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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 10. MAGISTRATE COURTS · Article 3. CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

15-10-51. Authorizing clerks to sign notices and summonses.

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  1. The chief magistrate of each county may, by local rule of court, authorize the clerk of the magistrate court or one or more deputy clerks of the court to sign any notice or summons in any civil action pending in the court.

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History

Code 1981, § 15-10-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 636, § 2.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, Code Section 15-10-50, as enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 636, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 15-10-51.

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