9 chapters · 134 sections in this title.
AS 22.20.010 Judicial officer defined.
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The term “judicial officer” means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district judge, and a magistrate.
AS 22.20.020 Disqualification of judicial officer for cause.
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(a) A judicial officer may not act in a matter in which (1) the judicial officer is a party; (2) the judicial officer is related to a party or a party's attorney by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree; (3) the judicial officer is a material witness; (4) the judicial…
AS 22.20.022 Peremptory disqualification of a judge.
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(a) If a party or a party's attorney in a district court action or a superior court action, civil or criminal, files an affidavit alleging under oath the belief that a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained, the presiding district court or superior court judge, respectively,…
AS 22.20.030 Powers of judicial officers.
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A judicial officer may (1) preserve and enforce order in the immediate presence of the court and in the proceedings before the court, when engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law on the judicial officer; (2) compel obedience to the lawful orders of the court, as provi…