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CHAPTER 27-05DISTRICT COURTS27-05-00.1. County courts abolished - Election of additional district court judges -Case file transition - Budget and property considerations.1.Following the completion on January 1, 1995, of the terms of the judges of all county<br>courts, the county court and office of judge of the county court in each county are<br>abolished.2.District court judgeships are established on January 2, 1995, in number equal to the<br>number of county judges serving the county courts on January 1, 1991, or the<br>number of county judges serving the county courts on January 1, 1994, whichever is<br>the lesser number.The district court judgeships established pursuant to thissubsection must be filled by election at the general election in 1994. All statutes<br>relating to the district court apply to the district court judgeships established pursuant<br>to this subsection, except as otherwise provided by this section.3.The supreme court shall designate by rule, prior to January 1, 1994, the judicial<br>district for each additional district court judgeship established pursuant to<br>subsection 2. The judicial district designated by the supreme court for each district<br>court judgeship established pursuant to subsection 2 is the area of election for that<br>office at the general election in 1994. The supreme court shall designate, prior to<br>January 1, 1994, staggered terms for each district court judgeship established<br>pursuant to subsection 2 in a manner that results in approximately one-third of those<br>offices with initial terms of two years, one-third with initial terms of four years, and<br>one-third with initial terms of six years. Any judge elected pursuant to subsection 2<br>shall take office on January 2, 1995, and shall hold office until completion of the<br>designated initial term or until a successor is elected and has qualified. Subsequent<br>to these initial terms, a judge elected to a judgeship established by subsection 2<br>shall hold office for the term provided in section 27-05-02.4.All case files, untried cases, or any other unfinished business of each county court<br>abolished pursuant to subsection 1 must be considered case files, untried cases,<br>and other unfinished business of the district court of the judicial district in which that<br>county is located.5.Beginning in 1992, the budget for the district courts submitted to the legislative<br>assembly pursuant to section 27-01-01.1 and to the director of the budget for<br>informational purposes pursuant to section 54-44.1-13 must include all salaries and<br>expenses for the district court judgeships established pursuant to subsection 2. Any<br>equipment, furnishings, and law libraries in the control and custody of the county<br>courts on January 1, 1991, and any property acquired by county courts from that<br>date until January 1, 1995, must be transferred on January 2, 1995, to the custody<br>and control of the district court of the county in which each county court is located<br>until the state court administrator determines that these items are no longer needed<br>by the district court. Upon that determination, custody and control of the property<br>must revert to the county.27-05-01. Judicial districts - Number of judges. The judicial districts in this state andthe number of judges in each of the judicial districts are as designated by rule of the supreme<br>court.27-05-02. Election and term of office of district judges. There must be elected ineach judicial district of this state the number of judges for such district provided for by law. Any<br>judge so elected shall hold office for six years or until that judge's successor is elected and has<br>qualified.Page No. 127-05-02.1. Vacancy in office of district judge - Transfer of judgeships - Hearing.1.Notwithstanding section 44-02-03, when a vacancy occurs in the office of district<br>court judge, the supreme court shall determine, within ninety days of receiving notice<br>of the vacancy from the governor and in consultation with the judges and attorneys<br>in the affected judicial district, whether that office is necessary for effective judicial<br>administration or whether the district judgeship may be transferred to another<br>location to fulfill a need for judicial services. The supreme court may, consistent with<br>that determination, order that:a.The vacancy be filled in the manner provided pursuant to chapter 27-25; orb.The vacant office be transferred to a judicial district in which an additional judge<br>is necessary for effective judicial administration, and that the vacancy be filled<br>in the manner provided pursuant to chapter 27-25 with respect to that judicial<br>district.2.For purposes of subsection 1, a vacancy is also only deemed to have occurred in<br>the office of district judge if the judge in the affected office declares the intention not<br>to seek reelection or if a judge fails to timely file a petition for candidacy with the<br>secretary of state pursuant to section 16.1-11-06.The secretary of state shallimmediately notify the supreme court if a judge fails to timely file a petition. The<br>supreme court may establish by rule procedures for