Number and Location of District

Court Judges and Magistrate Judges. (a) District Court Judges. The district court in each judicial district shall have the number of judges as set forth below: First Judicial District – 2 Second Judicial District – 0 Third Judicial District – 14 Fourth Judicial District – 4 The number of district court judges may be changed from time to time by the Supreme Court as circumstances require. (b) Magistrate Judges. Each judicial district shall have no more than the number of magistrate judges set forth below: First Judicial District—13 Second Judicial District—18 Third Judicial District—23 Fourth Judicial District—16 The number and location of magistrate judges may be the supreme court as time by time to changed from circumstances require. (Adopted by SCO 412 effective July 1, 1980; amended by SCO 594 effective May 4, 1984; by SCO 797 effective date nunc pro tunc September 1, 1986; by SCO 955 effective January 12, 1989; by SCO 1018 effective nunc pro tunc May 17, 1989; by SCO 1144 effective September 9, 1993; by SCO 1225 effective November 15, 1995; by SCO 1393 effective May 9, 2000; by SCO 1516 effective July 1, 2003; by SCO 1551 effective July 1, 2004; by SCO 1572 effective June 1, 2005; by SCO 1715 effective July 1, 2009; by SCO 1737 effective September 15, 2010; SCO 1829 effective October 15, 2014; by SCO 1922 effective July 1, 2018; and by SCO 1945 effective July 1, 2019) Cross References CROSS REFERENCE: AS 22.15.020. 21 ALASKA COURT RULES