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title: Title 15, Chapter 7. State Courts of Counties
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date: 2025
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heading: STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES
title_heading: COURTS
section_count: 31
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# Title 15, Chapter 7. State Courts of Counties

Title 15. Courts

31 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 15-7-1, ‘‘State court’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-1.md
- 15-7-2, Creation of state courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-2.md
- 15-7-3, Applicability of chapter; conflicts with local laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-3.md
- 15-7-4, Jurisdiction; authority of state court judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-4.md
- 15-7-5, Electronic filings of pleadings and documents; electronic payments and remittances; access; public disclosure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-5.md
- 15-7-20, Number of and work status of judges determined by local law; elections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-20.md
- 15-7-21, Qualifications; restrictions on practice of law; removal, discipline, and involuntary retirement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-21.md
- 15-7-22, Compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-22.md
- 15-7-23, Filling vacancies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-23.md
- 15-7-24, Ordered military duty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-24.md
- 15-7-25, Service by retired judge or judge emeritus, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-25.md
- 15-7-26, The Council of State Court Judges of Georgia; notifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-26.md
- 15-7-40, State courts always open; terms of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-40.md
- 15-7-41, Courts of record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-41.md
- 15-7-42, Prosecution for misdemeanors; trials on merits conducted in open court; proceedings allowed in chambers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-42.md
- 15-7-43, Applicability of rules of practice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-43.md
- 15-7-44, Procedure in attachment and garnishment cases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-44.md
- 15-7-45, Jurors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-45.md
- 15-7-46, No right to grand jury indictment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-46.md
- 15-7-47, Court reporters and digital recording systems, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-47.md
- 15-7-48, Clerk’s bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-48.md
- 15-7-49, Remittance of interest from interest-bearing trust accounts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-49.md
- 15-7-50, Authority of clerks, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-50.md
- 15-7-60, Local laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-60.md
- 15-7-61, Exemption from Chapter 8, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-61.md
- 15-7-80, Municipal court services authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-80.md
- 15-7-81, Contents of contract, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-81.md
- 15-7-82, Authority to act as judges, officers, and personnel of municipal court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-82.md
- 15-7-83, Judges, officers, pleadings, process, and papers of municipal court; separate dockets and records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-83.md
- 15-7-84, Violation of municipal ordinances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-84.md
- 15-7-85, Limitations on authority granted to municipalities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7-85.md