providing notice of the intention<br>not to seek reelection. The supreme court, within ninety days of receiving notice of a<br>judge's intention not to seek reelection or within twenty-one days of receiving notice<br>that a judge has failed to timely file a petition for candidacy, shall determine whether<br>the office is necessary for effective judicial administration. The supreme court shall<br>consult with the judges and attorneys of the affected judicial district in making the<br>determination. The supreme court, consistent with that determination, may order<br>any disposition available under subsection 1. The supreme court shall notify the<br>secretary of state of its determination.3.The supreme court may transfer a district judgeship to any location in which a judge<br>is necessary for effective judicial administration.4.The supreme court shall notify the governor of its determinations made pursuant to<br>this section.27-05-03. Salaries and expenses of district judges. The annual salary of each districtjudge is one hundred thirteen thousand six hundred forty-eight dollars through June 30, 2010,<br>and one hundred nineteen thousand three hundred thirty dollars thereafter. Each district judge is<br>entitled to travel expenses, including mileage and subsistence while engaged in the discharge of<br>official duties outside the city in which the judge's chambers are located.The salary andexpenses are payable monthly in the manner provided by law. A presiding judge of a judicial<br>district is entitled to receive an additional three thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars per<br>annum through June 30, 2010, and three thousand four hundred forty-seven dollars thereafter.27-05-03.1. Retirement for mental or physical disability of supreme court judgesand district court judges. Whenever a judge of the supreme court or a judge of the district<br>court of this state who is not a member of the public employees retirement system becomes<br>unable, because of mental or physical disability, to perform the judicial duties of the office during<br>the remainder of the term for which that judge has been elected or appointed and makes a<br>written application to the chief justice or acting chief justice of the supreme court for retirement,<br>setting forth the nature and extent of such disability, the supreme court judges and the district<br>court judges shall make such investigation as they deem advisable. If two-thirds of the supreme<br>court judges and the district court judges thereby determine that disability exists and that the<br>performance of that judge's judicial duties is thereby substantially impaired and that the<br>impairment will not likely be remedied, the chief justice or acting chief justice, by written order to<br>be filed in the office of the secretary of state, shall thereupon direct the retirement of the judge.Page No. 2The order must specify the effective date of the retirement and thereby create a vacancy in the<br>office which must be filled by appointment as provided by law. A copy of the order must be<br>transmitted to the office of management and budget. If the disability renders the judge unable to<br>make or direct the making of the application, it may be made by a legally appointed guardian of<br>the judge.27-05-03.2.Judicial retirement salary payable to judge retired for mental orphysical disability. If a judge of the supreme court or a judge of the district court retires under<br>the provisions of section 27-05-03.1, the judge shall receive the compensation allotted to the<br>judge's office for the remainder of the judge's term and thereafter judicial retirement salary as<br>provided for in subsection 3 of section 27-17-01, regardless of the judge's age or years of service<br>at that time. The provisions of this section are applicable to those judges who retire pursuant to<br>section 27-05-03.1 after January 1, 1973.27-05-04.Expenses of district judges sitting with supreme court or in otherdistricts - Allowance - Payment. If a district judge is called to sit with the supreme court or is<br>acting in any district court outside of the district judge's judicial district, that judge, when so called<br>or so acting, is entitled to receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by that judge as a<br>result thereof.27-05-05. Presiding judge of district - How determined - Term of office. The districtand county judges in judicial districts of this state having more than one district judge shall elect<br>from among the district judges a presiding judge who shall serve for a period of three years<br>beginning January 1, 1992. A presiding judge in districts having more than one district judge<br>must be elected every three years. In the event of a vacancy, a presiding judge must be elected<br>in the manner provided in this section to serve the remainder of the term.27-05-06.Jurisdiction of district courts.The district courts of this state have thegeneral jurisdiction conferred upon the courts by the constitution, and in the exercise of that<br>jurisdiction the courts have power to issue all writs, process, and commissions provided therein<br>or by law or which may be necessary for the due execution of the powers with