TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 10. Magistrate Courts, 15-10-1 through 15-10-263.

ARTICLE 11 SENIOR MAGISTRATES

15-10-221. Assumption of duties and powers of magistrate.

Upon the request of any chief magistrate of this state, a senior magistrate may discharge all of the duties of a magistrate and may assume and exercise all of the jurisdiction, power, and authority of a magistrate.

(Code 1981, §15-10-221, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 910, § 2.)