The magistrate court consists of one magistrate district in each county excepting a class A county with a population of more than two hundred thousand persons in the last federal decennial census. The name of the magistrate district is the same as the name of the county in which it is located. History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 4; 1979, ch. 346, § 10. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 171, repealed former 36-1-2, 1953 Comp., relating to ballots for justices of the peace and constables, effective January 1, 1969.
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