Sec. 22.25.020. Retirement pay.
Except as provided in AS 22.25.023(b), a retired justice or judge eligible for retirement pay shall receive from the date of eligibility until death monthly retirement pay equal to five percent per year of service, to a maximum of 75 percent, of the monthly salary authorized for justices and judges, respectively, at the time each […]
Sec. 22.25.021. Distribution requirements.
(a) The entire interest of a member must be distributed or must begin to be distributed not later than the member’s required beginning date. (b) If a member dies after the distribution of the member’s interest has begun but before the distribution has been completed, the remaining portion of the interest shall continue to be […]
Sec. 22.25.022. Rollover distributions and rollover contributions.
(a) A distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the administrator, to have all or part of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the direct rollover. (b) The system does not accept contributions of eligible rollover distributions. (c) In this […]
Sec. 22.20.200. DNA evidence information.
The judicial council shall periodically review and distribute information relevant to the technical, legal, and scientific use of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiles in criminal proceedings to (1) judges and magistrates; (2) the Department of Law; (3) the Public Defender Agency; (4) the office of public advocacy.
Sec. 22.25.023. Limitation on benefits; maximum annual compensation.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the projected annual benefit provided by this chapter and the benefit from all other defined benefit plans required to be aggregated with the benefits from this system under the provisions of 26 U.S.C. 415 may not increase to an amount in excess of the amount permitted under […]
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 […]