Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-2-1 - One Supreme Judicial District
  The entire state shall constitute one supreme judicial district.
• § 15-2-1.1 - Number of Justices
  The Supreme Court shall consist of seven Justices.
• § 15-2-2 - When Justice Providentially Prevented From Attending
  Whenever one or more of the Justices of the Supreme Court are unable from providential cause to preside in any case and the parties...
• § 15-2-3 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Oath of Justices; Compensation
  (a) Before entering on the discharge of their duties, the Justices shall take the oath prescribed for judges of the superior courts, along with...
• § 15-2-4 - Place of Sessions; Terms of Court
  (a) The Supreme Court shall sit at the seat of government.(b) Unless the Supreme Court by rule or order chooses to extend its terms...
• § 15-2-5 - Place of Hearing Oral Argument
  The Supreme Court may hear oral argument at places other than the seat of government. Reasonable notice shall be given of such hearings.
• § 15-2-6 - Duty of Justices to Attend; Quorum; Adjournment
  It shall be the duty of all the Justices of the Supreme Court to attend each term thereof. However, if, from providential cause, any...
• § 15-2-7 - Adjournment for Providential Cause
  When from providential cause the Supreme Court cannot be held at the time and place designated by law, it may be adjourned by order...
• § 15-2-8 - Powers of Court Generally
  The Supreme Court has authority: (1) To exercise appellate jurisdiction, and in no appellate case to hear facts or examine witnesses; (2) To hear...
• § 15-2-9 - Answers to Questions Certified by Federal Courts
  (a) The Supreme Court of this state, by rule of court, may provide that when it shall appear to the Supreme Court of the...
• § 15-2-10 - Through 15-2-15.
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 2, effective July 1, 1983.
• § 15-2-16 - Reversal and Affirmance; Minutes and Reports to Show Concurrences and Dissents
  (a) In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the concurrence of a majority of the Justices shall be essential to a judgment of...
• § 15-2-17 - Rules for Regulating Supreme Court's Proceedings
  The Supreme Court shall have full power and authority to make all rules, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state,...
• § 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
  (a) The Supreme Court and the Justices thereof shall have the power to prescribe, modify, and repeal rules of procedure, pleading, and practice in...
• § 15-2-19 - Law Assistants
  The Justices of the Supreme Court are authorized to appoint law assistants for the use of the court and to remove them at pleasure....
• § 15-2-20 - Officers of Court
  The officers of the Supreme Court are a clerk, a reporter and an assistant reporter, a sheriff, and stenographers.
• § 15-2-21 - Employment and Salaries of Court Staff
  The Supreme Court may employ and fix the salaries of such stenographers, clerical assistants, and employees as may be deemed necessary by the court....
• § 15-2-22 - Sheriff of Supreme Court
  The sheriff of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the Justices for such term as may be specified by the order of appointment,...
• § 15-2-23 - Compensation of Sheriff
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 4, effective July 1, 1993.
• § 15-2-24 - Compensation of Officers and Employees
  The Justices of the Supreme Court are authorized to fix the annual compensation of the officers and employees of the court, provided that the...
• § 15-2-25 - Books, Supplies, and Services
  The Supreme Court shall purchase such books, pamphlets, or other publications and such other supplies and services as the Justices thereof may deem necessary....

Last modified: October 14, 2016