Alabama § 36-3-2 Terms of Judicial Officers Generally

Alabama Statutes

§ 36-3-2 — Terms of Judicial Officers Generally

Alabama § 36-3-2

Title 36Public Officers and Employees

Ch. 3Terms of Office

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Ala. Code § 36-3-2 (2026).

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and associate justices of said court, the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit judges, judges of probate courts and clerks of the circuit court and judges of inferior courts, when not otherwise provided for by law, shall hold their respective offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and associate justices of said court, the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit judges, judges of probate courts and clerks of the circuit court and judges of inferior courts, when not otherwise provided for by law, shall hold their respective offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.