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2018 Georgia Code 15-7-20 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-7-20 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-7-20

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 7. State Courts of Counties, 15-7-1 through 15-7-85.

ARTICLE 2 JUDGES

15-7-20. Number of and work status of judges determined by local law; elections.

  1. The General Assembly shall by local law establish the number of judges for each state court and shall establish whether the judge or judges shall be full-time judges or part-time judges.
  2. Judges of the state court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county or counties in which the court is located, shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis as provided by law, and shall serve for a term of four years.
  3. Elections shall be held at the general election in the year in which the incumbent's term expires, and judges so elected shall take office on the first day of January following such election. The judges of the state courts shall be commissioned by the Governor and, before entering office, shall take the same oaths which judges of the superior courts must take.

(Code 1981, §15-7-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Pfeiffer v. State, 173 Ga. App. 374, 326 S.E.2d 562 (1985); Cramer v. Spalding County, 261 Ga. 570, 409 S.E.2d 30 (1991).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-7-20

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Cramer v. Cnty. of Spalding, 409 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. 1991).

Cited 21 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 26, 1991 | 261 Ga. 570

...In this case, the judge usurped both legislative and executive functions of government when he made his appointments. The General Assembly has the power to establish by local law the number of judges for each state court and their status as full-time or part-time judges. OCGA § 15-7-20(a)....