Georgia Code — 15
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- § 15-1-1. Where judicial power vested.
- § 15-1-2. No jurisdiction by consent; waiver of personal jurisdiction.
- § 15-1-3. Powers of courts generally.
- § 15-1-4. Extent of contempt power.
- § 15-1-5. Effect of rules of court.
- § 15-1-6. Court's acts not invalid without clerk.
- § 15-1-7. Grounds for impeachment.
- § 15-1-8. When judge or judicial officer disqualified.
- § 15-1-9. When judge not disqualified.
- § 15-1-9. 1. Requesting judicial assistance from other courts.
- § 15-1-9. 2. Senior judge of superior courts.
- § 15-1-9. 3. Senior judge of state court, probate court, or juvenile court; capital cases.
- § 15-1-10. Removal of court records; storage.
- § 15-1-10. 1. Standards in determining grant of requests for televising, videotaping, or motion picture filming of judicial proceedings.
- § 15-1-11. Attendance of judges and court personnel at educational programs.
- § 15-1-12. Compensation of probate court judges and superior court clerks for certain services.
- § 15-1-13. Prior removal from judicial office as affecting qualification for judicial office.
- § 15-1-14. Rules and requirements for foreign language and hearing impaired interpreters.
- § 15-1-15. Drug court divisions.
- § 15-1-16. Mental health court divisions.
- § 15-1-17. Veterans court divisions.
- § 15-1-18. Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia; creation; membership; funding; support.
- § 15-1-19. Creation of operating under the influence court divisions; organization and functions.
- § 15-1-20. Definitions; restrictions on dissemination of criminal history record information; conditions under which inspection, copying, and use of restricted criminal history record information available.
- § 15-1-21. Judicial Qualifications Commission created; powers, composition, and appointment; term and removal of member; procedures; confidentiality.
- § 15-1-22. Exclusive agreement for electronic filing service prohibited.
- § 15-2-1. One supreme judicial district.
- § 15-2-1. 1. Number of Justices.
- § 15-2-2. When Justice providentially prevented from attending.
- § 15-2-3. Oath of Justices; compensation.
- § 15-2-4. Place of sessions; terms of court.
- § 15-2-5. Place of hearing oral argument.
- § 15-2-6. Duty of Justices to attend; quorum; adjournment.
- § 15-2-7. Adjournment for providential cause.
- § 15-2-8. Powers of court generally.
- § 15-2-9. Answers to questions certified by federal courts.
- § 15-2-10. Procedure for increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices.
- § 15-2-16. Reversal and affirmance; minutes and reports to show concurrences and dissents.
- § 15-2-17. Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings.
- § 15-2-18. Power to prescribe and revise rules of practice and procedure in courts of state; ratification by General Assembly; assistance of bar committee.
- § 15-2-19. Law assistants.
- § 15-2-20. Officers of court.
- § 15-2-21. Employment and salaries of court staff.
- § 15-2-22. Sheriff of Supreme Court.
- § 15-2-23. Compensation of sheriff.
- § 15-2-24. Compensation of officers and employees.
- § 15-2-25. Books, supplies, and services.
- § 15-2-40. Term of office; oath.
- § 15-2-41. Deputy clerks.
- § 15-2-42. Employees in clerk's office.
- § 15-2-43. Duties of clerk.
- § 15-2-44. How costs taxed; notice of appeal and transcript not recorded.
- § 15-2-45. Compensation; disposition of fees.
- § 15-2-46. Disposition of costs.
- § 15-2-47. Attorneys liable for costs.
- § 15-3-1. Composition; divisions; how case is heard; decisions as precedent; oral arguments; assistance of other judges.
- § 15-3-2. Terms of court.
- § 15-3-3. Jurisdiction over certain crimes.
- § 15-3-3. 1. Appellate jurisdiction of Court of Appeals.
- § 15-3-4. Election and term of office of Judges of Court of Appeals.
- § 15-3-5. Oath of Judges; compensation.
- § 15-3-6. Compensation of officers and employees.
- § 15-3-7. Disposition of fees.
