O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-8-6 (2019)

Authorization of judge of city court or like court to preside in municipal court in cities with population of 350,000 or more

✓ 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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Any judge of any city court or like court may, when authorized to do so by the governing authorities of any city having a population of more than 350,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census, preside in the municipal court, by whatever name called, of such city. When so presiding, such judge shall have full power and authority in all matters pending in the court, including the trial of all offenses against the ordinances of the city.

History

Code 1933, § 24-2204, enacted by Ga. L. 1955, p. 192, § 1; Code

1981, § 15-8-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 8.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Construction and validity of state provisions governing designation of

substitute, pro tempore, or special judge, 97 A.L.R.5th 537.

CHAPTER 9 PROBATE COURTS Sec.

Article 1 General Provisions Sec. Election; term.