Title 12

(a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of such administrative agency, subject to the administrative direction of the clerk of the district court. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position. …

The Supreme Court shall provide rules of administration for such administrative agency, including the bonding of all officials who will be handling money. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §4-106.)

In the event that there exists within the State of Alabama a judge of a court inferior to the circuit court in any county, municipal judges excluded, who is not qualified under the provisions of Amendment 328 to the Constitution of Alabama to continue to be a judge and whose judg…

If there exists within the State of Alabama judges or former judges of a court inferior to the circuit court in any county, municipal judges excluded, who, elected to become a magistrate under Section 4-106(g)(4) of Act No. 1205, S. 400, 1975 Regular Session (Acts of 1975, p. 238…

Any former magistrate who is qualified to become a supernumerary magistrate under any of the provisions of this article may elect to become a supernumerary magistrate of the district court of the county in which said magistrate served as such official at any time within one year …

Every such supernumerary magistrate shall serve for life and receive in equal monthly installments on the first of each month an annual salary to be paid by the state in an amount equal to 50 percent of the salary paid from time to time to supernumerary district attorneys under A…

A former magistrate electing to come under the provisions of this article shall notify the Administrative Director of Courts in writing of his intention to become a supernumerary magistrate. He must also pay to the State General Fund an amount equal to six percent of the salary e…

Prior service credit may be obtained by any former magistrate who is entitled to take advantage of this article for years served in his individual capacity as magistrate or judge of any inferior court, municipal judges excluded, by contributing an amount equal to six percent of h…

In the event of the death of any supernumerary magistrate in whose favor a monthly retirement allowance is accruing, his spouse shall be entitled to a monthly allowance equal to 50 per centum of the retirement allowance the supernumerary magistrate was receiving when he died, as …

Each of the judges of the circuit courts of this state shall appoint a competent person to perform the duties of official court reporter of the courts in the circuit over which said judge presides. No two or more judges shall appoint the same court reporter. The official court re…

Positions for court reporters existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as provided by law. Additional positions for court reporters in the circuit and district court may be authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit judges. (A…

Special roving reporters may be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Administrative Director of Courts on either a part-time or full-time basis and shall perform duties at places and in such manner as prescribed by the Administrative Director of Courts. The rate of compensa…

Before any official court reporter, special reporter or roving reporter shall enter upon the duties of his office, he must subscribe to an oath to support the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama and to faithfully perform all the duties of such office. (Acts 1919, No. 30…

(a) An official court reporter shall be paid a salary by the state in an amount as shall be established by law, to be paid as other state employees are paid. (b)(1) In addition to the salary paid by the state, each official court reporter shall be paid a salary by the counties co…

The official court reporter shall attend in person, except as otherwise herein provided, the sessions of court held in the circuit for which he is appointed, and in every case, where directed by the judge or requested by a party thereto, he shall take full stenographic notes of t…

Notwithstanding any statutes existing on October 10, 1975, which prescribe fees to be paid to court reporters for producing transcripts of their stenographic notes, the amounts of these fees may be fixed and adjusted by the Supreme Court at such times as it shall determine. (Acts…

In all cases reported by an official court reporter or special reporter, there shall be taxed, as part of the costs of the case, a fee of $5.00 for each day or fraction thereof that such reporter shall be engaged in reporting a case, to be collected as costs as in other cases and…

While in service as an official circuit court reporter of the State of Alabama, any such reporter who is not a participating member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama: (1) Who has a minimum of 12 years as a reporter of any probate court having equity jurisdiction or a…

Such supernumerary circuit court reporter shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution for judicial officers and shall have and exercise all the duties, power and authority of official circuit court reporters of the circuit courts of Alabama and shall, upon reques…

(a) Every supernumerary court reporter shall serve for life and receive annually a salary equal to 50 percent of the state salary payable to the highest paid official court reporter, unless the salary paid to the highest paid official court reporter becomes less than the salary o…

There is appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sum or sums as may be necessary to pay the salaries of supernumerary circuit court reporters provided for and commissioned under this division. (Acts 1961, No. 817, p. 1204, §5.)

Positions for bailiffs existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as provided by law. Additional positions for bailiffs in the circuit and district court may be authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit judges. Bailiffs, when a…

The number of bailiffs and the rate of compensation for each bailiff shall be established and fixed by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of the presiding circuit judge. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28; Acts 1978, No. 821, p. 1207, §4.)

(a) The Administrative Director of Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any judicial circuit on either a full-time or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request by the presiding circuit court judge and upon consideration of funding and the number of c…

(a) Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems. Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems in those circuits having 15 or more circuit judges, serving the courts on October 10, 1975, shall be subject to…

(a) Positions authorized and existing on June 1, 1975. Each circuit clerk who is authorized the position of confidential or private secretary as of June 1, 1975, shall be entitled to keep such position. Such confidential secretary shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of t…