Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 12-17-250 (2026)

District Court Administrative Agency Created; Powers and Duties Thereof; Persons Deemed Officials of Agency; Judicial Powers Thereof Generally.

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The district court shall have under its supervision a district court administrative agency empowered to provide expeditious service in connection with administrative adjudication of minor misdemeanors, the issuance of warrants, certain juvenile justice functions, as provided by this title, and other powers provided by law; provided, that the clerk of the district court shall have responsibility for administration of said clerk’s office.

The personnel designated by the judge or judges and the clerk of the district court, as magistrates and referees in juvenile cases, shall be considered as officials of such administrative agency. Such officials shall be vested with judicial power reasonably incident to the accomplishment of the purposes and responsibilities of the administrative agency; provided, that the clerk of the district court shall have responsibility for administration of said clerk’s office.

(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1979–1983 · leading case: Bahakel v. City of Birmingham, 427 So. 2d 143 (Ala. 1983).

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Bahakel v. City of Birmingham, 427 So. 2d 143 (Ala. 1983). “NOTES [1] The parties have cited no cases, and we have found none, applying the doctrine of judicial immunity to magistrates whose positions are created and governed by Code 1975, § 12-17-250 et seq., and Rule 18, Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration.”

Opinion of the Clerk, 375 So. 2d 1060 (Ala. 1979). · cites it 2× “” The phrase, “subject to the administrative direction of the clerk of the district court,” in Rule 18(II)(A)(3) should be considered in the light of §§ 12-17-250 and 251 of the Code of 1975.”

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