Alabama § 45-58-83 - Duties.

§ 45-58-83. Duties.

(a) The Judge of Probate of Shelby County is hereby authorized and empowered to delegate and assign to the chief clerk and other clerks and personnel in the probate office such duties and authority of supervision and ministerial functions, with which he or she is now authorized and charged by law, as in his or her discretion may be necessary or convenient for the efficient operation of the office of the probate court of the county, and to designate as clerk of the probate court the chief clerk.

(b) The chief clerk of the probate court shall have the authority of clerk and register of the probate court, and, in addition to the powers and authority now prescribed by law, shall have the powers and authority to sign certificates of copies of all decrees, orders, and papers, issued by the probate court, to grant decrees pro confesso for the want of answers, where required, and to supervise and perform other duties not required to be performed personally by the judge of probate, subject at all times to the control, direction, and supervision of the judge of probate. Deputy clerks-registers shall be appoint-ed from the clerks in the probate office.

(c) Any appointment or designation pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system law applicable to the county.