- § 15-3-8. Compensation of sheriff of court.
- § 15-3-9. Law assistants.
- § 15-3-10. Employment and salaries of staff.
- § 15-3-11. Appointment of deputy clerk and employees by clerk of court.
- § 15-3-12. Books, supplies, and services.
- § 15-3-13. Voluntary preappeal settlement conference procedure.
- § 15-3A-1. Definitions.
- § 15-3A-2. Creation of offices; eligibility; application; appointment.
- § 15-3A-3. Powers.
- § 15-3A-4. Travel, per diem, and pay allowances.
- § 15-3A-5. Basis for resignation.
- § 15-3A-6. Applicability.
- § 15-4-1. Term of office; oaths.
- § 15-4-2. Duties.
- § 15-4-3. Publication of synopsis in lieu of entire decision.
- § 15-4-4. Assistant reporter.
- § 15-4-5. Compensation.
- § 15-4-6. Employment and salaries of staff.
- § 15-5-1. Short title.
- § 15-5-2. Judicial administration districts.
- § 15-5-3. District councils created.
- § 15-5-4. Election of district administrative judge; term; removal.
- § 15-5-5. Duties of district administrative judge.
- § 15-5-6. Administrative assistant; duties; compensation.
- § 15-5-20. Judicial Council of Georgia; powers and duties; membership.
- § 15-5-21. Promulgation of rules for transcripts and court reporters' fees.
- § 15-5-21. 1. Development and utilization of uniform misdemeanor citation and complaint form.
- § 15-5-22. Administrative Office of the Courts.
- § 15-5-23. Director of Administrative Office of the Courts.
- § 15-5-24. Duties of Administrative Office of the Courts.
- § 15-5-25. Effect of article on authority of courts.
- § 15-5-26. Proposals for pilot programs involving nonuniform courts.
- § 15-5-40. Letter-sized paper to be accepted.
- § 15-5-50. Minimum amount for refund.
- § 15-5-60. Contract for administrative functions, services, and equipment.
- § 15-5-80. Definitions.
- § 15-5-80. 1. Georgia Courts Automation Commission.
- § 15-5-81. Advisory council to commission.
- § 15-5-82. Authority of commission; appointment of committees.
- § 15-5-83. Commission assigned to Supreme Court; authority to receive and expend appropriations.
- § 15-5-100. Creation of Georgia Council of Court Administrators.
- § 15-5A-1. Establishment.
- § 15-5A-2. Terms of court; location; presiding judge; venue; transferring of case.
- § 15-5A-3. Authority of court.
- § 15-5A-4. Process for bringing a claim before court; filings.
- § 15-5A-5. Filing fees; fees submitted to state treasury.
- § 15-5A-6. Number of judges and divisions; operational date; qualifications for judge.
- § 15-5A-7. Appointment of judges; initial appointment and term; service area.
- § 15-5A-8. Judicial oath and supplemental oath.
- § 15-5A-9. Salary and compensation of judges.
- § 15-5A-10. Authority to make rules and revisions; creation of panel for revisions; guidelines for acceptance of cases; required rules.
- § 15-5A-11. Clerk; appointment; term; compensation.
- § 15-5A-12. Location of offices; designation of electronic filing system.
- § 15-5A-13. Appointment of law assistants; role.
- § 15-5A-14. Employment and compensation of other personnel.
- § 15-5A-15. Purchasing of supplies.
- § 15-5A-16. Assignment for budgetary and administrative purposes.
- § 15-6-1. Composition of judicial circuits.
- § 15-6-2. (For effective date, see note.) Number of judges.
- § 15-6-3. Terms of court.
- § 15-6-4. Qualifications of judges.
- § 15-6-4. 1. Election of judges.
- § 15-6-5. Restrictions on practice of law.
- § 15-6-6. Oath of judges.
- § 15-6-7. Effect of attachment of county to different judicial circuit.
- § 15-6-8. Jurisdiction and powers of superior courts.
- § 15-6-9. Authority of judges generally.
- § 15-6-10. Discharge of duties.
