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AL Code § 12-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-15 - Benefits to Which Judges, Officers, Employees, etc., of Judicial Branch of Government Entitled; Uniformity of Treatment as to Benefits, etc., of Supernumerary Justices and Judges and Retired Justices and Judges; Failure by Justice or Judge to Apply for Supernumerary or Retirement Benefits at Time of Leaving Active State Service Not to Forfeit Entitlement to Rights.

Section 12-1-15Benefits to which judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government entitled; uniformity of treatment as to benefits, etc., of supernumerary justices and judges and retired justices and judges; failure by justice or judge to apply for supernumerary or retirement benefits at time of leaving active state service not to forfeit entitlement to rights. (a) Any justice, judge, officer, official or employee of the judicial branch of government, including retired and supernumerary justices, judges or employees, other than probate and municipal court judges and employees, shall be entitled to any and all employee benefits to which other state employees, officers or officials on active duty status are entitled, including, but not limited to, group hospital, medical and surgical insurance, regardless of whether such officer, official or employee is receiving his compensation from grant funds or otherwise. (b) All supernumerary justices and judges and retired justices and judges shall fall within the retirement category and there shall be no differences between the same in regard to social security, tax benefits or advantages and employee benefits, and uniformity of treatment shall be given and accorded unless statutes specifically otherwise provide. (c) Any justice or judge who is eligible or who will become eligible in the future for supernumerary benefits or retirement benefits shall not forfeit any right by failing to apply for such status at the time that he left or leaves active state service but shall be entitled to all such rights whenever he applies for the same. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-107.)
AL Code § 12-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-16 - Voluntary Diminution of Compensation, Benefits, etc., by Judges, Officers, Employees, etc., of Judicial Branch of Government.

Section 12-1-16Voluntary diminution of compensation, benefits, etc., by judges, officers, employees, etc., of judicial branch of government. It shall be lawful for any justice, judge, official, officer or employee of the judicial branch of government, including any retired or supernumerary justice, judge, officer, official or employee, to voluntarily diminish the compensation, salary, retirement benefits or any other benefits of monetary value fixed by law to which he is entitled, from time to time, to such extent as he may desire, on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Office of Courts; provided, that this provision shall not prevent such justice, judge, officer, official or employee from drawing his travel expenses or allowances, provided he is performing duties or engaging in activities in behalf of the judicial system of Alabama. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-107.)
AL Code § 12-1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-17 - Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Judges, Officers, etc., of Appellate Courts Attending Judicial Colleges, Seminars, Etc.

Section 12-1-17Reimbursement of travel expenses of judges, officers, etc., of appellate courts attending judicial colleges, seminars, etc. The justices, judges, officers, officials and employees of the appellate courts shall be entitled to be reimbursed their actual expenses of travel, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, meals, lodging, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees, when attending judicial colleges, seminars, conferences, conventions, meetings and court functions in or outside the State of Alabama, without regard to any limitation or requirement contained in Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36, in accordance with the approval of the Chief Justice. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-104.)
AL Code § 12-1-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-18 - Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Circuit Judges, District Court Judges, Municipal Judges, Court-Supportive Personnel, etc.; Effect of Failure to Attend Educational Conference, Seminar, etc., When Attendance Ordered.

