--- title: Title 15, Chapter 1. General Provisions collection: code id: code:chapter:15-1 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/15/chapter/1 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-2.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS title_heading: COURTS section_count: 27 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1.md?full=1 --- # Title 15, Chapter 1. General Provisions Title 15. Courts 27 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 15-1-1, Where judicial power vested, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-1.md - 15-1-2, No jurisdiction by consent; waiver of personal jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-2.md - 15-1-3, Powers of courts generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-3.md - 15-1-4, Extent of contempt power, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-4.md - 15-1-5, Effect of rules of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-5.md - 15-1-6, Court’s acts not invalid without clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-6.md - 15-1-7, Grounds for impeachment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-7.md - 15-1-8, When judge or judicial officer disqualified, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-8.md - 15-1-9, When judge not disqualified, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-9.md - 15-1-9.1, Requesting judicial assistance from other courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-9.1.md - 15-1-9.2, Senior judge of superior courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-9.2.md - 15-1-9.3, Senior judge of state court, probate court, or juvenile court; capital cases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-9.3.md - 15-1-10, Removal of court records; storage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-10.md - 15-1-10.1, Standards in determining grant of requests for televising, videotaping, or motion picture filming of judicial proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-10.1.md - 15-1-11, Attendance of judges and court personnel at educational programs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-11.md - 15-1-12, Compensation of probate court judges and superior court clerks for certain services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-12.md - 15-1-13, Prior removal from judicial office as affecting qualification for judicial office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-13.md - 15-1-14, Rules and requirements for foreign language and hearing impaired interpreters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-14.md - 15-1-15, Drug court divisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-15.md - 15-1-16, Mental health court divisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-16.md - 15-1-17, Veterans court divisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-17.md - 15-1-18, Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia; creation; membership; funding; support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-18.md - 15-1-19, Creation of operating under the influence court divisions; organization and functions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-19.md - 15-1-20, Definitions; restrictions on dissemination of criminal history record information; conditions under which inspection, copying, and use of restricted criminal history record information available, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-20.md - 15-1-21, Judicial Qualifications Commission created; powers, composition, and appointment; term and removal of member; procedures; confidentiality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-21.md - 15-1-22, Exclusive agreement for electronic filing service prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-22.md - 15-1-23, Grant program for accountability courts serving mental health and substance use disorder population; technical assistance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-1-23.md