O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-10-24 (2019)

Discipline, removal, and involuntary retirement

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Magistrates shall be subject to discipline, removal, and involuntary retirement by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in accordance with Article VI, Section VII, Paragraph VII of the Constitution.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 336, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Rules of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Failure to complete training. - Pursuant to subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 15-10-25, the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s recommendation that a

magistrate be removed from office for failure to complete satisfactorily the required training for the year was approved. In re Harper, 262 Ga. 335, 419 S.E.2d 21 (1992).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1996 · leading case: In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1791, 419 S.E.2d 21 (Ga. 1992).
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In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1791, 419 S.E.2d 21 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-10-25 (c) provides: Subject to the provision of Code section 15-10-24, [ 1 ] if any magistrate does not satisfactorily complete the required training in any year, the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council shall promptly notify the Judicial Qualifications…”
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 96-55, 477 S.E.2d 314 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-10-25 (c) provides: Subject to the provision of Code Section 15-10-24, 1 if any magistrate . .”
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