regular terms of the Supreme Court shall commence on the...
Section 12-2-9 - Special Terms. - The court may, whenever it deems proper, order and hold...
Section 12-2-10 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - How Opinion Obtained. - The Governor, by a request in writing, or either house...
Section 12-2-11 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - Request and Receipt by Court of Briefs From Attorney General and Amici Curiae as to Questions Presented. - The justices of the Supreme Court may request briefs from...
Section 12-2-12 - Advisory Opinions on Constitutional Questions - Effect of Opinion. - The opinion of the justices of the Supreme Court or...
Section 12-2-13 - Standard for Decision of Cases in Which Existing Opinion and Former Ruling in Case Conflict. - The Supreme Court, in deciding each case when there is...
Section 12-2-14 - Appointment of Members of Bar to Sit as Special Judges in Determination of Certain Cases. - When by reason of disqualification the number of judges competent...
Section 12-2-15 - Minutes of Court and Reports of Decisions to State Names of Judges Sitting in Final Decision of Cases. - The minutes of the court and the reports of its...
Section 12-2-16 - Advisory and Standing Committees. - The Supreme Court is authorized and empowered in connection with...
Section 12-2-17 - Establishment of Additional Duties for Judges. - The Supreme Court may, by rules of court, establish additional...
Section 12-2-18 - Institution and Maintenance of Safety Programs and Precautions for Security and Protection of Judicial Building, etc., Authorized; Designation of Marshal, Assistant Marshals, etc., as Conservators of Peace and Powers Thereof; Paymen... - (a) In connection with the security and protection of the...
Section 12-2-19 - Promulgation, Filing and Publication of Rules; Construction and Interpretation of Rules. - (a) Since the Supreme Court now has the initial primary...
Section 12-2-20 - Purposes for Which Appropriations May Be Used. - The Supreme Court is further authorized and empowered to use...
Section 12-2-21 - Appointment, Compensation, etc., of Staff Attorneys. - The Alabama Supreme Court is hereby authorized to hire six...
Article 2 - Ex Officio Powers and Duties of Chief Justice.
Section 12-2-30 - Powers and Duties as to Supervision and Administration of Courts Generally. - (a) The Chief Justice shall see that the business of...
Section 12-2-31 - Provision for Compilation and Tabulation of Reports and Information Supplied to Office. - The Chief Justice shall have the reports and information supplied...
Section 12-2-32 - Employment, etc., of Court Attendant. - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may employ one...
Section 12-2-33 - Ordering of Special Sessions of Courts, Etc. - Whenever in the opinion of the Chief Justice the business...
Section 12-2-34 - Ordering of Attendance of District Attorneys at Special Sessions of Courts, Etc. - The Chief Justice shall direct and order in the same...
Section 12-2-35 - Notification of Chief Justice by Judge or District Attorney Unable to Attend Court; Designation of Judge or District Attorney to Attend and Hold Court. - Whenever the judge or the district attorney of the court...
Section 12-2-36 - Ordering of Judges to Attend and Hold Court, etc., in Other Circuits. - Whenever the public good requires more judges than are regularly...
Section 12-2-37 - Forfeiture by Judge Failing to Order or Attend Special Session of Court, Etc. - For any failure of a judge to order such special...
Section 12-2-38 - Forfeiture by District Attorney Failing to Perform Duties Required by Sections 12-2-34 and 12-2-35. - Any district attorney who fails, without sufficient excuse, to perform...
Article 3 - Supernumerary Justices.
Section 12-2-50 - Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, Etc. - All laws dealing with the eligibility of members of the...
Article 4 - Law Clerks.
Section 12-2-70 - Appointment. - The Chief Justice and each associate justice of the Supreme...
Section 12-2-71 - Clerks to Serve Appointing Justices; Dismissal of Clerks and Appointment of Successors. - Each law clerk so appointed shall serve as the law...
Section 12-2-72 - Salaries. - The salary of each such law clerk shall not be...
Article 5 - Clerks of Court.
Division 1 - Clerk.
Section 12-2-90 - Appointment and Removal of Clerk. - A Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by...
Section 12-2-91 - Bond Generally. - Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Clerk...
Section 12-2-92 - When Additional Bond Required; Effect of Failure to Give Additional Bond. - The clerk must give additional bond, on the requisition of...
Section 12-2-93 - Salary. - The salary of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of...
Section 12-2-94 - Confidential Assistant. - The Clerk of the Supreme Court may appoint a confidential...
Section 12-2-95 - Employment of Additional Help. - The Clerk of the Supreme Court is authorized to appoint...
Section 12-2-96 - Office and Office Hours. - The Clerk of the Supreme Court must keep his office...
Section 12-2-97 - Powers and Duties Generally. - The clerk shall have authority and it shall be his...
Section 12-2-98 - Payment of Costs for Preserving Records. - The cost of preserving records according to the provisions of...
Section 12-2-99 - Furnishing of Record Books, Blanks and Stationery. - The record books, blanks and stationery necessary to the office...
Section 12-2-100 - Collection and Disposition of Fees and Costs of Clerk; Quarterly Statement to Department of Finance of Fees Paid Into Treasury. - All fees and costs authorized by law and the Alabama...
Division 2 - Deputy Clerk.
Section 12-2-110 - Office Created; Appointment and Removal of Deputy Clerk. - The office of deputy clerk of the Supreme Court of...
Section 12-2-111 - Salary. - The salary of the deputy clerk shall be fixed under...
Section 12-2-112 - Powers and Duties. - The duties and authority of such deputy clerk shall be...
Article 6 - Secretaries.
Section 12-2-130 - Confidential Secretary of Chief Justice. - The Chief Justice shall have a confidential secretary who shall...
Section 12-2-131 - Confidential Secretaries for Associate Justices and Supernumerary Justices - Appointment, Compensation, Etc. - Each associate justice of the Supreme Court and each supernumerary...
Section 12-2-132 - Confidential Secretaries for Associate Justices and Supernumerary Justices - Duties. - The secretaries shall perform such duties as may be prescribed...
Article 7 - Marshal and Librarian.
Section 12-2-157 - Library Fund. - The library fund of the Supreme Court and state law...
Section 12-2-159 - Library Tax. - For the maintenance of the supreme court library there shall...
Section 12-2-160 - Justices to Make Rules for Preservation and Protection of Libraries. - The justices of the Supreme Court must make such rules...