34-6-18. Judges; multiple-judge districts; divisions; presiding
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judges.
In judicial districts having more than one district judge:
A. the separate judicial positions shall be designated by divisions numbered consecutively from one through the total number of judges authorized for the district. Any additional judge authorized within a judicial district shall be designated as judge of the next consecutive division. In all appointments, nominations and elections of district judges, the particular judicial offices shall be identified by the division number;
B. there shall be no separation of the work of the district court clerk's office except for identification of each district judge by division. All judges of a judicial district have equal judicial authority, rank and precedence; and
C. unless otherwise designated by rule of the district court, the judge of division one shall be the presiding judge of the district.
History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-5, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 19.