Section 12-1-18Reimbursement of travel expenses of circuit judges, district court judges, municipal judges, court-supportive personnel, etc.; effect of failure to attend educational conference, seminar, etc., when attendance ordered. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to reimbursement of traveling expenses of public officers and employees, all circuit judges, district court judges and court-supportive personnel, including, but not limited to, referees, clerks, registers, official court reporters, special roving court reporters, special court reporters, bailiffs, magistrates of district courts and employees of clerks' offices and registers' offices, shall be entitled to be reimbursed their necessary and reasonable expenses of travel, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, meals, lodging, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees, whenever traveling on official business from the town or city of their office to other locations, regardless of whether said location is located within or outside their circuits or districts or whenever ordered by the Chief Justice to attend a conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting. (b) Whenever attendance at such an educational conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting is ordered, nonattendance may be considered a neglect of an official duty, unless excused in advance by the Administrative Director of Courts, the Court Administrator or Chief Justice. (c) Whenever any municipal, probate or trial court judge, including any retired or supernumerary municipal, probate or trial court judge, is assigned by the Chief Justice for temporary service in any court or when requested to attend any conference, seminar, college, institute or other educational meeting by the Administrative Director of Courts, such director is authorized to pay the actual and reasonable expenses of travel of such judge, including, but not limited to, transportation costs, lodging, meals, registration fees, tuition fees and membership fees. (d) Such judges, officials and employees shall submit their claims for reimbursement of travel expenses to the Administrative Office of Courts on forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Administrative Director of Courts. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-108.)
AL Code § 12-1-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-19 - Monthly Reports of Clerks of Circuit, District and Municipal Courts as to Fines, Fees, etc., Collected.

Section 12-1-19Monthly reports of clerks of circuit, district and municipal courts as to fines, fees, etc., collected. The clerks of the circuit courts and the clerks of the district and municipal courts in this state shall each prepare a monthly report on a form to be approved by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts showing by totals the amount of fines, trial tax, district attorney fees and other fees that accrue to benefit of the state, county or municipality that were collected the preceding month. The report forms shall be prepared in triplicate. The original copy shall be furnished the State Comptroller, the duplicate copy shall be furnished the county commission, and the triplicate copy shall be retained in the office of the clerk. All laws or parts of laws and all rules or regulations requiring reports with a detailed itemization of collections by cases are hereby repealed to the extent that they conflict with this section; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall relieve the clerks from maintaining a cashbook containing detailed entries and making detailed reports as required by the Department of Public Safety and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1963, No. 569, p. 1191.)
AL Code § 12-1-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-20 - Appellate Courts, Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management Authorized to Contract With Counties, Municipalities, etc., for Offices and Other Physical Facilities for Courts.

Section 12-1-20Appellate courts, Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management authorized to contract with counties, municipalities, etc., for offices and other physical facilities for courts. The appellate courts, the Administrative Office of Courts and the Department of Court Management are authorized and empowered to contract with county commissions, municipalities, private individuals, corporations or entities for offices and other physical facilities at locations outside the seat of government, as well as in Montgomery, to be used for the hearing of cases and court needs, as well as office needs of justices, judges and court-related personnel. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §6-103.)
AL Code § 12-1-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-21 - Salaries of Court Personnel, Etc.

Section 12-1-21Salaries of court personnel, etc. Salaries or compensation of court personnel and any other persons paid by or by authority of the judicial department of the State of Alabama, whose salary, including any local supplement thereto, is set by statute, shall be paid in accordance with such statute, as shown in the journal of salaries and compensation prepared pursuant to Section 36-6-9. Nothing contained in this code or such journal of salaries and compensation shall be construed to amend or repeal any salary or compensation established by the State Judicial Compensation Commission, nor to amend or repeal any authority of the State Judicial Compensation Commission to establish salaries, compensation or expense allowances of any person. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
AL Code § 12-1-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-22 - Certain Statutes Relative to Judicial Circuits and Court Personnel Continued in Effect.

Section 12-1-22Certain statutes relative to judicial circuits and court personnel continued in effect. The adoption of this code shall not repeal or amend any statute in effect on the effective date of this code which is applicable only with respect to one or more judicial circuits of the state, whether such judicial circuits are identified by specific reference thereto, on the basis of population or by any other method of identification or classification; nor shall the adoption of this code be deemed to repeal any general law, general law of local application or local law in effect on the effective date of this code relating to the appointment, election, number, duties, term of office, removal or compensation of any court personnel. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
AL Code § 12-1-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-23 - Reasonable Accommodation for Those in Need of Special Services, Etc.

