Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 10, Article 3 - Civil Proceedings

• § 15-10-40 - Applicability of Article
  This article shall govern civil proceedings in the magistrate court.
• § 15-10-41 - No Jury Trials; Appeal
  (a) There shall be no jury trials in the magistrate court.(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, appeals may be had from...
• § 15-10-42 - Applicability of the Civil Practice Act
  Except as provided in subsection (g) of Code Sections 15-10-43 and 15-10-50, proceedings in the magistrate court shall not be subject to Chapter 11...
• § 15-10-43 - Statement of Claim; Service of Process; Answer to Claim; Default Judgments; Opening of Default; Relief in Magistrate Court
  (a) Actions shall be commenced by the filing of a statement of claim, including the last known address of the defendant, in concise form...
• § 15-10-44 - Trial Procedure
  (a) The trial shall be conducted on the day set for the hearing, or at such later time as the judge may set. Immediately...
• § 15-10-45 - Compulsory and Permissive Counterclaims
  (a) If any defendant has a counterclaim against the plaintiff arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the...
• § 15-10-46 - Ordering Deferred Partial Payment of Judgment
  (a) When the judgment is to be rendered and the party against whom it is to be entered requests it, the judge shall inquire...
• § 15-10-47 - Effect, Recordation, Execution, and Enforcement of Money Judgments; Fee for Recordation
  (a) Except where otherwise provided by law, the general laws and rules applicable to the effect, recordation, execution, and enforcement of money judgments in...
• § 15-10-48 - Form of Statement of Claim, Verification, and Notice
  The statement of claim, verification, and notice shall be in substantially the following form: Magistrate Court of County State of Georgia Plaintiff Address v....
• § 15-10-49 - Procedure in Attachment, Garnishment, Dispossessory, and Distress Warrant Proceedings
  (a) Procedure in attachment cases shall be subject to Chapter 3 of Title 18, except that there shall be no prejudgment attachment granted in...
• § 15-10-50 - Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor; Form; Contempt; Authorized Discovery Procedures
  (a) In aid of any judgment or execution issued by any court in this state upon which the unpaid balance does not exceed the...
• § 15-10-51 - Authorizing Clerks to Sign Notices and Summonses
  The chief magistrate of each county may, by local rule of court, authorize the clerk of the magistrate court or one or more deputy...
• § 15-10-52 - Party Name in Action
  The style of any action, other than a proceeding brought pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 44, relating to landlord and tenant, brought in...
• § 15-10-53 - Filing Documents by Electronic Means
  (a) Any magistrate court may provide for the filing of civil, garnishment, distress warrant, dispossessory, foreclosure, abandoned motor vehicle, and all other noncriminal actions,...
• § 15-10-54 - Use of Personally Identifiable Data in Court Documentation; Redaction
  (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section or unless the court orders otherwise, a filing with the court...

Last modified: October 14, 2016