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# O.C.G.A. § 5-3-30. Calendaring appeal; waiver of trial by jury; monetary limitations inapplicable.

(a) Upon the filing of an appeal from magistrate court to superior court or state court, the appeal shall be placed upon the court’s next calendar for nonjury trial. Such appeals from the magistrate court to superior court or state court shall be tried by the superior court or state court without a jury unless either party files a demand for a jury trial within 30 days of the filing of the appeal or the court orders a jury trial.

(b) Upon filing an appeal pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the monetary limitations provided for in paragraph (5) of Code Section 15-10-2 shall no longer apply to any verdict and judgment entered by the superior or state court.

## History

Laws 1805, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 183; Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 497; Code 1863, § 3551; Code 1868, § 3574; Code 1873, § 3630; Code 1882, § 3630; Civil Code 1895, § 4472; Civil Code 1910, § 5017; Code 1933, § 6-601; Ga. L. 1988, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 552, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1223, § 1.

## Cross References

Juries, T. 15, C. 12.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1998, p. 552, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 1998 amendment to this Code section is applicable to appeals filed on or after July 1, 1998.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Trial Practice and Procedure,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 475 (2001). For survey article on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 417 (2008).