Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 7, Article 3 - Practice and Procedure

• § 15-7-40 - State Courts Always Open; Terms of Court
  The courts governed by this chapter shall be deemed always open for the disposition of matters properly cognizable by them; however, all trials on...
• § 15-7-41 - Courts of Record
  The state courts shall be courts of record and shall have a seal; and the minutes, records, and other books and files that are...
• § 15-7-42 - Hearing on Merits in Open Court; Proceedings Allowed in Chambers
  All trials on the merits shall be conducted in open court and, so far as convenient, in a regular courtroom. All other proceedings, hearings,...
• § 15-7-43 - Applicability of Rules of Practice
  (a) The general laws and rules of appellate practice and procedure which are applicable to cases appealed from the superior courts of this state...
• § 15-7-44 - Procedure in Attachment and Garnishment Cases
  (a) Procedure in attachment cases shall be subject to Chapter 3 of Title 18.(b) Procedure in garnishment cases shall be subject to Chapter 4...
• § 15-7-45 - Jurors
  Except as otherwise provided in Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 12 of this title, all laws with reference to the number, composition,...
• § 15-7-46 - No Right to Grand Jury Indictment
  The accused in criminal proceedings in a state court shall not have the right to indictment by the grand jury of the county.
• § 15-7-47 - Court Reporters; Waiver; Compensation
  (a) Court reporting personnel shall be made available for the reporting of civil and criminal trials in state courts, subject to the laws governing...
• § 15-7-48 - Clerk's Bond
  Any person who serves as a clerk of any state court, as a qualification of holding his office, shall execute bond in the sum...
• § 15-7-49 - Remittance of Interest From Interest-Bearing Trust Accounts
  When funds are paid into the court registry, the clerk shall deposit such funds in interest-bearing trust accounts, and the interest from those funds...
• § 15-7-50 - Authority of Clerks
  Clerks of state courts are authorized and directed to: (1) File and enter all civil case filing and disposition forms required to be filed...

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