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

O.C.G.A. § 15-6-7 (2019)

Effect of attachment of county to different judicial circuit

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A person who has been elected a judge of the superior courts of any circuit cannot be deprived of his office by attachment of the county in which he resides to a different judicial circuit; such person may continue to discharge the duties of his office as though he resided in the circuit.

History

Orig. Code 1863, §§ 33, 236; Code 1868, §§ 31, 230; Code 1873, §§ 31, 240; Code 1882, §§ 31, 240; Civil

Code 1895, § 4314; Civil Code 1910, § 4838; Code 1933, § 24-2608.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Stokes v. Fortson, 234 F. Supp. 575 (N.D. Ga. 1964).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Freeman v. Barnes, 640 S.E.2d 611 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
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Freeman v. Barnes, 640 S.E.2d 611 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 15-6-7. While the Atlanta Circuit includes only Fulton County, the Alapaha Circuit, for example, includes five counties: Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook, and Lanier.”
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