Georgia magistrate courts

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Georgia magistrate courts are local-level courts in the U.S. state of Georgia that handle minor civil and criminal matters, including small claims, county ordinance violations, and preliminary hearings.

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Georgia magistrate courts canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system
limited jurisdiction court
trial court
accessibility designed for self-represented litigants
appealsTo state court
superior court
canConduct bond hearings
first appearance hearings
probable cause hearings
canIssue good behavior warrants
pre-warrant hearings
cannotConduct jury trials
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eachCountyHas at least one magistrate court
establishedBy Georgia General Assembly
governedBy Constitution of the State of Georgia
surface form: Georgia Constitution

Official Code of Georgia Annotated
handles bad check (deposit account fraud) cases
county ordinance violations
dispossessory (eviction) proceedings
garnishment actions
issuance of arrest warrants
issuance of search warrants
minor civil matters
minor criminal matters
preliminary hearings in criminal cases
small claims cases
hasMonetaryLimit small claims jurisdiction up to a statutory dollar amount
jurisdiction county-level
local-level
language English
location each of Georgia’s counties
partOf Judicial branch of Georgia
surface form: Judicial Branch of Georgia
presidingOfficer magistrate judge
purpose expedite preliminary stages of criminal cases
provide accessible forum for minor disputes
records maintain records of filings and judgments in cases before them
replaced justice of the peace courts in Georgia
state Georgia
typeOfCases civil claims under a statutory threshold
misdemeanor ordinance violations
some misdemeanor criminal matters

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of the State of Georgia judicialBody Georgia magistrate courts
Georgia superior courts higherThan Georgia magistrate courts
Judicial branch of Georgia hasCourt Georgia magistrate courts