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

O.C.G.A. § 15-7-2 (2019)

Creation of state courts

✓ 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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The General Assembly may by local law create a state court in any county or counties of this state in which there is no state court, and such court shall be the ‘‘State Court of (whatever county or counties in which the court is located).’’

History

Code 1981, § 15-7-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1999, p. 830, § 1, effective April 28, 1999, amends Ga. L. 1996, p. 627, § 3, and re-creates a system of state courts of limited jurisdiction and venue for each city having a population of 300,000 or more so as to give such courts jurisdiction to try offenses

against certain traffic laws and ordinances. Ga. L. 2004, p. 885, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, effective January 1, 2005, repeals Ga. L. 1996, p. 627 as amended by Ga. L. 1999, p. 830, effective April 28, 1999, which re-created a system of state courts of limited jurisdiction and venue for each city having a population of

300,000 or more so as to give such courts jurisdiction to try offenses against certain traffic laws and ordinances; thus, all courts created pursuant to such Act are abolished. Ga. L. 2004, p. 885, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘On the effective date of this Act, all cases and matters pending in any court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall be transferred to the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located. The chief judge of such municipal court shall then transfer those cases over which the municipal court does not have jurisdiction to the appropriate court. All records, books, minutes, files, and documents relating to such cases or prior cases of the city court shall be likewise transferred. This Act shall be applicable only with an

executed intergovernmental agreement between all affected jurisdictions.’’ This Act became effective January 1, 2005. Ga. L. 2004, p. 885, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘On the effective date of this Act, each judge of a court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall become a judge in the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located and shall be subject to retention until the expiration of the judge’s current term of office. On the effective date of this Act, each judge pro hac vice or senior judge of a court abolished by Section 1 of this Act shall become a judge pro hac vice in the municipal court of the city in which such abolished court was located and shall retain such position until at least December 31, 2010.’’ This Act became effective January 1, 2005.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in American Tire Co. v. Creamer, 132 Ga. App. 781, 209 S.E.2d 240 (1974); Shannondoah, Inc. v. Smith, 137 Ga. App. 378, 224 S.E.2d 465 (1976); Salvador v.

Wals, 139 Ga. App. 362, 228 S.E.2d 384 (1976); Critz Buick, Inc. v. Aliotta, 145 Ga. App. 805, 245 S.E.2d 56 (1978); McSears v. State, 247 Ga. 48, 273 S.E.2d 847 (1981).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2022 · leading case: Cook Pecan Co., Inc. v. Mcdaniel, 786 S.E.2d 852 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).
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Cook Pecan Co., Inc. v. Mcdaniel, 786 S.E.2d 852 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “843, 846-47 (4) ( 462 SE2d 728 ) (1995) (“Georgia’s state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims .”
Thor Gallery at South Dekalb, LLC v. Monger Et Al., 789 S.E.2d 806 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Georgia’s state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims, including, inter alia, landlord/tenant disputes, misdemeanor offenses (including driving under the influence), contract and tort cases, and cases involving…”
Samadi v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp.., 809 S.E.2d 69 (Ga. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Georgia's state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims, including, inter alia, landlord/tenant disputes, misdemeanor offenses (including driving under the influence), contract and tort cases, and cases involving…”
Matter of Inquiry Concerning a Judge, 462 S.E.2d 728 (Ga. 1995). · cites it 2× “Georgia’s state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims, including, inter alia, landlord/tenant disputes, misdemeanor offenses (including driving under the influence), contract and tort cases, and *847 cases…”
Keondrae Stillwell v. Topa Ins. Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “235, 236 (1) ( 789 SE2d 806 ) (2016) (“Georgia’s state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims, including, inter alia, .”
Thor Gallery at South Dekalb, LLC v. Sampson Monger D/B/A Monger Inv. Grp., LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Georgia’s state courts, created pursuant to OCGA § 15-7-2, exercise comprehensive jurisdiction over a wide range of claims, including, inter alia, landlord/tenant disputes, misdemeanor offenses (including driving under the influence), contract and tort cases, and cases involving…”
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