Mississippi Code
Title 9 - Courts

§ 9-1-17. Supreme Court, circuit, chancery and county courts and Court of Appeals may punish for contempt and refer certain persons for placement in restitution, house arrest or restorative justice center or program - The Supreme, circuit, chancery and county courts and the Court...

§ 9-1-19. Authority of judges of supreme, circuit courts and chancellors and judges of Court of Appeals to grant remedial writs - The judges of the Supreme and circuit courts and chancellors...

§ 9-1-23. Judges conservators of peace; must reside in district - The judges of the Supreme, circuit and county courts and...

§ 9-1-25. Judges not to practice law - It shall not be lawful for any judge of the...

§ 9-1-27. Officers pro tempore to be appointed in certain cases - Whenever a vacancy shall exist in the office of clerk...

§ 9-1-29. Court to control clerk's office - Each court shall have control over all proceedings in the...

§ 9-1-31. Records of office of clerk delivered to successor - When the office of clerk of any court shall become...

§ 9-1-33. Minutes of Supreme Court, circuit, chancery and county courts and Court of Appeals - The minutes of the proceedings of the Supreme, circuit, chancery...

§ 9-1-35. Seal of court - The clerk of the Supreme Court and of the Court...

§ 9-1-36. Office allowance for circuit judges, chancellors and certain staff; procedure to employ certain staff members; title to tangible property; reports; adoption of rules and regulations - The Administrative Office of Courts may approve expenditure from the...

§ 9-1-37. Allowance for stationery - The circuit, chancery and county courts shall make allowance to...

§ 9-1-38. Certain judicial records exempt from public access requirements - Records in the possession of a public body, as defined...

§ 9-1-39. Clerks of circuit, chancery and county courts in separate judicial districts in Harrison County - In Harrison County, a county having two judicial districts, the...

§ 9-1-41. Reasonableness of attorneys' fees; evidence - In any action in which a court is authorized to...

§ 9-1-43. Limit on compensation of chancery clerks and circuit clerks and their related employees; liability on bonds; chancery court clerk clearing accounts; circuit court clerk clearing accounts; journals and receipts; punishment for failure to dep... - [Effective from and after January 1, 2020, this section will...

§ 9-1-44. Appropriation of funds from county general fund to supplement payment of expenses of office of chancery or circuit clerk under certain circumstances - If the total amount of all fees received by the...

§ 9-1-47. Municipal and justice courts authorized to purge judgment rolls of fines and fees owed by deceased person - The municipal and justice courts are authorized to purge judgment...

Electronic Filing and Storage of Court Documents

§ 9-1-51. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 9-1-51 through 9-1-57, the following terms...

§ 9-1-53. Authority to electronically file and store court documents - Courts and county offices are hereby authorized but not required...

§ 9-1-57. Plan for electronic storage system - A plan for the storage system shall require, but not...

Appointment to Judicial Office

§ 9-1-101. Definitions - As used in Sections 9-1-101 through 9-1-107, 25-3-53 and 25-3-55...

§ 9-1-103. Vacancy in office - Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any judicial office by...

Chapter 3 - Supreme Court

General Provisions

§ 9-3-1. Districts - The state shall be divided into three (3) Supreme Court...

§ 9-3-3. Terms of court - A term of the supreme court shall be held twice...

§ 9-3-5. Adjournment, if judges absent; special terms; discontinuances - If, at the commencement of any regular term, a quorum...

§ 9-3-7. How cost of notices paid - The cost of publishing the notices by order of the...

§ 9-3-9. Jurisdiction of the court - The Supreme Court shall have such jurisdiction as properly belongs...

§ 9-3-11. The chief justice; presiding justices - The judge of the Supreme Court who has been for...

§ 9-3-13. Clerk of Supreme Court to take oath and give bond - The clerk of the Supreme Court, before he enters on...

§ 9-3-14. Appointment of clerk of Supreme Court - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by...

§ 9-3-15. How clerk of Supreme Court may appoint deputies - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall have power, with...

§ 9-3-17. Duties of clerk - The clerk shall carefully keep a minute of the proceedings...

§ 9-3-19. Civil docket - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall make out and...

§ 9-3-21. Criminal docket - The clerk shall keep a docket of criminal cases, on...

