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Constitución del Estado de Georgia

Artículo VI. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Artículo VI. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Sección VII. SELECTION, TERM, COMPENSATION, AND DISCIPLINE OF JUDGES

Art. VI, Sec. VII, Para. II. Qualifications.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    Appellate, superior, and state-wide business court judges shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years.#

  2. (b)

    State court judges shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years, provided that this requirement shall be five years in the case of state court judges elected or appointed in the year 2000 or earlier. Juvenile court judges shall have been admitted to practice law for five years.#

  3. (b.1)

    State-wide business court judges shall have such qualifications as provided by law.#

  4. (b.2)

    Georgia Tax Court judges shall have such qualifications as provided by law.#

  5. (c)

    Probate and magistrate judges shall have such qualifications as provided by law.#

  6. (d)

    All judges shall reside in the geographical area in which they are selected to serve.#

  7. (e)

    The General Assembly may provide by law for additional qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum residency requirements.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 6, § 7, Para. 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 2002, § 1/HR 268; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1130, § 1/HR 993; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1189, § 6/HR 598.

Editor's notes

The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2018, p. 1130, § 1/HR 993), which substituted “Appellate, superior, and state-wide business court” for “Appellate and superior court” in subparagraph (a), and added subparagraph (b.1) to read: “State-wide business court judges shall have such qualifications as provided by law.”, was ratified at the general election held on November 6, 2018. The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2024, p. 1189, § 6/HR 598), which added subparagraph (b.2), was ratified at the general election held November 5, 2024.

Law reviews

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

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de 2ga-const-(v2)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V2, edición 2016, suplemento de 2025, página 101; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 6dc4b5d1cb11.