Section 12-1-23Reasonable accommodation for those in need of special services, etc.  (a) If any plaintiff, defendant, or witness in any proceeding before the district court, circuit court, appellate court, or grand jury is in need of special services or equipment as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act [P.L. 101-366], the court shall make every effort to make reasonable accommodation for the services or equipment to allow the person to fully participate in the proceedings. All costs for the services or equipment shall be approved in advance by the court.  (b) The costs incurred by the district, circuit, or appellate court providing special services or equipment, when approved by the court in advance, shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the State Comptroller to be paid out of funds within the State General Fund known as "court assessed costs not provided for." Nothing in this section shall prohibit the court from taxing the costs against one or more of the parties for immediate payment or from requiring reimbursement to the state at a later date, if not otherwise prohibited by law. (Act 2000-277, p. 441, §2.)
AL Code § 12-1-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-1-24 - Pretrial Hearings in Certain Cases to Be Conducted by Audio-Video Communications.

Section 12-1-24Pretrial hearings in certain cases to be conducted by audio-video communications. (a) The presiding judge of each judicial circuit may authorize pretrial motion hearings in civil and criminal matters in the circuit courts, district courts, and probate courts to be conducted by telephone conferencing or other audio-video telecommunications means. The presiding judge shall develop and publish procedures for the conduct of the civil and criminal hearings in the circuit courts, districts courts, and probate courts in his or her judicial circuit. (b) The telephone or audio-video telecommunications device used in the hearing shall enable the judge and all parties to converse simultaneously with each other. (Act 2012-499, p. 1470, §1.)
AL Code § 12-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-1 - Courts Created; Composition; Qualifications of Judges.

Section 12-3-1Courts created; composition; qualifications of judges. A Court of Criminal Appeals and a Court of Civil Appeals, each composed of five judges, possessing the qualifications of the Supreme Court justices, including, but not limited to, the qualifications provided in subsection (b) of Section 12-2-1, are hereby created and established. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-346, p. 536, §4; Act 2009-562, p. 1632, §1.)
AL Code § 12-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-2 - Election and Term of Judges of Court of Criminal Appeals; Designation of Panels of Judges to Decide Cases.

Section 12-3-2Election and term of judges of Court of Criminal Appeals; designation of panels of judges to decide cases. (a) The offices of the three judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals that were filled in the general election of 1970 pursuant to Act No. 987 of the 1969 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be filled by election from the state at large in the general election held each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of such office may thereafter occur pursuant to the Constitution. (b) The offices of the two judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals that were filled in the general election of 1972 pursuant to Act No. 75 of the 1971 Third Special Session of the Legislature shall be filled by election from the state at large in the general election held each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of such office may thereafter occur pursuant to the Constitution. (c) The presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals may from time to time designate panels of three judges to decide cases submitted to said court; provided, that the concurrence of three of the five judges shall be required for each decision. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §21; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 75, p. 4283.)
AL Code § 12-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-3 - Election and Term of Judges of Court of Civil Appeals.

Section 12-3-3Election and term of judges of Court of Civil Appeals. (a) The offices of the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals that were filled at the general election in 1972 for terms of two, four and six years pursuant to Act No. 987 of the 1969 Regular Session of the Legislature shall, at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of said respective terms, be filled by election from the state at large for terms of six years, and shall likewise be filled by election from the state at large each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of each such office may thereafter occur pursuant to the Constitution. (b) In the event the number of judges on the court is increased to more than three, unless otherwise provided by the act increasing the number of judges, the Governor shall make appointments of the additional judges so that, as nearly as may be, one third of the members of such court shall be elected each second year. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §22.)
AL Code § 12-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-4 - Presiding Judges.

Section 12-3-4Presiding judges. (a) The presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be elected by the members of such court for a term to be set by such court, in no event for a longer time than the term for which such judge is chosen. (b) The presiding judge of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be the judge of such court who has served the longest period of time as judge of such court. In cases of equal seniority, the presiding judge shall be chosen as follows: (1) If more than one judge was elected at the same election, the presiding judge shall be elected by lot from the judges who are so situated, and shall serve as presiding judge for the term which he is then filling as a judge of such court. (2) If more than one judge was appointed by the Governor at the same time, their seniority shall be governed by the order in which their names appear on the list of appointees submitted by the Governor to the Secretary of State. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §§21, 22; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 75, p. 4283.)
AL Code § 12-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-5 - Residency of Judges.

