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4th Superior Court District of Georgia
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The Georgia 4th Superior Court District resides in Georgia. This district is divided into the DeKalb Judicial Circuit and the Rockdale Judicial Circuit. Ballotpedia's coverage scope only includes the DeKalb Judicial Circuit. The DeKalb Judicial Circuit was known as the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit until January 1, 2025.[1]
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Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[2]
| “ | The Superior Courts of Georgia is a court of general jurisdiction handling both civil and criminal law actions. Superior Court Judges preside over cases involving misdemeanors, contract disputes, premises liability, and various other actions. In addition, the Superior Court has exclusive equity jurisdiction over all cases of divorce, title to land, and felonies involving jury trials, including death penalty cases.[3] | ” |
Judges
Elections
Georgia is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Georgia, click here.
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2025
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- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Georgia judicial elections, 2014
- Georgia judicial elections, 2012
- Georgia judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
There are 202 judges on the Georgia Superior Courts, each chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections to serve a four-year term.
The process for selecting a chief judge and that chief judge's term varies by circuit.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a state resident for three years;
- a resident of the circuit he or she is representing;
- admitted to practice law for at least seven years; and
- at least 30 years old.
Judicial elections in Georgia
- See also: Georgia judicial elections
Georgia is one of 12 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
Primary election
Most court elections in Georgia are nonpartisan. Counties may choose to hold partisan elections for probate court positions. There are only judicial primaries for partisan elections.[5][6]
Runoff election
If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the election (at least 50%+1 of the vote), a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of the DeKalb County District Attorney, "DeKalb County Officially Switches To New Judicial Circuit Name," January 2, 2025
- ↑ Georgia.gov, "Superior Courts of Georgia," accessed May 11, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcode - ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Election Law In Georgia: What City And County Attorneys Need To Know" September 2008 Scroll to p. 4
- ↑ O.C.G.A. § 21-2-285.1 Nonpartisan elections -- Form of ballot; runoff election; declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected
Federal courts:
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