which the courts<br>are vested. The courts have:1.Common-law jurisdiction and authority within their respective judicial districts for the<br>redress of all wrongs committed against the laws of this state affecting persons or<br>property.2.Power to hear and determine all civil actions and proceedings.3.All the powers, according to the usages of courts of law and equity, necessary to the<br>full and complete jurisdiction of the causes and parties and the full and complete<br>administration of justice, and to carrying into effect the courts' judgments, orders,<br>and other determinations, subject to a reexamination by the supreme court as<br>provided by law.4.Jurisdiction of appeals from all final judgments of municipal judges and from the<br>determinations of inferior officers, boards, or tribunals, in the cases and pursuant to<br>the regulations as may be prescribed by law.5.Disputed property line proceedings pursuant to section 11-20-14.1.6.Power to hear and determine all actions and proceedings arising from the<br>enforcement of county home rule charter ordinances.27-05-07. Purposes for which district courts always open - When and where issuesof fact triable. Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 77.27-05-08. Chambers - Residence.Page No. 31.The locations of the chambers of the district judges in each of the respective districts<br>shall be as determined by rule of the supreme court.However, not more thanseventy percent of the chambers of the district judges may be located in cities with a<br>population of more than ten thousand.2.Each district judge shall reside within the district where the judge's chambers are<br>located, and, for the purposes of this section, the chief justice of the supreme court<br>shall designate the respective chambers within the district to which each district<br>judge is assigned.27-05-08.1.Terms of district court to be fixed by supreme court.Repealed byS.L. 1981, ch. 316,</div></article><aside class="right-sidebar"><div class="related-sidebar"><h3><span class="emoji">⚖️</span> State Laws</h3><ul class="state-laws-list"><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-alabama">The State Laws of Alabama</a></li><li><a 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County courts abolished - Election of additional district court judges -Case file transition - Budget and property considerations.1.Following the completion on January 1, 1995, of the terms of the judges of all county\u003cbr\u003ecourts, the county court and office of judge of the county court in each county are\u003cbr\u003eabolished.2.District court judgeships are established on January 2, 1995, in number equal to the\u003cbr\u003enumber of county judges serving the county courts on January 1, 1991, or the\u003cbr\u003enumber of county judges serving the county courts on January 1, 1994, whichever is\u003cbr\u003ethe lesser number.The district court judgeships established pursuant to thissubsection must be filled by election at the general election in 1994. All statutes\u003cbr\u003erelating to the district court apply to the district court judgeships established pursuant\u003cbr\u003eto this subsection, except as otherwise provided by this section.3.The supreme court shall designate by rule, prior to January 1, 1994, the judicial\u003cbr\u003edistrict for each additional district court judgeship established pursuant to\u003cbr\u003esubsection 2. The judicial district designated by the supreme court for each district\u003cbr\u003ecourt judgeship established pursuant to subsection 2 is the area of election for that\u003cbr\u003eoffice at the general election in 1994. The supreme court shall designate, prior to\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1, 1994, staggered terms for each district court judgeship established\u003cbr\u003epursuant to subsection 2 in a manner that results in approximately one-third of those\u003cbr\u003eoffices with initial terms of two years, one-third with initial terms of four years, and\u003cbr\u003eone-third with initial terms of six years. Any judge elected pursuant to subsection 2\u003cbr\u003eshall take office on January 2, 1995, and shall hold office until completion of the\u003cbr\u003edesignated initial term or until a successor is elected and has qualified. Subsequent\u003cbr\u003eto these initial terms, a judge elected to a judgeship established by subsection 2\u003cbr\u003eshall hold office for the term provided in section 27-05-02.4.All case files, untried cases, or any other unfinished business of each county court\u003cbr\u003eabolished pursuant to subsection 1 must be considered case files, untried cases,\u003cbr\u003eand other unfinished business of the district court of the judicial district in which that\u003cbr\u003ecounty is located.5.Beginning in 1992, the budget for the district courts submitted to the legislative\u003cbr\u003eassembly pursuant to section 27-01-01.1 and to the director of the budget for\u003cbr\u003einformational purposes pursuant to section 54-44.1-13 must include all salaries and\u003cbr\u003eexpenses for the district court judgeships established pursuant to subsection 2. Any\u003cbr\u003eequipment, furnishings, and law libraries in the control and custody