16-12C-2. Educational qualifications of clerk magistrate.

No person is eligible for appointment to the office of clerk magistrate unless such person is a graduate of a high school or has attained the equivalent of a high school education as indicated by the possession of a certificate of equivalency issued by the State Department of Education or the former Department of Public Instruction or the former Division of Elementary and Secondary Education based upon the record made on the general education development test.

Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 29.

16-12C-2.1. Certification of clerk magistrate-Notice of termination.

The presiding judge of each circuit shall immediately following the appointment of a clerk magistrate certify to the state court administrator the name and address of each appointee and principal place or places that the appointee is to function. The state court administrator shall be promptly notified of the termination from office of a clerk magistrate.

Source: § 16-12A-7.1; SL 2004, ch 319 (Supreme Court Rule 03-18), eff. Jan. 1, 2004.