Sec. 22.20.130. Assistance for commissioner.
(a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the execution of the authority and duty vested by AS 22.20.100 – 22.20.140 by members of the division of state troopers or Alaska state constabulary who the commissioner designates. The commissioner is responsible on official bond for the acts of all persons designated under this subsection. The persons […]
Sec. 22.20.010. Judicial officer defined.
The term “judicial officer” means a supreme court justice, including the chief justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a judge of the superior court, a district judge, and a magistrate.
Sec. 22.20.140. Definitions.
In AS 22.20.100 – 22.20.140, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety; (2) “district courts” includes sessions presided over by a magistrate; (3) “process” means any summons, writ, process, order, or subpoena.
Sec. 22.20.020. Disqualification of judicial officer for cause.
(a) A judicial officer may not act in a matter in which (1) the judicial officer is a party; (2) the judicial officer is related to a party or a party’s attorney by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree; (3) the judicial officer is a material witness; (4) the judicial officer or the spouse […]
Sec. 22.20.022. Peremptory disqualification of a judge.
(a) If a party or a party’s attorney in a district court action or a superior court action, civil or criminal, files an affidavit alleging under oath the belief that a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained, the presiding district court or superior court judge, respectively, shall at once, and without requiring proof, assign […]
Sec. 22.20.030. Power of judicial officers.
A judicial officer may (1) preserve and enforce order in the immediate presence of the court and in the proceedings before the court, when engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law on the judicial officer; (2) compel obedience to the lawful orders of the court, as provided by law; (3) compel the […]
Sec. 22.20.035. Powers of judicial employees.
The clerk of a court, and a deputy clerk designated by order of a court, may exercise the powers of judicial officers specified in AS 22.20.030(4)-(7), and other powers authorized by law.
Sec. 22.20.037. Employment of judicial employees.
(a) Judicial employees shall be employed subject to classification and wage plans based on the merit principle and adapted to the special needs of the judiciary, as determined by the administrative director of the Alaska Court System. Except as otherwise provided by law, all employees of the Alaska Court System and the judicial council are […]
Sec. 22.20.040. Appearance.
(a) An action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended by a party in person or by attorney. However, (1) the United States shall appear by an attorney in all cases; and (2) a corporation, either public or private, shall appear by an attorney in all cases unless an exception to the corporation’s appearance by […]
Sec. 22.20.050. Authority to bind client, receive money or property, and give discharge.
(a) An attorney may (1) bind the attorney’s client in any of the proceedings in an action or proceeding by agreement filed with the clerk or entered upon the journal of the court, and not otherwise; (2) receive money or property claimed by the client in an action or proceeding during its pendency, or within […]