of the county\u003cbr\u003ecourts on January 1, 1991, and any property acquired by county courts from that\u003cbr\u003edate until January 1, 1995, must be transferred on January 2, 1995, to the custody\u003cbr\u003eand control of the district court of the county in which each county court is located\u003cbr\u003euntil the state court administrator determines that these items are no longer needed\u003cbr\u003eby the district court. Upon that determination, custody and control of the property\u003cbr\u003emust revert to the county.27-05-01. Judicial districts - Number of judges. The judicial districts in this state andthe number of judges in each of the judicial districts are as designated by rule of the supreme\u003cbr\u003ecourt.27-05-02. Election and term of office of district judges. There must be elected ineach judicial district of this state the number of judges for such district provided for by law. Any\u003cbr\u003ejudge so elected shall hold office for six years or until that judge's successor is elected and has\u003cbr\u003equalified.Page No. 127-05-02.1. Vacancy in office of district judge - Transfer of judgeships - Hearing.1.Notwithstanding section 44-02-03, when a vacancy occurs in the office of district\u003cbr\u003ecourt judge, the supreme court shall determine, within ninety days of receiving notice\u003cbr\u003eof the vacancy from the governor and in consultation with the judges and attorneys\u003cbr\u003ein the affected judicial district, whether that office is necessary for effective judicial\u003cbr\u003eadministration or whether the district judgeship may be transferred to another\u003cbr\u003elocation to fulfill a need for judicial services. The supreme court may, consistent with\u003cbr\u003ethat determination, order that:a.The vacancy be filled in the manner provided pursuant to chapter 27-25; orb.The vacant office be transferred to a judicial district in which an additional judge\u003cbr\u003eis necessary for effective judicial administration, and that the vacancy be filled\u003cbr\u003ein the manner provided pursuant to chapter 27-25 with respect to that judicial\u003cbr\u003edistrict.2.For purposes of subsection 1, a vacancy is also only deemed to have occurred in\u003cbr\u003ethe office of district judge if the judge in the affected office declares the intention not\u003cbr\u003eto seek reelection or if a judge fails to timely file a petition for candidacy with the\u003cbr\u003esecretary of state pursuant to section 16.1-11-06.The secretary of state shallimmediately notify the supreme court if a judge fails to timely file a petition. The\u003cbr\u003esupreme court may establish by rule procedures for providing notice of the intention\u003cbr\u003enot to seek reelection. The supreme court, within ninety days of receiving notice of a\u003cbr\u003ejudge's intention not to seek reelection or within twenty-one days of receiving notice\u003cbr\u003ethat a judge has failed to timely file a petition for candidacy, shall determine whether\u003cbr\u003ethe office is necessary for effective judicial administration. The supreme court shall\u003cbr\u003econsult with the judges and attorneys of the affected judicial district in making the\u003cbr\u003edetermination. The supreme court, consistent with that determination, may order\u003cbr\u003eany disposition available under subsection 1. The supreme court shall notify the\u003cbr\u003esecretary of state of its determination.3.The supreme court may transfer a district judgeship to any location in which a judge\u003cbr\u003eis necessary for effective judicial administration.4.The supreme court shall notify the governor of its determinations made pursuant to\u003cbr\u003ethis section.27-05-03. Salaries and expenses of district judges. The annual salary of each districtjudge is one hundred thirteen thousand six hundred forty-eight dollars through June 30, 2010,\u003cbr\u003eand one hundred nineteen thousand three hundred thirty dollars thereafter. Each district judge is\u003cbr\u003eentitled to travel expenses, including mileage and subsistence while engaged in the discharge of\u003cbr\u003eofficial duties outside the city in which the judge's chambers are located.The salary andexpenses are payable monthly in the manner provided by law. A presiding judge of a judicial\u003cbr\u003edistrict is entitled to receive an additional three thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars per\u003cbr\u003eannum through June 30, 2010, and three thousand four hundred forty-seven dollars thereafter.27-05-03.1. Retirement for mental or physical disability of supreme court judgesand district court judges. Whenever a judge of the supreme court or a judge of the district\u003cbr\u003ecourt of this state who is not a member of the public employees retirement system becomes\u003cbr\u003eunable, because of mental or physical disability, to perform the judicial duties of the office during\u003cbr\u003ethe remainder of the term for which that judge has been elected or appointed and makes a\u003cbr\u003ewritten application to the chief justice or acting chief justice of the supreme court for retirement,\u003cbr\u003esetting forth the nature and extent of such disability, the supreme court judges and the