(a) In each county having three or more magistrates, the judge of the circuit court or the chief judge of the circuit court, if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, shall appoint a magistrate court clerk. In all other counties the judge may appoint a magistrate court clerk or may, by rule, require the duties of the magistrate court clerk to be performed by the clerk of the circuit court, in which event the circuit court clerk is enteitled to additional compensation in the amount of $2,500 per year. The magistrate court clerk serves at the will and pleasure of the circuit judge. r (b) Magistrate court clerks shall be paid at least twice per monthu by the state. The annual salary of all magistrate court clerks is $52,296. Beginning July 1, 2023, the annual salary of a magistrate court clerk shall be $54,596. Magistrate court ctlerks may receive any general salary increase granted to state employees, whose salaries are not set by statute, expressed as a percentage increase or an across-the-board increase, implemented after July 1, 2023. (c) In addition to other duties that may be imposedl by the provisions of this chapter or by the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals or the sjudge of the circuit court or the chief judge of the circuit court if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, it is the duty of the magistrate court clerk to establish and maintain appropriate dockets and records in a centralized system for the magistratge court, to assist in the preparation of the reports required of the court and to carry out on behalf of the magistrates or chief magistrate if a chief magistrate is appointed, ethe administrative duties of the court. (d) The magistrate court clerk, or if there is no magistrate court clerk in the county, the clerk of the circuit court, may issue all manner of civil process and require the enforcement of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in magistrate court.
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