Title 12

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…

(a) There is hereby created and established a continuing fund to be known as the Judicial Retirement Fund. (b) The fund shall be made up from contributions from justices of the Supreme Court, supernumerary justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge…

(a) The retirement benefit payable to a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of one of the courts of appeals retiring pursuant to Section 12-18-6(a)(2), (3), (4), or (5) shall be 75 percent of the salary prescribed by law for the position from which he or she retires, payable mo…

Any judge of a circuit court holding office on September 18, 1973 who is entitled to credit for prior service toward earning supernumerary status in a position other than as a circuit judge shall be entitled to have all such service credited toward retirement status under this ar…

Should there hereafter be created a different or additional state judicial office, for which officeholders receive compensation from the State Treasury, then the provisions of this article shall be applicable to such state judicial officeholders; provided, however, that if the di…

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not inconsistent herewith. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §13.)

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama is authorized to implement any new accounting procedures, funds, or administrative changes and to provide for the payment of benefits to members or beneficiaries of the retirement fund as may be necessary to ensu…

(a) The Judicial Retirement Fund shall be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the State Employees’ Retirement System under the supervision of the Board of Control of the said State Employees’ Retirement System, and said board of control shall be the trustee of such fund an…

The Legislature from time to time shall appropriate sufficient moneys out of the General Fund of the State Treasury to sufficiently provide for the provisions of this chapter. The amount paid from the General Fund into the Judicial Retirement Fund annually shall not be less than …

Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge of one of the courts of appeals or judge of a circuit court of the state who meets the requirements for retirement prescribed in this article shall be entitled to be retired and to receive a pension as hereinafter provided. Such retiremen…

(a) Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and judge of the circuit court of the state holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right of election to come under this article. Each justice or judg…

(a) The Chief Justice or any associate justice of the Supreme Court, any judge of the Court of Civil Appeals or any judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals serving on September 18, 1973, who elects to become a member of the retirement system hereby established, and any such justic…

(a) Any justice of the Supreme Court or any judge of one of the courts of appeals or of a circuit court of the state who desires to be retired pursuant to this article shall file a written declaration relative to his intention to elect such retirement with the Chief Justice of th…

(a) Any justice or judge holding office as a member of the Supreme Court, a court of appeals or of a circuit court on September 18, 1973, who has paid contributions into the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, shall be entitled to have such contributions transferred from the…

Any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of one of the courts of appeals or any circuit court judge holding office on or before June 1,1976, who has time of service as a full-time state prosecutor or assistant state prosecutor in any circuit of the state, or who had time of serv…

(a) Any circuit judge who is an active and contributing member of the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama and has been such a member since February 1, 1977, and who has had full-time service as an administrative assistant and/or an executive assistant in the executive department …

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, any judge who is currently a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund or who becomes a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund at a future date, who had previously withdrawn his or her funds from the Judicial Retirement Fund or w…

Whenever a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of one of the courts of appeals or judge of a circuit court of the state retires pursuant to this article the office then held by him shall become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by Constitutional Amendment No. …

Any former justice of the Supreme Court or judge of any of the several circuit courts of this state who became a supernumerary justice or judge under the applicable laws of this state prior to September 18, 1973, may elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter…

A supernumerary justice of the Supreme Court who desires that his spouse receive after his death the benefits provided in subsection (c) of Section 12-18-10 must, at the time of the filing of the instrument showing his election to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this ch…

A supernumerary judge of a circuit court who desires that his spouse receive, after his death, the benefits provided in subsection (c) of Section 12-18-10 must, at the time of the filing of the instrument showing his election to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chap…

The surviving spouse of any justice or judge, active or supernumerary, who died at any time before the expiration of one year from October 1, 1976, is authorized to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter and obtain the benefits thereof for spouses. Such e…

The provisions of this article shall become effective on October 1, 1976. No contributions shall be paid, no elections shall be made and no benefits shall accrue under the provisions of this article until October 1,1976. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §18-103.)

On or after July 30, 1979, any person assuming office for the first time as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of a court of appeals or a circuit judge, shall receive and be entitled to all retirement benefits prescribed in Title 12, Chapter 18, Articles 1 and 2, except as fol…

Any person with service as a judge of a district court who assumes the office of circuit judge or as a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of a court of appeals shall be entitled to receive creditable service for such time served as judge of a district or county court for inclu…

Every district judge who meets the requirements for retirement prescribed in this article shall be entitled to be retired and to receive a pension as provided in this article. Such retirement shall be on order of the Board of Control of the Judicial Retirement Fund and upon the r…

(a) Each judge of a county court or full-time municipal court judge entitled to receive a commission as a district judge pursuant to the Constitution shall have a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accord with the provisions of this articl…

After January 16, 1977, each district judge who comes under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter by election or by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial Retirement Fund annually, payable in equal monthly installments, four and one-half percent of his annual com…

When a district judge elects to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, all money paid by the county or municipality into a retirement fund for the benefit of such judge shall immediately be paid into the Judicial Retirement Fund on account of the judge electing t…

Should the service of a district judge be terminated prior to the time said judge is entitled to receive retirement benefits under this article, such judge shall have the right to elect to withdraw from the Judicial Retirement Fund and to have refunded his contributions to the Ju…

(a) Any district judge shall be eligible for retirement and may elect to be retired pursuant to this article if he: (1) Has served as much as five years as a district judge or judge of a county court immediately prior to retirement and has become permanently, physically, or menta…

Any judge of the state who desires to be retired pursuant to this article shall file a written notice of election to retire with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who, upon finding the existence of the conditions prerequisite to such retirement, shall endorse his findings t…

When a district judge retires pursuant to this article, the office then held by him shall become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by the Constitution. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-126.)

The annual retirement benefit payable to a judge retiring pursuant to subdivisions (2) through (5) of subsection (a) of Section 12-18-55 shall be 75 percent of the salary payable by the state to district judges on the date such judge retires. Retired district judges shall also be…

The provisions of Sections 12-18-55 and 12-18-58 shall only apply to those district judges retiring on or after October 1, 1986. Any district judge who retired prior to October 1, 1986, shall be entitled to the benefits provided by law on the date of retirement, and shall also be…

Any judge retiring pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 12-18-55 who has served for 10 years shall be entitled to a disability benefit allowance payable monthly from the Judicial Retirement Fund equal to 75 percent of the salary payable to the state for the po…

After the death of any district judge, who, while serving as an intermediate court judge or as a district judge, has contributed or paid into a county retirement system or to a state retirement system for a minimum of five years, his spouse shall receive a yearly benefit from the…

The provisions of Section 12-18-60 shall be applicable to all persons now receiving district judge’s spousal benefits or who may be entitled to such benefits prior to April 7, 1988. (Acts 1988, No. 88-164, p. 264, §5.)

(a) Any district judge who has retired pursuant to this article or Article 7, on the request of the presiding circuit judge of the applicable judicial circuit and with the approval of the Chief Justice, may be called to interim active duty status in any circuit or district court,…

Every probate judge who meets the requirements for retirement prescribed in this article shall be entitled to be retired and to receive a pension as provided in this article. Such retirement shall be on order of the Board of Control of the Judicial Retirement Fund or on an order …

Each probate judge holding office in the several counties of Alabama on or after December 27, 1973, and prior to October 1, 1976, shall have a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accordance with the provisions of this article. Each such pro…

(a) Judges on fees. After October 1, 1976, each probate judge compensated by fees who elects to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter or who comes under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial Retirement Fu…