---
title: Ga. Const. Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. VI. Judicial circuits; courts in each county; court sessions.
collection: code
id: ga-const:art-vi-sec-i-para-vi
cite_as: Ga. Const. Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. VI
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/ga/art-vi-sec-i-para-vi
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/ga/art-vi-sec-i-para-vi.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/ga/art-vi-sec-i-para-vi/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/2ga-const-(v2)-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=779150d1_0#page=86
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/constitution/ga/index.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/ga/art-vi-sec-i-para-v.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/ga/art-vi-sec-i-para-vii.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CONSTITUTION OF THE / JUDICIAL BRANCH / JUDICIAL POWER
---

# Ga. Const. Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. VI. Judicial circuits; courts in each county; court sessions.

A constitution provision shown as in force is in force as printed in the volume. A court decision can make a printed provision unenforceable without changing the volume, and the volume does not record that.

The state shall be divided into judicial circuits, each of which shall consist of not less than one county. Each county shall have at least one superior court, magistrate court, a probate court, and, where needed, a state court, a juvenile court, and a business court division of superior court. The General Assembly may provide by law that the judge of the probate court may also serve as the judge of the magistrate court. In the absence of a state court or a juvenile court, the superior court shall exercise that jurisdiction. Superior courts shall hold court at least twice each year in each county.

## History

Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 6, § 1, Para. 6; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1130, § 1/HR 993.

## Editor's Notes

The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2018, p. 1130, § 1/HR 993), which substituted “a state court, a juvenile court, and a business court division of superior court” for “a state court and a juvenile court” at the end of the second sentence, was ratified at the general election held on November 6, 2018.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 253 (2018).