Georgia Code, Title 36, Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 36-32-1 - Establishment of Municipal Court; Punishments; Selection, Election, or Appointment of Mayor Pro Tempore or Recorder Pro Tempore
  (a) Each municipal corporation of this state shall, unless otherwise provided in the local law relating to a particular municipal corporation, be authorized to...
• § 36-32-1.1 - Municipal Court Judges; Qualifications to Serve
  Municipal court judges shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia and an active member in good standing of the State...
• § 36-32-2 - Appointment of Judges
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any general or local Act, the governing authority of each municipal corporation within this state...
• § 36-32-3 - Powers of Judges
  All judges of all municipal courts in this state shall have and are given the same powers and authorities as magistrates in the matter...
• § 36-32-4 - Authority of Municipal Corporations to Provide for Forfeiture of Appearance Bonds
  Any municipal corporation shall have full power and authority to provide, by ordinance, for the forfeiture of bonds given by offenders for their appearance...
• § 36-32-5 - Sentences and Fines Which May Be Imposed
  All municipal courts having authority to try offenses against the laws of the municipal corporations in which such courts are located shall have the...
• § 36-32-6 - Jurisdiction in Marijuana Possession Cases; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Transfer of Cases
  (a) The municipal court of any municipality is granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of cases where a person is charged with the possession...
• § 36-32-6.1 - Jurisdiction in Cases Involving Transactions in Drug Objects; Disposition of Fines; Transfer of Cases
  (a) The municipal court of any municipality shall be granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of cases where a person is charged with transactions...
• § 36-32-7 - Jurisdiction in Cases of Operating Motor Vehicle Without Effective Insurance; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Transfer of Cases
  (a) The municipal court of each municipality is granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of cases where a person is charged with a misdemeanor...
• § 36-32-8 - Jurisdiction in Cases of Operating Motor Vehicle Without Certificate of Emission Inspection; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Transfer of Cases
  (a) The municipal court of each municipality of each county required to comply with Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 12, known as...
• § 36-32-9 - Misdemeanor Theft by Shoplifting or Misdemeanor Refund Fraud; Transfer of Cases; Penalties; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Reports
  (a) The municipal court is granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of cases in which a person is charged with a misdemeanor theft by...
• § 36-32-10 - Jurisdiction in Cases of Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to and Purchase and Possession of Alcoholic Beverages by Underage Persons; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Transfer of Cases; Penalties
  (a) The municipal courts are granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of a first offense violation of Code Section 3-3-23, relating to furnishing alcoholic...
• § 36-32-10.1 - Jurisdiction in Counties Without State Court to Try Violations of Code Section 16-7-21; Retention of Fines and Bond Forfeitures; Transfer of Cases; Penalties
  (a) The municipal court of each municipal corporation in counties where there is no state court is granted jurisdiction to try and dispose of...
• § 36-32-10.2 - Trial Upon Citation, Summons, or Accusation
  Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, in municipal courts which have jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations, such offenses or violations may...
• § 36-32-10.3 - Jurisdiction Over Littering Offenses
  (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section, in addition to any other jurisdiction vested in the municipal courts, such...
• § 36-32-11 - Required Training for Judges
  (a) All judges of the municipal courts, and all judges of courts exercising municipal court jurisdiction, shall periodically satisfactorily complete a training course as...
• § 36-32-12 - Municipal Court Held Outside Municipality
  Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, local or general, sessions of a municipal court may be held outside the municipality for which the...
• § 36-32-13 - Municipal Court Clerks; Role of Municipal Courts Training Council
  (a) For purposes of this Code section, the term: (1) "Municipal court" shall have the same meaning as described in subsection (a) of Code...

Last modified: October 14, 2016