- § 15-6-11. Electronic filings of pleadings and documents; electronic payments and remittances; access; public disclosure.
- § 15-6-11. 1. Superior court judges performing ordered military duty.
- § 15-6-12. Judges' jurisdiction coextensive with limits of state; authority when serving in other circuits.
- § 15-6-13. Disqualified judge to procure replacement; failure as ground of impeachment.
- § 15-6-14. Selection of replacement judge when disqualified judge fails to act.
- § 15-6-15. Assignment by Governor of alternate for disabled judge; duty of judge assigned.
- § 15-6-16. No authority when absent from state.
- § 15-6-17. Time and place of holding court generally; habeas corpus and other nonjury proceedings; satellite courthouses.
- § 15-6-18. Alternative locations.
- § 15-6-19. Length of terms of courts.
- § 15-6-20. Special terms.
- § 15-6-21. Time for deciding motions; filing and notification; noncompliance as ground for impeachment.
- § 15-6-22. Adjournments.
- § 15-6-23. Signing documents in any county in circuit.
- § 15-6-24. Payment of court's contingent expenses.
- § 15-6-25. Employment of secretary authorized.
- § 15-6-26. Supplementation of secretary's salary by county.
- § 15-6-27. Procedure for hiring personnel employed by superior court judges; local supplements.
- § 15-6-28. Law assistants and court administrators for judicial circuits; circuits having institutions for carrying out death sentences.
- § 15-6-28. 1. Employment of law clerks by chief judges of circuits having institutions for carrying out death sentences.
- § 15-6-29. Salary of judges.
- § 15-6-29. 1. Accountability court supplement; limitation.
- § 15-6-30. Travel expenses.
- § 15-6-31. Transfer of administrative functions.
- § 15-6-32. Expenses for attendance at educational programs.
- § 15-6-33. Convention for recommending rules.
- § 15-6-34. Creation of The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia; composition.
- § 15-6-35. Selection of bailiffs by sheriff; appointment of additional bailiffs.
- § 15-6-36. Notice of student's felony conviction to school superintendent.
- § 15-6-50. Clerk's term of office; qualifications; training requirements; appointment of clerk pro tempore during training.
- § 15-6-50. 1. Superior Court Clerks Training Council.
- § 15-6-50. 2. Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia.
- § 15-6-51. Eligibility to serve as other court clerk.
- § 15-6-52. Practice of law restricted.
- § 15-6-53. Appointment of clerk; actions by interim clerk; special elections.
- § 15-6-54. Appointment by probate judge pending filling of vacancy; duration of appointment.
- § 15-6-55. Emergency service by probate court judge; appointment of interim deputy clerk.
- § 15-6-56. Election to fill vacancy; term of office; filling of vacancies in counties with chief deputy clerk.
- § 15-6-57. Election to break tie.
- § 15-6-58. Oath of office.
- § 15-6-59. Bond; appointment of deputies.
- § 15-6-60. Powers of clerks.
- § 15-6-60. 1. Location of retained records; request for access to records; contracting for retention; online access.
- § 15-6-61. Duties of clerks generally; computerized record-keeping system.
- § 15-6-62. Additional clerk duties.
- § 15-6-62. 1. Back-up records.
- § 15-6-63. Obtaining of names of grantors and grantees prior to recordation of title transfer.
- § 15-6-64. Duty to give notice to purchasers of real property in certain counties.
- § 15-6-65. Entry of civil cases on dockets; order for trial.
- § 15-6-66. Grantor-grantee index.
- § 15-6-67. Recordation of plats and condominium plans; specifications.
- § 15-6-68. Public access to maps, plats, and plans.
- § 15-6-69. Effect of map and plat recordation requirements.
- § 15-6-70. Recordation of bankruptcy petition, decree, or order; fees.
- § 15-6-71. Record of sex criminal convictions; furnishing record to Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
- § 15-6-72. Recordation and index of military service records; confidentiality.
- § 15-6-73. Destruction of obsolete records.
- § 15-6-74. Preservation of newspapers containing advertisements.
