12-121. Number of judges; petition for approval of additional judges; additional method A. In each county of the state there shall be a superior court for which at least one judge shall be elected. In each county having a census enumeration greater than thirty thousand inhabitants, and upon petition by the board of supervisors of such county to the governor and his approval thereof, there shall be an additional judge of the superior court for each thirty thousand inhabitants, or majority fraction thereof, or the additional judge of the superior court may be authorized, based on the procedure prescribed by the terms of subsections B and C. B. Upon petition by the board of supervisors of a county to the governor and his approval thereof, there shall be an additional judge of the superior court provided that the board of supervisors has determined, as prescribed in subsection C, that the county has acquired since the last census enumeration the required number of inhabitants for an additional judge as provided in subsection A. C. The determination of the board of supervisors shall be based on, but not limited to, recent estimates of population, if any, of any area within the county issued by the bureau of the census, auto registrations, nonagricultural employment, gross utility revenues and retail sales. D. Additional judges authorized by the terms of this section shall be appointed or elected as provided by law.



12-126. Seal; affixing of seal A. The superior court shall have a seal which shall be the vignette of Abraham Lincoln with the words "seal of the superior court of the state of Arizona in and for the county of ____________" surrounding the vignette. The seal shall be kept by the clerk of the court. B. The seal of the superior court need not be affixed to any proceedings in the court except a summons or writ, the proof of a will, the appointment of an executor, administrator or guardian, or the authentication of a copy of a record or proceedings of the court or its officers for the purpose of record or evidence in another court or place. C. The seal may be affixed by impressing it on the paper or on a substance attached to the paper, and capable of receiving the impression. 12-127. Days for transaction of business; exceptions A. The superior court shall at all times be open for transaction of business except on nonjudicial days. No business shall be transacted on a legal holiday except: 1. To give, upon its request, instructions to a jury deliberating on its verdict. 2. To receive a verdict or discharge a jury. 3. For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature. B. Writs of injunction, attachment, garnishment, replevin, and prohibition may be issued and served on any day.







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