Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-1-1 - Where Judicial Power Vested
  The judicial power is vested in such tribunals as are created by the Constitution of this state, such other inferior courts as are or...
• § 15-1-2 - No Jurisdiction by Consent; Waiver of Personal Jurisdiction
  Parties may not give jurisdiction to a court by consent, express or implied, as to the person or subject matter of an action. However,...
• § 15-1-3 - Powers of Courts Generally
  Every court has power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and, as near thereto as is necessary, to prevent interruption,...
• § 15-1-4 - Extent of Contempt Power
  (a) The powers of the several courts to issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempt of court shall extend only to cases of:...
• § 15-1-5 - Effect of Rules of Court
  The rules of the respective courts, legally adopted and not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States or of this state, or...
• § 15-1-6 - Court's Acts Not Invalid Without Clerk
  The acts of a court shall not lack validity for the want of a clerk. Whenever there is no clerk, or none to be...
• § 15-1-7 - Grounds for Impeachment
  It shall be unlawful for any Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, or judge of the superior courts to...
• § 15-1-8 - When Judge or Judicial Officer Disqualified
  (a) No judge or Justice of any court, magistrate, nor presiding officer of any inferior judicature or commission shall: (1) Sit in any case...
• § 15-1-9 - When Judge Not Disqualified
  Any judge, irrespective of his relationship to a party to the case or his interest in the case, shall be qualified to try any...
• § 15-1-9.1 - Requesting Judicial Assistance From Other Courts
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Administrative judge" means a superior court judge or senior judge of the superior court...
• § 15-1-9.2 - Senior Judge of Superior Courts
  (a) The office of senior judge of the superior courts is created, and judges of the superior courts or former judges of the superior...
• § 15-1-9.3 - Senior Judge of State Court, Probate Court, or Juvenile Court; Capital Cases
  (a) (1) Any state court judge or juvenile court judge who retires pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 47 after having...
• § 15-1-10 - Removal of Court Records; Storage
  (a) No records or papers of any court shall be removed out of the county, except in cases of invasion whereby the same may...
• § 15-1-10.1 - Standards in Determining Grant of Requests for Televising, Videotaping, or Motion Picture Filming of Judicial Proceedings
  (a) It is declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that certain standards be considered by the courts in determining...
• § 15-1-11 - Attendance of Judges and Court Personnel At Educational Programs
  (a) Judges of the courts of this state, the clerks thereof, and the prosecuting officials and public defenders, both full-time and part-time, attached thereto...
• § 15-1-12 - Compensation of Probate Court Judges and Superior Court Clerks for Certain Services
  (a) The judges of the probate court who by law are vested with the management of the county business and for whom no compensation...
• § 15-1-13 - Prior Removal From Judicial Office As Affecting Qualification for Judicial Office
  (a) In addition to any other qualification for judicial office, if a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the...
• § 15-1-14 - Rules and Requirements for Foreign Language and Hearing Impaired Interpreters
  (a) The Supreme Court of Georgia shall establish rules and requirements for foreign language interpreters and interpreters for the hearing impaired utilized in the...
• § 15-1-15 - Drug Court Divisions
  (a) (1) Any court that has jurisdiction over any criminal case which arises from the use, sale, possession, delivery, distribution, purchase, or manufacture of...
• § 15-1-16 - Mental Health Court Divisions
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Developmental disability" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 37-1-1....
• § 15-1-17 - Veterans Court Divisions
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "VA" means the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) "Veteran" means a person...
• § 15-1-18 - Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia; Creation; Membership; Funding; Support
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Accountability court" means a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court...

Last modified: October 14, 2016