There shall be one magistrate in Guadalupe magistrate district whose principal court is in Santa Rosa.
History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-13, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 15; 1985, ch. 145, § 5; 2009, ch. 54, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, deleted the last sentence which provided that the magistrates shall ride circuit to Vaughn.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2009, ch. 54, § 6 provided that the magistrate court clerk positions assigned to the magistrate courts shall not be decreased as a result of this act, but the administrative office of the courts shall reassign positions from the eliminated division in the Lea district to other magistrate courts. The administrative office of the courts shall reassign other resources, including furniture, equipment and supplies, to other magistrate courts as needed.