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Georgia Code - Appeals and Error - Title 5, Section 5-3-30

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(a) Upon the filing of an appeal from magistrate court to superior court or state court, the appeal shall be placed upon the court´s next calendar for nonjury trial. Such appeals from the magistrate court to superior court or state court shall be tried by the superior court or state court without a jury unless either party files a demand for a jury trial within 30 days of the filing of the appeal or the court orders a jury trial.

(b) Upon filing an appeal pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the monetary limitations provided for in paragraph (5) of Code Section 15-10-2 shall no longer apply to any verdict and judgment entered by the superior or state court.

Last modified: May 3, 2006