§ 9-3-23. Allowance for books - The Supreme Court shall make allowance to the clerk for...

§ 9-3-25. Old records; how dealt with - The Supreme Court of the state of Mississippi is authorized...

§ 9-3-27. Supreme Court judges may employ secretaries and research assistants for the court - The judges of the Supreme Court are authorized and empowered...

§ 9-3-29. Officers to attend the court; marshal and deputy marshals appointed; salaries - The Supreme Court may, by order entered on its minutes,...

§ 9-3-31. Court may require sheriff of Hinds county to attend - The Supreme Court may at any time require the sheriff...

§ 9-3-37. Issues of fact may be tried - The supreme court may try and determine all issues of...

§ 9-3-39. Court may make and enforce rules - The Supreme Court shall have power to make such rules...

§ 9-3-43. Supreme Court decisions; designation of private publication as official reports - The Supreme Court may declare the published volumes of the...

§ 9-3-45. Mississippi edition of Supreme Court decisions; purchase; distribution; pricing - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State...

Rule-Making

§ 9-3-61. General rule-making power vested in Supreme Court - As a part of the judicial power granted in Article...

§ 9-3-63. Limitation on rules - Rules prescribed by the Supreme Court shall preserve the right...

§ 9-3-67. Advisory committee on Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure; chairman; research counsel; expenses - The Advisory Committee on Rules shall select a chairman and...

§ 9-3-69. Advisory committee on Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure; duties - The advisory committee shall make a comprehensive and continuing study...

Chapter 4 - Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi

§ 9-4-3. Jurisdiction of court; issuance of decisions - The jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals is limited to...

§ 9-4-5. Selection of judges of court; qualifications; terms of office; Court of Appeals Districts - FIRST DISTRICT.- The First Court of Appeals District shall be...

§ 9-4-9. Quorum of court; assignment of judges to panels; presiding judge of panel - The Supreme Court shall prescribe rules for the submission of...

§ 9-4-11. Location of court - The Court of Appeals shall be located in the City...

§ 9-4-15. Time for holding elections for office of judge of Court of Appeals - General elections for the office of judge of the Court...

§ 9-4-17. Severability clause - If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part...

Chapter 5 - Chancery Courts

Chancellors, Districts and Terms

§ 9-5-1. Chancellors; election, holding of court terms, terms of office, and residency - A chancellor shall be elected for and from each of...

§ 9-5-5. First district; composition - The First Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-9. Second district; composition - The Second Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-21. Sixth district; composition - The Sixth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-25. Seventh district; number and election of chancellors - [Until January 1, 2011, this section shall read as follows:]...

§ 9-5-25. Seventh district; number and election of chancellors - [From and after January 1, 2011, this section shall read...

§ 9-5-27. Eighth district; composition - The Eighth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-33. Ninth district; number and election of chancellors - There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Ninth Chancery...

§ 9-5-35. Tenth district; composition - The Tenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-38. Eleventh district; number and election of chancellors - There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Eleventh Chancery...

§ 9-5-39. Twelfth district; composition - The Twelfth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-45. Fourteenth district; number and election of chancellors - There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Fourteenth Chancery...

§ 9-5-47. Fifteenth district; composition - The Fifteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-49. Sixteenth district; composition - The Sixteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-53. Eighteenth district; composition - The Eighteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-55. Nineteenth district; composition - The Nineteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-5-57. Twentieth district; composition - The Twentieth Chancery Court District shall be Rankin County.

§ 9-5-58. Twentieth district; number and election of chancellors - There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Twentieth Chancery...

Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority, Vacation Matters

§ 9-5-81. Jurisdiction of the chancery court, in general - The chancery court in addition to the full jurisdiction in...

§ 9-5-83. Court may determine all matters in estates administered - The court in which a will may have been admitted...

§ 9-5-85. Court may summon all persons and punish for contempt - The chancery court shall have power to issue a summons...

§ 9-5-87. Power to punish for violation of injunction - The chancery court, or the chancellor in vacation, or judge...

§ 9-5-89. Guardian ad litem; appointment and compensation; effect of failure to appoint - The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to any...

§ 9-5-93. Trial of causes in vacation; power to enter decree prior to adjournment of next succeeding term - Whenever the chancery court or chancellor has lawfully set any...

