Who pays for judicial robes?
• Taxpayers only. • Arnold Schwarzenegger (in some states, the governors office pays for the robes). • It depends on the court (sometimes its the judge or the court itself). • The Judges Clearinghouse of State and Federal Courts. The answer is c. It depends on the court. For the Arizona Supreme Court, for example, the manager of the Administrative Office of the Courts orders the robesone robe per judge. The purchase and dry-cleaning expense comes out of the supreme courts operating expense. In California, however, Government Code section 68110 requires every judge of the state to furnish their own robes at their own expense. By the way, robes generally range in price from $250 to $325.
