Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 9, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-9-1 - Election; Term
  The judges of the probate courts are elected by the people of their respective counties at the time and in the manner prescribed by...
• § 15-9-1.1 - Required Training Courses; Filing Certificate of Completion; Expenses
  (a) Any person who is or was elected, appointed, or made a judge of the probate court by operation of law on or prior...
• § 15-9-2 - Eligibility for Judgeship; Restrictions on Fiduciary Role
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, no person shall be eligible to offer for election to or...
• § 15-9-2.1 - Appointment, Compensation, Term, Authority, Qualifications, Training, and Other Limitations of Associate Probate Court Judges
  (a) Appointment, compensation, and term. (1) The judge of the probate court may appoint one or more persons to serve as associate judges of...
• § 15-9-3 - Restrictions on Practice of Law
  No judge of a probate court shall engage, directly or indirectly, in the practice of law in his own name or in the name...
• § 15-9-4 - Additional Judicial Eligibility Requirements in Certain Counties
  (a) No person elected judge of the probate court in any county provided for in this Code section shall engage in the private practice...
• § 15-9-5 - When Judge Ineligible for Reelection
  If any judge of the probate court fails to account faithfully as executor, administrator, or guardian after becoming judge, for all trusts he held...
• § 15-9-6 - Oath of Office
  Before entering on the duties of their offices, the judges of the probate courts must take and file the oaths required of all civil...
• § 15-9-7 - Bond
  The judges of the probate courts must give bond or surety in the sum of $25,000.00, which amount may be increased in any county...
• § 15-9-8 - Qualification; Bond
  The several judges of the superior courts in their respective circuits shall have the power and it shall be their duty to qualify the...
• § 15-9-9 - When Other Security Ordered; Failure to Comply
  If, at any time during the term of the judge of the probate court, it is made satisfactorily to appear to the judge of...
• § 15-9-10 - Temporary Filling of Vacancy; Compensation
  (a) Until a vacancy in the office of judge of the probate court is filled, the chief judge of the city or state court,...
• § 15-9-11 - Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Person Elected
  (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the probate court in any county, it shall be the duty of the...
• § 15-9-11.1 - Assumption of Duties by Chief Clerk Upon Vacancy in Office of Probate Judge; Filling of Vacancy; Compensation
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Sections 15-9-10 and 15-9-11, in any county in which a chief clerk of the probate judge has been...
• § 15-9-12 - Disposition of Unfinished Proceedings of Predecessor
  All citations and other unfinished proceedings of the former judge of the probate court shall be disposed of by the successor as though there...
• § 15-9-13 - Procedure When Judge Disqualified or Unable to Act; Compensation
  (a) Whenever a judge of the probate court is disqualified to act in any case or because of sickness, absence, or any other reason...
• § 15-9-14 - Sheriffs to Act As Administrators When Probate Judge is Superior Court Clerk in Absence of County Administrator
  When the judge of the probate court is also the clerk of the superior court and there is no county administrator or other person...
• § 15-9-15 - Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia
  (a) There is created a council to be known as "The Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia." The council shall be composed of...
• § 15-9-16 - Authority of Retired Judge to Perform Marriage Ceremonies
  A retired judge of a probate court of any county of this state shall be vested with the same authority as an active judge...
• § 15-9-17 - Serving a Minor or Incapacitated Adult
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 15-9-122 or any other provision of law to the contrary, in any action before the probate court in...
• § 15-9-18 - Remittance of Interest From Cash Bonds
  Whenever the sheriff transfers cash bonds to the clerk of the court, pursuant to Code Section 15-16-27, the clerk shall deposit such funds into...

Last modified: October 14, 2016