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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 7. STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES · Article 2. JUDGES

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

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  1. (a)

    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. (b)

    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. (c)

    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.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

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

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 393; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.