§ 9-5-95. Court or chancellor may extend time in vacation - The court or chancellor in vacation shall have power in...

§ 9-5-97. Additional powers of chancellor in vacation - In the matter of ordering, decreeing and confirming sales of...

§ 9-5-103. Bonds of receivers, assignees, executors may be reduced or cancelled, if excessive or for sufficient cause - Whenever it shall appear by petition to the chancery court,...

§ 9-5-105. Expense of chancellor in hearing vacation matter paid equally by parties - When any chancellor in this state shall, by agreement of...

Chancery Clerks

§ 9-5-131. Bond of clerk - The clerk of the chancery court, before he enters upon...

§ 9-5-133. How clerk of chancery court may appoint deputies - The clerk of the chancery court shall have power, with...

§ 9-5-137. Other duties of the clerk - It shall be the duty of the clerk to preserve...

§ 9-5-139. Chancery clerk's office at Biloxi - In Harrison County, a county with two judicial districts, it...

§ 9-5-141. Acts clerk may perform at any time - The clerk or his deputy may at any time receive...

§ 9-5-145. How proceedings before clerk to be conducted - In all applications and proceedings before the clerk in vacation...

§ 9-5-147. All acts of clerk subject to approval or disapproval - All acts, judgments, orders, or decrees made by the clerk...

§ 9-5-151. How minutes of proceedings before clerk preserved and approved - The minutes so kept of proceedings in vacation or in...

§ 9-5-153. How approval of clerk's minutes and orders shown - The approval by the court of minutes entered in vacation...

§ 9-5-155. Bonds examined by chancellor - The chancellor shall, at each term of the court, carefully...

§ 9-5-157. Register of sureties on bonds to be kept - The clerk of the chancery court shall either procure a...

§ 9-5-159. Abstract of certain decrees furnished circuit clerk - The clerk of the chancery court shall, within ten days...

§ 9-5-163. Custodian of certain records and papers - The clerk of the chancery court shall be the custodian...

§ 9-5-165. Removal and return of court files and documents in clerk's office - The clerk shall not suffer any paper filed to be...

§ 9-5-167. Newspaper subscribed for and preserved - The clerk of the chancery court shall subscribe to at...

§ 9-5-169. All records and papers subject to inspection - Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2, all of the...

§ 9-5-173. Register of claims against estates - The clerk shall keep in his office a well-bound book,...

Dockets

§ 9-5-203. Matters testamentary, etc., to be docketed - The clerk shall place on the general docket all applications...

§ 9-5-205. Issue docket - The chancery clerk shall keep an issue docket in which...

§ 9-5-213. Motion docket and entries - The clerk shall also keep a motion docket in which...

§ 9-5-215. Loose leaf docket - Any chancellor in this state may, by an order made...

§ 9-5-217. Execution docket and entries therein - The clerk shall keep an execution docket in the manner...

Family Masters -

Chapter 7 - Circuit Courts

Judges, Districts, and Terms of Court

§ 9-7-1. Judges; election; holding of terms of court; term of office; residence - A circuit judge shall be elected for and from each...

§ 9-7-5. First district; composition - The First Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-9. Second district; composition - The Second Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-13. Third district; composition - The Third Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-17. Fourth district; number and election of judges - There shall be four (4) circuit judges for the Fourth...

§ 9-7-19. Fifth district; composition - The Fifth Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-30. Ninth district; number and election of judges - There shall be two (2) judges for the Ninth Circuit...

§ 9-7-31. Tenth district; composition - The Tenth Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-34. Eleventh district; number and election of judges - There shall be three (3) judges for the Eleventh Circuit...

§ 9-7-41. Fifteenth district; composition - The Fifteenth Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-43. Sixteenth district; composition - The Sixteenth Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-45. Seventeenth district; composition; divisions - The Seventeenth Circuit Court District shall be divided into two...

§ 9-7-47. Eighteenth district; composition - The Eighteenth Circuit Court District shall be Jones County.

§ 9-7-53. Twentieth district; composition - The Twentieth Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-55. Twenty-first district; composition - The Twenty-first Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

§ 9-7-57. Twenty-second district; composition - The Twenty-second Circuit Court District is composed of the following...

Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority

§ 9-7-81. Jurisdiction; general enumeration of subjects - The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all actions...

