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Ala. Code § 12-18-1 (2026)

Judicial Retirement Fund Created; Composition of Fund.

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(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, judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, judges and supernumerary judges of the circuit courts of the state, district judges and probate judges and from a yearly sum to be paid into such fund from the General Fund in the State Treasury in such amount as shall be sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2017 · leading case: Johnson v. Bd. of Control of Emp. Ret. Sys., 740 So. 2d 999 (Ala. 1999).
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Johnson v. Bd. of Control of Emp. Ret. Sys., 740 So. 2d 999 (Ala. 1999). · cites it 2× “The Legislature responded by enacting Ala.Code 1975, §§ 12-18-1 to -134, providing a funded judicial-retirement program.”
Borom v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 427 So. 2d 142 (Ala. 1983). · cites it 2× “” Appellants’ contention that § 12-l-15(a) is applicable in the present case would be feasible if it were not for the fact that the subject of retirement benefits for judges is specifically subsumed in Code of Ala.1975, § 12-18-1 through -114 (Judicial Retirement).”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “Acts 1973, codified at § 12-18-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, to provide retirement benefits to qualified judges and justices.”
Wood v. State, 261 So. 3d 322 (Ala. 2017). “Acts 1973, codified at § 12-18-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, to provide retirement benefits to qualified judges and justices.”
Tucker v. Employees' Ret. Sys. Bd. of Control, 657 So. 2d 866 (Ala. 1995). · cites it 2× “2 There, this Court held: “[T]he subject of retirement benefits for judges is specifically subsumed in Code of Ala.1975, § 12-18-1 through -114 (Judicial Retirement).”
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