GroundRules
3-5-112: Authority of chief justice.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS
- CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT COURTS
- Part 1. Definition of Districts and Assignment of Judges
(1) The chief justice may by written order assign a district judge to hold court in a county of another district if:
(a) for any cause a district court in another district is not or cannot be held in any county by a judge of the other district or acting for the other district; or
(b) the business of the court in the other district is not or cannot be dispatched with reasonable promptness.
(2) A district judge assigned to another district pursuant to subsection (1) shall hold court in the other district for the time specified in the order.
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