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Call Now: 904-383-7448Any judge of the superior courts may sign any document connected with the official duties of his office in any county comprising a part of his circuit, including all writs, orders, judgments, and warrants required to be signed by the judge. The document may be signed by the judge in any county within his circuit in which he is present at the time the document is signed.
(Ga. L. 1971, p. 363, § 1.)
- Judicial officer who was authorized to hold a court of inquiry under former Code 1933, § 27-401 (see now O.C.G.A. § 17-7-20) and to issue a search warrant under Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 14 (see now O.C.G.A. § 17-5-20) would, under Ga. L. 1971, p. 363, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-6-23), be authorized to do so in any county of the officer's circuit. Allison v. State, 129 Ga. App. 364, 199 S.E.2d 587 (1973), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1145, 94 S. Ct. 899, 39 L. Ed. 2d 101 (1974).
- Authority of a municipal court judge to issue a search warrant does not stop at the county line where the municipality crosses that line into another county. Campbell v. State, 207 Ga. App. 366, 428 S.E.2d 111 (1993).
Cited in Granese v. State, 232 Ga. 193, 206 S.E.2d 26 (1974); Barksdale v. Ricketts, 233 Ga. 60, 209 S.E.2d 631 (1974); State v. Varner, 248 Ga. 347, 283 S.E.2d 268 (1981); Luangkhot v. State, 292 Ga. 423, 736 S.E.2d 397 (2013).
In order for a search warrant or arrest warrant to be valid, the search warrant must be signed by a magistrate who is authorized to hold a court of inquiry under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-20 and who is physically present in the county in which he or she serves. 2000 Op. Atty. Gen. No. U2000-11.
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