78A-1-105 - Merger of district court and circuit court.
78A-1-105. Merger of district court and circuit court.
(1) Effective July 1, 1996, the circuit court shall be merged into the district court. Thedistrict court shall have jurisdiction as provided by law for the district court and shall havejurisdiction over all matters filed in the court formerly denominated the circuit court.
(2) The district court shall continue the judicial offices, judges, staff, cases, authority,duties, and all other attributes of the court formerly denominated the circuit court.
(3) Judges of the court formerly denominated the circuit court shall:
(a) on July 1, 1996, be judges of the district court; and
(b) next stand for retention election at the first general election held more than threeyears after their appointment or at the general election held in the sixth year after their lastretention election, as applicable.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session