§ 9-7-83. Jurisdiction of cases transferred or remanded to it - The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all cases transferred...

§ 9-7-85. Jurisdiction; suit for sum below - If a suit shall be brought in the circuit court...

§ 9-7-87. Special terms; jurisdiction; juries for - At a special term the circuit court may impanel grand...

§ 9-7-89. Motions against officers for money collected - The circuit court shall hear and determine all motions against...

§ 9-7-91. Judgments and executions - The circuit court may render judgments according to the principles...

§ 9-7-93. Time may be allotted by court for civil and criminal business separately - In the county where it may be necessary, in the...

§ 9-7-95. Transfer for trial of cases filed in county courts in nineteenth district - Cases filed in the county courts of any county in...

Circuit Clerks

§ 9-7-121. Clerk; oath of office and bond - The clerk of the circuit court, before he enters upon...

§ 9-7-126. Additional remuneration to circuit court clerks for salaries of deputy circuit clerks - Class 1 and 2 counties not less than Four Hundred...

§ 9-7-127. Final record to be made - Within three (3) months after the final determination of any...

§ 9-7-129. List of allowances against county treasury - Within ten days after each term of circuit court, it...

§ 9-7-131. Jury fee book - The clerk of the circuit court shall keep a book...

§ 9-7-133. Jury tax imposed and how collected - A jury tax of three dollars is imposed on each...

§ 9-7-135. Clerk to report list of cases subject to jury tax - Within ten days after the end of any term of...

§ 9-7-137. Register of sureties on bonds to be kept - The clerk of the circuit court shall procure a well-bound...

§ 9-7-139. Recordation of pardons in county of conviction - When a pardon may be granted by the governor to...

Dockets

§ 9-7-175. Criminal docket - The clerk shall make out for each term a separate...

§ 9-7-177. Appearance docket - The clerk shall keep an appearance docket, in which he...

§ 9-7-179. Subpoena docket - The clerk shall keep a subpoena docket, in which he...

§ 9-7-181. Execution docket - The clerk shall keep a docket, in which he shall...

Chapter 9 - County Courts

§ 9-9-3. Establishment by agreement between two or more counties; expenses of operating court to be prorated - Any two (2) or more counties in the discretion of...

§ 9-9-9. County judge; general restriction on practice of law - The county judge shall not practice law in any of...

§ 9-9-13. Municipalities may supplement salaries of county judicial officers surrendering right to practice law - The governing body of any municipality with a population in...

§ 9-9-17. Additional judge for Jackson County - The county shall not be reimbursed for the amount of...

§ 9-9-23. Powers of county judge - The county judge shall have power to issue writs, and...

§ 9-9-27. Transfer of cases; prosecution by affidavit - In any civil case instituted in the circuit court, wherein...

§ 9-9-29. Court of record; duties of circuit clerk and sheriff; fees - The county court shall be a court of record and...

§ 9-9-31. Duties of prosecuting attorney - The county prosecuting attorney shall be the prosecuting attorney of...

§ 9-9-35. Circuit judges authorized to assign cases and other court duties to county judges where dockets overcrowded - In any county in cases where an overcrowded docket justifies...

§ 9-9-36. Chancellors authorized to assign cases and other court duties to county judges where dockets overcrowded - In any county in cases where an overcrowded docket justifies...

§ 9-9-39. Effect of abolition of county court; pending matters transferred - All pending matters in any county court that may be...

§ 9-9-41. Court may be abolished in certain counties - In any county in which there is a city of...

§ 9-9-43. Legislative action or election required to abolish courts in certain counties - In any county now having a county court established by...

§ 9-9-45. When other counties become eligible for establishment or abolition of court - When hereafter any county of the state shall become eligible...

Chapter 11 - Justice Courts

§ 9-11-7. Oath of office and bond - Every person elected a justice court judge shall, before he...

§ 9-11-9. Civil jurisdiction; pecuniary interest in outcome of action - Justice court judges shall have jurisdiction of all actions for...

§ 9-11-10. Civil jurisdiction; prepayment of costs as prerequisite; penalties - No justice of the peace court shall have jurisdiction over...

§ 9-11-11. Uniform case record; certified copies of papers furnished to parties; destruction of closed files - It shall be the duty of the justice court to...

