--- title: Title 15, Chapter 6. Superior Courts collection: code id: code:chapter:15-6 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/15/chapter/6 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6.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 previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-5B.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-7.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: SUPERIOR COURTS title_heading: COURTS section_count: 108 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6.md?full=1 --- # Title 15, Chapter 6. Superior Courts Title 15. Courts 108 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 15-6-1, Composition of judicial circuits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-1.md - 15-6-2, Number of judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-2.md - 15-6-3, Terms of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-3.md - 15-6-4, Qualifications of judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-4.md - 15-6-4.1, Election of judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-4.1.md - 15-6-5, Restrictions on practice of law, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-5.md - 15-6-6, Oath of judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-6.md - 15-6-7, Effect of attachment of county to different judicial circuit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-7.md - 15-6-8, Jurisdiction and powers of superior courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-8.md - 15-6-9, Authority of judges generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-9.md - 15-6-10, Discharge of duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-10.md - 15-6-11, Electronic filings of pleadings and documents; electronic payments and remittances; access; public disclosure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-11.md - 15-6-11.1, Superior court judges performing ordered military duty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-11.1.md - 15-6-12, Judges’ jurisdiction coextensive with limits of state; authority when serving in other circuits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-12.md - 15-6-13, Disqualified judge to procure replacement; failure as ground of impeachment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-13.md - 15-6-14, Selection of replacement judge when disqualified judge fails to act, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-14.md - 15-6-15, Assignment by Governor of alternate for disabled judge; duty of judge assigned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-15.md - 15-6-16, Authority of superior court judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-16.md - 15-6-17, Time and place of holding court generally; habeas corpus and other nonjury proceedings; satellite courthouses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-17.md - 15-6-18, Alternative locations; conditions and limitations; force and effect as if done at regular courthouse, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-18.md - 15-6-19, Length of terms of courts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-19.md - 15-6-20, Special terms, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-20.md - 15-6-21, Time for deciding motions; filing and notification; noncompliance as ground for impeachment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-21.md - 15-6-22, Adjournments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-22.md - 15-6-23, Signing documents in any county in circuit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-23.md - 15-6-24, Payment of court’s contingent expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-24.md - 15-6-25, Employment of secretary authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-25.md - 15-6-26, Supplementation of secretary’s salary by county, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-26.md - 15-6-27, Procedure for hiring personnel employed by superior court judges; local supplements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-27.md - 15-6-28, Law assistants and court administrators for judicial circuits; circuits having institutions for carrying out death sentences, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-28.md - 15-6-28.1, Employment of law clerks by chief judges of circuits having institutions for carrying out death sentences, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-28.1.md - 15-6-29, Salary of judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-29.md - 15-6-29.1, Accountability court supplement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-29.1.md - 15-6-29.2, Locality pay for judges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-29.2.md - 15-6-30, Travel expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-30.md - 15-6-31, Transfer of administrative functions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-31.md - 15-6-32, Expenses for attendance at educational programs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-32.md - 15-6-33, Convention for recommending rules, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-33.md - 15-6-34, Creation of The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia; composition; purpose; expenses; acceptance and publication of uniform standards; notifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-34.md - 15-6-35, Selection of bailiffs by sheriff; appointment of additional bailiffs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-35.md - 15-6-36, Notice of student’s felony conviction to school superintendent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-36.md - 15-6-50, Clerk’s term of office; qualifications; training requirements; appointment of clerk pro tempore during training, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-50.md - 15-6-50.1, Superior Court Clerks Training Council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-50.1.md - 15-6-50.2, The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-50.2.md - 15-6-50.3, Criminal Case Data Exchange Board created; membership; operation; role; public access, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-50.3.md - 15-6-51, Eligibility to serve as other court clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-51.md - 15-6-52, Practice of law restricted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-52.md - 15-6-53, Appointment of clerk; actions by interim clerk; special elections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-53.md - 15-6-54, Appointment by probate judge pending filling of vacancy; duration of appointment, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-54.md - 15-6-55, Emergency service by probate court judge; appointment of interim deputy clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-55.md - 15-6-56, Election to fill vacancy; term of office; filling of vacancies in counties with chief deputy clerk, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-56.md - 15-6-57, Election to break tie, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-57.md - 15-6-58, Oath of