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Ala. Code § 12-17-24 (2026)

Presiding Judges - Supervision of Judges and Other Court Personnel.

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The presiding circuit judge shall exercise a general supervision of the judges, clerks, registers, court reporters, bailiffs, sheriffs and other court employees of the circuit and district courts within the circuit, except employees of the clerk, and see that they attend strictly to the prompt, diligent discharge of their duties.

(Acts 1915, No. 712, p. 809; Code 1923, §6698; Code 1940, T. 13, §172; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §2-103.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: McMillian v. Monroe Cnty., 520 U.S. 781 (1997).
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McMillian v. Monroe Cnty., 520 U.S. 781 (1997). · cites it 2× “And under Ala. Code § 12-17-24 (1995), the presiding circuit judge "exercise[s] a general supervision" over the county sheriffs in his circuit, [6] just as if the sheriffs are normal "court [ i.”
Ex parte Boykin, 611 So. 2d 322 (Ala. 1992). · cites it 4× “Therefore, they contend, Order GO-92-1 is administrative in nature and is, thus, authorized by Ala. Code 1975, §§ 12-17-24, 12-11-10, and the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, Article VI of Amendment 328 to the Alabama Constitution…”
Ex parte Sandifer, 925 So. 2d 290 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “See § 12-17-24, Ala.Code 1975. In Kirby v. State , the Alabama Supreme Court discussed the significance of § 13A-5-9.”
Smith v. Saint, 438 So. 2d 762 (Ala. Civ. App. 1982). · cites it 3× “” The Supreme Court of Alabama has interpreted § 12-17-24 and defined the circuit judge’s supervisory power in a situation similar to the present case in In re Ingram, 356 So.”
In re State of Ala., 1 So. 3d 1084 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “It asserts that Judge Reynolds has no authority over the official court reporter and that according to § 12-17-24, Ala.Code 1975, this mandamus petition should have been filed with the presiding judge of the Elmore Circuit Court.”
Boykin v. Arthur Andersen & Co., 611 So. 2d 322 (Ala. 1992). · cites it 4× “Therefore, they contend, Order GO-92-1 is administrative in nature and is, thus, authorized by Ala. Code 1975, §§ 12-17-24, 12-11-10, and the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, Article VI of Amendment 328 to the Alabama Constitution…”
Ex parte Kiker, 612 So. 2d 453 (Ala. 1993). · cites it 2× “” Ala.Code 1975, § 12-17-24. An administrative act in the exercise of such supervision does not involve a “proceeding” as to which the disqualification standards of Canon 3 C.”
Sturdivant v. Jones, No. 1:17-cv-00233 (S.D. Ala. Apr. 15, 2019). “CODE § 12-17-24)). On October 1, 2015, Sturdivant filed his Motion to Impose Penalties for Non-Compliance with Rules with the Court of Criminal Appeals, in which he motioned the court to hold the Clerk and Presiding Judge of the Choctaw County Circuit Court in contempt because…”
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