§ 9-11-13. Entry to identify docket - Each justice of the peace shall, at the beginning and...

§ 9-11-20. Service of process or writ outside of issuing county; sharing fees - In any civil case in the justice court in which...

§ 9-11-21. Receipt itemizing costs, fees and other payments made to clerk of justice court - The clerk of the justice court is required in all...

§ 9-11-23. Remedy for money collected - When any clerk of the justice court shall have collected...

§ 9-11-25. Delivery of books, records and papers of justice court judge leaving office or dying to justice court clerk - Every justice court judge whose term of office expires, or...

§ 9-11-33. Correction of errors or mistakes in proceedings or records; setting aside proceedings or judgments for good cause - A justice court judge may correct any errors or mistakes...

Chapter 13 - Court Reporters and Court Reporting

In General

§ 9-13-1. Appointment of court reporter in circuit and chancery courts - Each circuit judge and chancellor shall appoint a competent person...

§ 9-13-3. Oath - Before entering into his office, the court reporter shall take,...

§ 9-13-5. Nature and term of office - The court reporter when appointed and qualified by taking the...

§ 9-13-7. Appointment and qualifications certified to other counties - Copy of the writing by which the court reporter was...

§ 9-13-9. Bond - The judge or chancellor shall require the court reporter to...

§ 9-13-11. Removal from office - The judge or chancellor may in his discretion at any...

§ 9-13-13. Resignation or vacation of office - It shall not be lawful for the court reporter to...

§ 9-13-15. Court reporter pro tempore; effect of appointment upon compensation of regular reporter - If the court reporter is absent during the session of...

§ 9-13-17. Additional court reporters; compensation of regular reporter when assistant reporter alone is serving - [Repealed effective January 1, 2020] Repealed by Laws, 2019, ch....

§ 9-13-19. Salary; annual report - For example, if there are thirty-eight (38) scheduled court weeks...

§ 9-13-21. Court reporter's tax fee - In each suit, cause or matter where (1) a plea...

§ 9-13-23. Stationery furnished - The board of supervisors of each county shall provide the...

§ 9-13-25. Duties - The court reporter shall attend each session of the court...

§ 9-13-27. Custody of exhibits - It shall be the duty of the court reporter to...

§ 9-13-29. Withdrawal of exhibits - At any time prior to the expiration of the period...

§ 9-13-31. Trial; reporting the trial - In all criminal cases, and (a) in all civil cases,...

§ 9-13-32. Trial; attorney of record or interested entity may have proceeding recorded where official court reporter is not provided - Any attorney of record or interested entity in any cause...

§ 9-13-43. Transcript as prima facie correct; use as evidence - When a transcript has been made by the official reporter...

§ 9-13-45. Penalty for wilful neglect of duty - If the court reporter willfully neglects to perform any duty...

§ 9-13-61. Official county and family court reporter - There shall be an official court reporter for each county...

§ 9-13-63. County court reporter fees as items of costs - In all cases filed in the county court, a court...

Board of Certified Court Reporters

§ 9-13-103. Meetings of board; officers; mailing address - The Supreme Court shall specify a date for the first...

§ 9-13-105. Duties and powers of board - The board is charged with the duty and vested with...

§ 9-13-107. Certification of reporters required; application for certification examination - No person shall be qualified or authorized to report testimony...

§ 9-13-109. Requirements for certification - Every applicant for certification shall have reached the age of...

§ 9-13-111. Issuance of certification without examination; requirements - Upon application and payment of the application fee within six...

§ 9-13-113. Official court reporters must be certified shorthand reporters; exception for temporary reporters - After July 2, 1994, no judge of any court of...

§ 9-13-117. Revocation or suspension of certificate; disqualification - The board, for good cause shown and in keeping with...

§ 9-13-123. Definitions; effect of chapter on courts and individual's rights - As used in Sections 9-13-101 through 9-13-121: "Courts" includes all...

Chapter 17 - Court Administrators

§ 9-17-1. Establishment of office; appointment and compensation of court administrator - The establishment of the office of court administrator shall be...

§ 9-17-3. Duties of court administrator - It shall be the duty of the court administrator to:...

Chapter 19 - Commission on Judicial Performance

§ 9-19-1. Membership - The Commission on Judicial Performance shall consist of the following...