- § 15-6-75. Investment of certain funds; disposition of income; repeal of Code section.
- § 15-6-76. Deposit of funds in interest-bearing account; repeal of Code section.
- § 15-6-76. 1. Investing or depositing funds; depositing funds paid into court registry.
- § 15-6-77. Fees; construction of other fee provisions.
- § 15-6-77. 1. Additional fees in counties with populations of 550,000 or more; disposition of such fees.
- § 15-6-77. 2. Costs for clerk's services in counties with populations of 640,000 or more; time for payment of costs; disposition of such costs.
- § 15-6-77. 3. Additional fees in counties with populations in unincorporated areas of 350,000 or more.
- § 15-6-77. 4. Additional divorce case filing fee for Children's Trust Fund.
- § 15-6-78. Veterans not to be charged for recordation of discharge certificates.
- § 15-6-79. Payment of unpaid costs in felony cases.
- § 15-6-80. Payment of transcript costs to clerk before transmittal.
- § 15-6-81. Failure to perform duty punishable as contempt.
- § 15-6-82. Governor ordering investigation of clerk of court; suspension of clerk.
- § 15-6-83. Clerk's liability.
- § 15-6-84. Clerk's liability after retirement.
- § 15-6-85. Clerks' offices subject to grand jury examination; written report.
- § 15-6-86. Location of clerk's office in place other than courthouse; storage of archival or inactive records in different location; county documents exception.
- § 15-6-87. Furnishing of fixtures, supplies, and equipment to clerk.
- § 15-6-87. 1. Participation in state-wide county computerized information network; authorized fees.
- § 15-6-88. Minimum annual salary schedule.
- § 15-6-88. 1. Adjustment of schedule for certain counties containing federal land.
- § 15-6-88. 2. Monthly contingent expense allowance schedule for the clerk's office.
- § 15-6-89. Additional remuneration for certain services.
- § 15-6-90. Longevity increases; operational expenses; local laws.
- § 15-6-91. Effect of salary provisions on local legislation.
- § 15-6-92. Continuation of fee system.
- § 15-6-93. Office hours.
- § 15-6-94. Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.
- § 15-6-95. Priorities of distribution of fines, bond forfeitures, surcharges, additional fees, and costs in cases of partial payments into the court.
- § 15-6-96. Clerk as custodian of records; contracts to market records or computer generated data for profit.
- § 15-6-97. State-wide uniform automated information system; additional powers and duties of Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.
- § 15-6-97. 1. Civil case information system; funding.
- § 15-6-97. 2. Maintenance of uniform automated electronic information system for carbon sequestration registry.
- § 15-6-97. 3. Revision of automated information system for state tax execution data; regulatory authority.
- § 15-6-98. Collection and remittal of fees.
- § 15-6-99. Re-creation of grantor and grantee indexes.
- § 15-6-100. Clerk's expenditure of funds.
- § 15-7-1. "State court" defined.
- § 15-7-2. Creation of state courts.
- § 15-7-3. Applicability of chapter; conflicts with local laws.
- § 15-7-4. Jurisdiction.
- § 15-7-5. Electronic filings of pleadings and documents; electronic payments and remittances; access; public disclosure.
- § 15-7-20. Number of and work status of judges determined by local law; elections.
- § 15-7-21. Qualifications; restrictions on practice of law; removal, discipline, and involuntary retirement.
- § 15-7-22. Compensation.
- § 15-7-23. Filling vacancies.
- § 15-7-24. Ordered military duty.
- § 15-7-25. Service by retired judge or judge emeritus.
- § 15-7-26. Council of State Court Judges of Georgia.
- § 15-7-40. State courts always open; terms of court.
- § 15-7-41. Courts of record.
- § 15-7-42. Prosecution for misdemeanors; trials on merits conducted in open court; proceedings allowed in chambers.
- § 15-7-43. Applicability of rules of practice.
- § 15-7-44. Procedure in attachment and garnishment cases.
- § 15-7-45. Jurors.
- § 15-7-46. No right to grand jury indictment.
