Alabama § 12-17-211 - Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Fifteen Years of Service and Not Less Than 70 Years of Age.
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§ 12-17-211. Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Fifteen Years of Service and Not Less Than 70 Years of Age.
Any district attorney of this state who has served continuously for 15 years as district attorney and who is not less than 70 years of age may elect to become a supernumerary district attorney of the state by filing, while in service, a written declaration to that effect with the Governor, who shall, if the age of the declarant is not less than 70 and his continuous service as district attorney is not less than 15 years, thereupon issue to such declarant a commission as supernumerary district attorney of the State of Alabama.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-17-211 ("Qualifications for Supernumerary Status - Fifteen Years of Service and Not Less Than 70 Years of Age.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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