§ 9-19-3. Terms of office; prohibited activities of members; chairman - The terms of office of the commission members shall be...

§ 9-19-5. Compensation - The members of the commission on judicial performance shall be...

§ 9-19-7. Executive director; administrative staff - The commission may appoint and remove an executive director and...

§ 9-19-9. Disqualification of commission member from acting on complaint - If a complaint is filed against a member of the...

§ 9-19-11. Private admonishments - The commission on judicial performance may privately admonish a justice...

§ 9-19-13. Disqualification of judge during pendency of proceedings - Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-3-36(7), on recommendation of...

§ 9-19-15. Retirement or disability of judge - A justice or judge retired by the supreme court or...

§ 9-19-17. Removed judge as ineligible for judicial office; suspension from practice of law - A justice or judge removed by the supreme court or...

§ 9-19-19. Secrecy of proceedings before commission - All commission members, staff, witnesses or any other person privy...

§ 9-19-23. Rules and regulations - The commission on judicial performance shall make rules implementing this...

§ 9-19-25. Receipt and expenditure of funds - The commission is authorized and empowered to receive and expend...

§ 9-19-27. Annual report - The commission shall publish an annual statistical report which shall...

§ 9-19-29. Privileged character of complaints; immunity from civil suit - All complaints filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter...

§ 9-19-31. Judicial Performance Fund created; purpose; distribution of monies from fund; fund to be a continuing fund; components of fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special interest-bearing...

Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts

Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts

§ 9-21-1. Administrative Office of Courts established; purpose; "court" defined - The Administrative Office of Courts is hereby created. The purpose...

§ 9-21-5. Administrative Director - The Administrative Director shall be appointed by and shall serve...

§ 9-21-7. Director authorized to hire assistants and employees - The Administrative Director, with the approval of the Supreme Court,...

§ 9-21-9. Duties and authority of Director - The Administrative Director of Courts shall have the following duties...

§ 9-21-15. Director authorized to employ consultants and consultant firms - The Administrative Director of Courts is authorized and empowered to...

§ 9-21-17. Director, and Supreme Court, authorized to use services of any member of court and court-supportive personnel - The Administrative Director of Courts and the Supreme Court are...

§ 9-21-19. Judges, clerks and other employees of court to comply with Director's requests for information - All judges, clerks of court, and other officers or employees...

Studies of Administrative Office of Courts

§ 9-21-51. Study of storage of court and court-related records; promulgation of rules and regulations for electronic filing and storage of court records - The Administrative Office of Courts shall assist any court or...

Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts

§ 9-21-71. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...

§ 9-21-75. Compensation - The court may appoint either an interpreter who is paid...

§ 9-21-77. Oath, confidentiality and public comment - INTERPRETER'S OATH "Doyou solemnly swear or affirm that you will...

§ 9-21-79. Determination of need for an interpreter - The fact that a person for whom English is a...

Guardian Ad Litem Transparency and Oversight Panel -

Chapter 23 - Intervention Courts

§ 9-23-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-23-5. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and...

§ 9-23-7. Administrative Office of Courts to certify and monitor intervention courts - The Administrative Office of Courts shall be responsible for certification...

§ 9-23-11. Uniform certification process for intervention and certain other courts; minimum standards for intervention court operation; collection and reporting of certain data - 1. Total number of participants; 2. Total number of successful...

§ 9-23-17. Authority of Administrative Office of Courts - With regard to any intervention court, the Administrative Office of...

§ 9-23-21. Immunity for intervention court staff - The director and members of the professional and administrative staff...

§ 9-23-23. Successful completion of intervention court requirements may result in expunction of criminal record - If the participant completes all requirements imposed upon him by...

§ 9-23-51. Drug Court Fund created; purpose; distribution of monies from fund; fund to be a continuing fund; components of fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special interest-bearing...

Chapter 25 - Veterans Treatment Courts -

Chapter 27 - Rivers McGraw Mental Health Diversion Program Act

§ 9-27-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-27-5. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and...

§ 9-27-17. Immunity for mental health court staff - The director and members of the professional and administrative staff...

§ 9-27-19. Successful completion of requirements imposed by mental health court may result in dismissal of charge and prosecution or expunction of criminal record - If the participant completes all requirements imposed upon him by...

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