- § 15-7-47. Court reporters; waiver; compensation.
- § 15-7-48. Clerk's bond.
- § 15-7-49. Remittance of interest from interest-bearing trust accounts.
- § 15-7-50. Authority of clerks.
- § 15-7-60. Local laws.
- § 15-7-61. Exemption from Chapter 8.
- § 15-7-80. Municipal court services authorized.
- § 15-7-81. Contents of contract.
- § 15-7-82. Authority to act as judges, officers, and personnel of municipal court.
- § 15-7-83. Judges, officers, pleadings, process, and papers of municipal court; separate dockets and records.
- § 15-7-84. Violation of municipal ordinances.
- § 15-7-85. Limitations on authority granted to municipalities.
- § 15-8-1. City courts as courts of record.
- § 15-8-2. Judge ineligible for municipal office or appointment.
- § 15-8-3. When judges of city courts may preside in other city courts.
- § 15-8-4. Transfer of criminal case to superior court upon city court judge's disqualification.
- § 15-8-5. Deputy clerks; appointment; powers and duties.
- § 15-8-6. Authorization of judge of city court or like court to preside in municipal court in cities with population of 350,000 or more.
- § 15-9-1. Election; term.
- § 15-9-1. 1. Required training courses; attendance record; expenses.
- § 15-9-2. Eligibility for judgeship; restrictions on fiduciary role.
- § 15-9-2. 1. Appointment, compensation, authority, qualifications, training, and other limitations of associate probate court judges.
- § 15-9-3. Restrictions on practice of law.
- § 15-9-4. Additional judicial eligibility requirements in certain counties.
- § 15-9-5. When judge ineligible for reelection.
- § 15-9-6. Oath of office.
- § 15-9-7. Bond.
- § 15-9-8. Qualification; bond.
- § 15-9-9. When other security ordered; failure to comply.
- § 15-9-10. Temporary filling of vacancy; order of priority; compensation.
- § 15-9-11. Special election to fill vacancy; term of individual elected.
- § 15-9-11. 1. Assumption of duties by chief clerk upon vacancy in office of probate judge; filling of vacancy; compensation.
- § 15-9-12. Disposition of unfinished proceedings of predecessor.
- § 15-9-13. Procedure when judge unable to act; compensation.
- § 15-9-14. Sheriffs to act as administrators when probate judge is superior court clerk in absence of county administrator.
- § 15-9-15. Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia.
- § 15-9-16. Authority of retired judge to perform marriage ceremonies.
- § 15-9-17. Serving a minor or incapacitated adult.
- § 15-9-18. Remittance of interest from cash bonds.
- § 15-9-30. Subject matter jurisdiction; powers and duties generally; copy of Official Code of Georgia Annotated furnished for each judge.
- § 15-9-30. 1. Jurisdiction in cases involving removal of obstructions from roads.
- § 15-9-30. 2. Approval of bonds, qualification of officers, and delivery of commissions.
- § 15-9-30. 3. Jurisdiction over Game and Fish Code misdemeanor violations.
- § 15-9-30. 4. Jurisdiction over violations of Code Section 12-3-10 involving parks, historic sites, and recreational areas.
- § 15-9-30. 5. Jurisdiction over certain violations of "Georgia Boat Safety Act."
- § 15-9-30. 6. Jurisdiction over certain drug and alcohol offenses.
- § 15-9-30. 7. Jurisdiction over certain cases involving litter.
- § 15-9-30. 8. Jurisdiction over certain cases involving operation of off-road vehicle.
- § 15-9-30. 9. Jurisdiction over certain animal control cases.
- § 15-9-31. Authority of judge of probate court to grant administration.
- § 15-9-32. Jurisdiction over estate of nonresident with property or cause in several counties.
- § 15-9-33. Authority to administer oaths.
- § 15-9-34. Contempt powers.
- § 15-9-35. Power to cite absconding fiduciaries; publication of order; communication with appointing court in another state.
- § 15-9-36. Judges of probate courts as clerks thereof; chief clerk; powers of clerks; uncontested matters.