Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 10, Article 2 - Magistrates

• § 15-10-20 - Number; Selection; Term; Filling Vacancies; Chief Magistrate; Bonds; Certain Judges Removed by Federal Court Order to Become Special Judges
  (a) Each magistrate court shall have a chief magistrate and may have one or more other magistrates. Such magistrates shall be the judges of...
• § 15-10-20.1 - Qualifying in Absentia for Magistrates Serving on Active Military Duty
  (a) Any elected chief magistrate or elected magistrate who is performing ordered military duty, as defined in Code Section 38-2-279, shall be eligible for...
• § 15-10-21 - Powers and Duties of Chief Magistrate
  The chief magistrate shall assign cases among the several magistrates of the county and shall decide any disputes between the magistrates of the county.
• § 15-10-22 - Qualifications; Restrictions on Practice of Law
  (a) Each magistrate shall have been a resident of the county for one year next preceding the beginning of his term of office and...
• § 15-10-23 - Minimum Compensation; Annual Salary; Increases; Supplements.
  (a) (1) As used in this Code section, the term "full-time capacity" means, in the case of a chief magistrate, a chief magistrate who...
• § 15-10-23.1 - Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance for the Operation of the Magistrate Court
  In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or hereafter provided by law, unless a magistrate waives such expenses in writing, the governing...
• § 15-10-24 - Discipline, Removal, and Involuntary Retirement
  Magistrates shall be subject to discipline, removal, and involuntary retirement by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in accordance with Article VI, Section VII, Paragraph VII...
• § 15-10-25 - Training Requirements; Payment of Training Costs
  (a) All magistrates shall periodically satisfactorily complete a training course as provided in Article 8 of this chapter. All senior magistrates shall periodically satisfactorily...
• § 15-10-26 - Conflicts Between Local Ordinances and Local Acts
  In any case in which action is authorized under this chapter to be taken by local Act or local ordinance, no local ordinance shall...
• § 15-10-27 - Continuation of Certain County Civil Court Officials As Magistrate Court Officials
  (a) With respect to any county in which there exists a civil court of the county continued in existence by Article VI, Section X,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016