Section 12-3-5Residency of judges. The judges of the courts may reside anywhere within this state. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §20; Act 2013-375, p. 1377, §1.)
AL Code § 12-3-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-6 - Salaries of Judges.

Section 12-3-6Salaries of judges. The salary of each judge on each court of appeals shall be such amount as shall be fixed by law, which shall be paid as the salaries of other state officers are paid. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §19; Acts 1973, No. 1245, p. 2093, §2.)
AL Code § 12-3-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-7 - Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, etc., of Supernumerary Judges of Courts of Appeals.

Section 12-3-7Continuation of laws concerning duties, benefits, etc., of supernumerary judges of courts of appeals. All laws dealing with the eligibility of judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals to assume duties and obligations, and to claim and receive benefits, as supernumerary judges are, as to all persons who were eligible to assume such duties and obligations and claim and receive such benefits as of September 18, 1973, continued in full force and effect, and shall not be repealed by the adoption of this code. But at such time as all persons who became vested with eligibility, either present or prospective, to assume duties and responsibilities, and to claim and receive benefits, as, or in the case of surviving spouses, on account of, supernumerary judges as of September 18, 1973, are deceased, all such laws shall thereupon be repealed. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
AL Code § 12-3-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-8 - Powers of Judges as to Issuance of Writs of Certiorari, Granting of Injunctions, Etc.

Section 12-3-8Powers of judges as to issuance of writs of certiorari, granting of injunctions, etc. The judges of said courts shall each have authority to issue writs of certiorari and to grant orders for stays of judgments or orders to all inferior courts and injunctions, subject to the limitations prescribed by law. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §6.)
AL Code § 12-3-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-9 - Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeals.

Section 12-3-9Appellate jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeals. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all misdemeanors, including the violation of town and city ordinances, habeas corpus and all felonies, including all post conviction writs in criminal cases. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §2.)
AL Code § 12-3-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-10 - Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Civil Appeals.

Section 12-3-10Appellate jurisdiction of Court of Civil Appeals. The Court of Civil Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all civil cases where the amount involved, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $50,000, all appeals from administrative agencies other than the Alabama Public Service Commission, all appeals in workers' compensation cases, all appeals in domestic relations cases, including annulment, divorce, adoption, and child custody cases and all extraordinary writs arising from appeals in said cases. Where there is a recovery in the court below of any amount other than costs, the amount of such recovery shall be deemed to be the amount involved; otherwise, the amount claimed shall be deemed to be the amount involved; except, that in actions of detinue the alternate value of the property as found by the court or jury shall be deemed to be the amount involved. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-346, p. 536, §5.)
AL Code § 12-3-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-11 - Original Jurisdiction of Courts of Appeals; Powers of Courts as to Issuance of Remedial and Original Writs and Punishment for Contempt.

Section 12-3-11Original jurisdiction of courts of appeals; powers of courts as to issuance of remedial and original writs and punishment for contempt. Each of the courts of appeals shall have and exercise original jurisdiction in the issuance and determination of writs of quo warranto and mandamus in relation to matters in which said court has appellate jurisdiction. Each court shall have authority to grant injunctions and issue writs of habeas corpus and such other remedial and original writs as are necessary to give it a general superintendence and control of jurisdiction inferior to it and in matters over which it has exclusive appellate jurisdiction and to punish for contempts by the infliction of a fine not exceeding $100.00 and imprisonment not exceeding 10 days, or both, and to exercise such other powers as may be given to such court by law. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §4.)
AL Code § 12-3-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-12 - Regular Term of Courts.

Section 12-3-12Regular term of courts. The regular term of the courts of appeals shall be the same as that of the Supreme Court, but the court may, in its discretion, adjourn from time to time. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §14.)
AL Code § 12-3-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 3 - Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals.|Section 12-3-13 - Quarters.

Section 12-3-13Quarters. Suitable and adequate quarters for the holding of the sessions of the courts and for the use of the judges and other officers of the court shall be provided. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §8.)