office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-58.md - 15-6-59, Bond; appointment of deputies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-59.md - 15-6-60, Powers of clerks, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-60.md - 15-6-60.1, Location of retained records; request for access to records; contracting for retention; online access, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-60.1.md - 15-6-61, Duties of clerks generally; computerized record-keeping system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-61.md - 15-6-62, Additional clerk duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-62.md - 15-6-62.1, Back-up records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-62.1.md - 15-6-63, Obtaining of names of grantors and grantees prior to recordation of title transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-63.md - 15-6-64, Duty to give notice to purchasers of real property in certain counties, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-64.md - 15-6-65, Entry of civil cases on dockets; order for trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-65.md - 15-6-66, Grantor-grantee index, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-66.md - 15-6-67, Recordation of plats and condominium plans; specifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-67.md - 15-6-68, Public access to maps, plats, and plans, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-68.md - 15-6-69, Effect of map and plat recordation requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-69.md - 15-6-70, Recordation of bankruptcy petition, decree, or order; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-70.md - 15-6-71, Record of sex criminal convictions; furnishing record to Georgia Bureau of Investigation, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-71.md - 15-6-72, Recordation and index of military service records; confidentiality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-72.md - 15-6-73, Destruction of obsolete records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-73.md - 15-6-74, Preservation of newspapers containing advertisements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-74.md - 15-6-75, Investment of certain funds; disposition of income; repeal of Code section, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-75.md - 15-6-76, Deposit of funds in interest-bearing account; repeal of Code section, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-76.md - 15-6-76.1, Investing or depositing funds; depositing funds paid into court registry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-76.1.md - 15-6-77, Fees; construction of other fee provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-77.md - 15-6-77.1, Additional fees in counties with populations of 550,000 or more; disposition of such fees, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-77.1.md - 15-6-77.2, Costs for clerk’s services in counties with populations of 640,000 or more; time for payment of costs; disposition of such costs, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-77.2.md - 15-6-77.3, Additional fees in counties with populations in unincorporated areas of 350,000 or more, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-77.3.md - 15-6-77.4, Additional divorce case filing fee for Children’s Trust Fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-77.4.md - 15-6-78, Veterans not to be charged for recordation of discharge certificates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-78.md - 15-6-79, Payment of unpaid costs in felony cases, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-79.md - 15-6-80, Payment of transcript costs to clerk before transmittal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-80.md - 15-6-81, Failure to perform duty punishable as contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-81.md - 15-6-82, Governor ordering investigation of clerk of court; suspension of clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-82.md - 15-6-83, Clerk’s liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-83.md - 15-6-84, Clerk’s liability after retirement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-84.md - 15-6-85, Clerks’ offices subject to grand jury examination; written report, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-85.md - 15-6-86, Location of clerk’s office in place other than courthouse; storage of archival or inactive records in different location; county documents exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-86.md - 15-6-87, Furnishing of fixtures, supplies, and equipment to clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-87.md - 15-6-87.1, Participation in state-wide county computerized information network; authorized fees, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-87.1.md - 15-6-88, Minimum annual salary schedule, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-88.md - 15-6-88.1, Adjustment of schedule for certain counties containing federal land, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-88.1.md - 15-6-88.2, Monthly contingent expense allowance schedule for the clerk’s office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-88.2.md - 15-6-89, Additional remuneration for certain services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-89.md - 15-6-90, Longevity increases; operational expenses; local laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-90.md - 15-6-91, Effect of salary provisions on local legislation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-91.md - 15-6-92, Continuation of fee system, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-92.md - 15-6-93, Office hours, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-93.md - 15-6-94, Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-94.md - 15-6-95, Priorities of distribution of fines, bond forfeitures, surcharges, additional fees, and costs in cases of partial payments into the court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-95.md - 15-6-96, Clerk as custodian of records; contracts to market records or computer generated data for profit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-96.md - 15-6-97, State-wide uniform automated information system; additional powers and duties of Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-97.md - 15-6-97.1, Civil case information system; funding, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-97.1.md - 15-6-97.2, Maintenance of uniform automated electronic information system for carbon sequestration registry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-97.2.md - 15-6-97.3, Revision of automated information system for state tax execution data; regulatory authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-97.3.md - 15-6-98, Collection and remittal of fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-98.md - 15-6-99, Re-creation of grantor and grantee indexes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-99.md - 15-6-100, Clerk’s expenditure of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-6-100.md