district\u003cbr\u003ecourt judges shall make such investigation as they deem advisable. If two-thirds of the supreme\u003cbr\u003ecourt judges and the district court judges thereby determine that disability exists and that the\u003cbr\u003eperformance of that judge's judicial duties is thereby substantially impaired and that the\u003cbr\u003eimpairment will not likely be remedied, the chief justice or acting chief justice, by written order to\u003cbr\u003ebe filed in the office of the secretary of state, shall thereupon direct the retirement of the judge.Page No. 2The order must specify the effective date of the retirement and thereby create a vacancy in the\u003cbr\u003eoffice which must be filled by appointment as provided by law. A copy of the order must be\u003cbr\u003etransmitted to the office of management and budget. If the disability renders the judge unable to\u003cbr\u003emake or direct the making of the application, it may be made by a legally appointed guardian of\u003cbr\u003ethe judge.27-05-03.2.Judicial retirement salary payable to judge retired for mental orphysical disability. If a judge of the supreme court or a judge of the district court retires under\u003cbr\u003ethe provisions of section 27-05-03.1, the judge shall receive the compensation allotted to the\u003cbr\u003ejudge's office for the remainder of the judge's term and thereafter judicial retirement salary as\u003cbr\u003eprovided for in subsection 3 of section 27-17-01, regardless of the judge's age or years of service\u003cbr\u003eat that time. The provisions of this section are applicable to those judges who retire pursuant to\u003cbr\u003esection 27-05-03.1 after January 1, 1973.27-05-04.Expenses of district judges sitting with supreme court or in otherdistricts - Allowance - Payment. If a district judge is called to sit with the supreme court or is\u003cbr\u003eacting in any district court outside of the district judge's judicial district, that judge, when so called\u003cbr\u003eor so acting, is entitled to receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by that judge as a\u003cbr\u003eresult thereof.27-05-05. Presiding judge of district - How determined - Term of office. The districtand county judges in judicial districts of this state having more than one district judge shall elect\u003cbr\u003efrom among the district judges a presiding judge who shall serve for a period of three years\u003cbr\u003ebeginning January 1, 1992. A presiding judge in districts having more than one district judge\u003cbr\u003emust be elected every three years. In the event of a vacancy, a presiding judge must be elected\u003cbr\u003ein the manner provided in this section to serve the remainder of the term.27-05-06.Jurisdiction of district courts.The district courts of this state have thegeneral jurisdiction conferred upon the courts by the constitution, and in the exercise of that\u003cbr\u003ejurisdiction the courts have power to issue all writs, process, and commissions provided therein\u003cbr\u003eor by law or which may be necessary for the due execution of the powers with which the courts\u003cbr\u003eare vested. The courts have:1.Common-law jurisdiction and authority within their respective judicial districts for the\u003cbr\u003eredress of all wrongs committed against the laws of this state affecting persons or\u003cbr\u003eproperty.2.Power to hear and determine all civil actions and proceedings.3.All the powers, according to the usages of courts of law and equity, necessary to the\u003cbr\u003efull and complete jurisdiction of the causes and parties and the full and complete\u003cbr\u003eadministration of justice, and to carrying into effect the courts' judgments, orders,\u003cbr\u003eand other determinations, subject to a reexamination by the supreme court as\u003cbr\u003eprovided by law.4.Jurisdiction of appeals from all final judgments of municipal judges and from the\u003cbr\u003edeterminations of inferior officers, boards, or tribunals, in the cases and pursuant to\u003cbr\u003ethe regulations as may be prescribed by law.5.Disputed property line proceedings pursuant to section 11-20-14.1.6.Power to hear and determine all actions and proceedings arising from the\u003cbr\u003eenforcement of county home rule charter ordinances.27-05-07. Purposes for which district courts always open - When and where issuesof fact triable. Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 77.27-05-08. Chambers - Residence.Page No. 31.The locations of the chambers of the district judges in each of the respective districts\u003cbr\u003eshall be as determined by rule of the supreme court.However, not more thanseventy percent of the chambers of the district judges may be located in cities with a\u003cbr\u003epopulation of more than ten thousand.2.Each district judge shall reside within the district where the judge's chambers are\u003cbr\u003elocated, and, for the purposes of this section, the chief justice of the supreme court\u003cbr\u003eshall designate the respective chambers within the district to which each district\u003cbr\u003ejudge is assigned.27-05-08.1.Terms of district court to be fixed by supreme court.Repealed byS.L. 1981, ch. 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